Investment Insurance & Project Finance Officer Jobs 2023 in USA

As an Officer you’ll manage the most complex sensitive or precedent-setting finance & political risk insurance projects with an emphasis on using innovative financial structures to drive climate finance including but not limited to debt-for-nature swaps, financing of coal plant retirements, nature based solutions, development & execution of risk sharing or blended finance platforms with other financial institutions, & development & execution of financing models for climate adaptation investments.

Details of Investment Insurance & Project Finance Officer Jobs 2023 in USA

As an Investment Insurance & Project Finance Officer (Innovative Climate Solutions), you will:

• Perform a range of activities in the structured debt finance origination process, including reviewing business plans, off-take agreements, financial model projections, and financial model sensitivities for structured debt finance applications in the climate finance sector.
• Perform a range of activities in the origination process for political risk insurance for climate-related investments, including reviewing business plans, power or water purchase agreements, loan agreements and contracts with foreign governments, project information memoranda, including for debt-for-nature swaps enabling bonds for conservation, biodiversity and mitigation and adaptation to climate change.
• Analyze the nature and structure of the investment, equity and loan instruments involved in climate finance projects in DFC eligible countries.
• Prepare portions of necessary documents and memoranda required in the Agency’s approval process.
• Negotiate terms and conditions in insurance contracts and structured debt finance agreements.
• Conduct research and analysis on political, commercial, and macroeconomic country and sovereign risks.
• Conduct outreach to expand the prospective investment insurance and structured debt finance pipeline for climate finance projects.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service
• Must submit resume and supporting documents (See How To Apply)
• Suitability for Federal employment, as determined by a background investigation
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period
• Within 30 days of your start date, you may be required to file a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 450)
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a secret security clearance
• This position will require foreign travel to developing countries

Qualifications

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING CUT-OFF AND CLOSING DATE

• To receive consideration, applicants must submit complete applications prior to the established cut-off date(s). An initial cut-off will take place November 13, 2023 to begin initial applicant consideration. A final cut-off/closing will occur on November 27, 2023.
• Candidates for the position who submit a completed application by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the cut off date will be reviewed and referred if found eligible and qualified. This announcement will remain open until the closing date indicated; however, those who apply after the cut-off date will be considered for referral to the hiring manager only if additional vacancies occur and/or the initial referral list is exhausted.

Status candidates must meet time-in-grade requirements (52 weeks at the next lower grade level). Applicants must meet all eligibility and qualification requirements no later than the closing date of this announcement.

TIME-IN-GRADE: Current career or career-conditional employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional employees, who have a break in service of less than one year, are required to meet the time-in-grade restriction of one year of Federal experience at the next lower grade, with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b).

Applicants must meet all eligibility and qualification requirements no later than the closing date (by cut-off dates) of this announcement.

You may qualify at the GS-12 level, if you fulfill the following qualification requirements:
A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service that demonstrates your experience in all of the following:

1) Experience working with a team on international projects or investments while working at a commercial bank, investment bank, international financial institution, or multilateral organization;
2) Experience reviewing financial statements for businesses located in developing countries;
3) Experience building financial models to determine ability of a company to repay its debt and sensitivity analyses to test those assumptions;
4) Experience conducting analyses in THREE of the following four areas:

• financial analysis of international ventures,
• calculating credit risk exposure of international ventures,
• detailed credit analysis of international ventures, or
• market analysis of business ventures in developing countries; AND

5) Experience identifying international financial or investment policy issues to include identifying TWO of the following three areas: political, economic, or credit risks of projects located outside the United States.

Note: Education is not substitutional at this grade level.