Senior Loan Specialist (Structured & Project Finance)

Announcement may be used to fill similar positions within 90 days of the closing date.

This position is also being announced concurrently under Merit Promotion (MP) procedures vacancy number: M26-MJ-12967405-OBAF. Applicants who wish to also be considered under MP must apply to both vacancies separately.

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Qualifications:

Specialized Experience (Credit for Specialized Experience on resume must reflect 40 hours/Full-time per week for each period of work):

GS-14: You must have one (1) year of specialized experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-13 level in the Federal Government or other equivalent pay systems. Specialized experience includes:

• Experience as an expert in one or more of the division's subject matter areas such as, commodities, critical minerals, power or high-tech/satellites as it relates to project finance, corporate finance, or structured finance;
• Experience serving as a relationship manager for borrowers, lenders, and exporters for transactions that are highly complex in their structure with a demonstrated ability to identify risks, develop mitigation strategies and propose and see to the execution of solutions to complex credit issues of multi-million-dollar transactions;
• Experience performing broad and comprehensive due diligence on Applicant's requests for debt financing that include transactions that are highly complex in their structure, e.g. experience with limited recourse project finance, corporate finance, structured finance, export finance, and interpreting and analyzing advanced project finance financial models; AND
• Experience negotiating, independently, debt financing terms with borrowers or other creditors for new authorizations, or in the event of post-authorization, changes to a transaction or restructuring of operative credits for existing authorizations.

Education cannot be substituted for experience at the GS-14 grade level.

For qualification determinations, your resume must contain the following for each work experience listed:

• Organization/Agency's Name
• Title
• Salary (series and grade, if applicable)
• Start and end dates (including the month and year)
• Number of hours you worked per week
• Relevant experience that supports your response to the specialized experience that is stated in the job announcement

If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as incomplete and you will not receive consideration for this position.

NOTE: Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications and your application may be marked as incomplete/ineligible and you will not receive consideration for this position.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Part-time and/or unpaid experience related to this position will be considered to determine the total number of years and months of experience. Be sure to note the number of paid or unpaid hours worked each week.

Foreign Education: If you are qualifying by education and/or you have education completed in a foreign college/university described above, it is your responsibility to provide transcripts and proof of U.S. accreditation for foreign study. Please visit the following links for more information:

• http://www.naces.org
• http://www.fceatlanta.com

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined here.

All requirements must be met by 06/05/2026, the closing date of the announcement.

Responsibilities:

This position is located in the Office of the Senior Vice President of Board Authorized Finance (OBAF) of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank) and is assigned to one of the program divisions within OBAF. The primary responsibility of the position is to support the complex international portfolios of financial transactions during underwriting, and/or asset management (monitoring).

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Performs as an expert in one or more of the division's subject matter areas such as project and/or corporate finance, credit analytics or other areas as may be determined.
• Serves as a Relationship Manager for borrowers, lenders, and exporters for the most complex portfolios of transactions.
• Performs broad and comprehensive research and analysis on the most complex portfolios and develops advanced level financial modeling (scenarios, probabilities, asset stress testing etc.) using financial information provided by borrowers, sponsors, lenders, guarantors, and public sources.
• Negotiates, independently, financing terms with borrowers or other creditors for new authorizations, or in the event of post-authorization, changes to a transaction or restructuring of operative credits for existing authorizations. Negotiates with participants and coordinates with others for guarantees, risk sharing arrangements, other credit enhancements, or restructurings, as necessary. Prepares and presents key issues and recommendations in a memorandum and advocates the recommendation to the appropriate approval body. Represents the division by presenting before the Board of Directors
• Represents EXIM Bank as an expert in a designated subject matter area at interagency meetings on government issues and policy; speaks at public conferences on EXIM programs and experience in the market, demonstrating expertise in one or more designated subject matter areas. Conference audiences may include domestic and foreign commercial participants, multilateral institutions, foreign governments, other export credit agencies, and exporter/bank industry groups.

Salary : $143,913