Investment Advisor

About the Position

This position’s work will involve providing medium- to long-term funding through direct loans and guaranties as a complement to private sector investments.to help solve critical world challenges and in doing so, advances U.S. foreign policy.

The contractor shall report to a Managing Director and provide services as an officer working on the most complex, sensitive, or precedent-setting finance projects which are located in developing countries and markets. The position is responsible for carrying out initial screenings of new loan proposals, underwriting, and due diligence tasks in the loan origination process which includes in-depth financial analysis, preparing portions of the loan papers and memoranda associated with presenting proposed loans to credit approval committees, supporting the loan negotiations and development of appropriate covenants for finance agreements, processing disbursement requests, and preparing proper documentation of the loan files associated with the transition of projects to the monitoring group.

This position is contingent on contract award.

Responsibilities

• Conducts in-depth analyses of new loan proposals to determine their financial, technical, economic, legal, marketing, and political feasibility. Performs in depth analyses of the nature of the proposed business ventures; country related macroeconomic and microeconomic risks; risks related to project contractual obligations; the eligibility, financial standing and business background of the sponsor; and other related factors.
• Independently conducts in-depth financial analyses of new loan proposals to determine a proposed project's ability to maintain debt service and fully repay a loan based on a review of the documentation provided.
• Performs analyses utilizing available financial data including the financial statements provided by the project. Creates or modifies sponsor-provided financial projections to assess logical model construction and adequacy of business case assumptions for the proposed financing. Conducts sensitivity analyses to test project assumptions and key economic drivers.
• Summarizes clearly and concisely due diligence finding as part of credit packages and other documents and memoranda required in the government's approval process and presents loan credit proposals to committees to obtain approvals.
• Serves as point of contact for day-to-day advancement of transactions, including scheduling and attending calls; project management and planning; coordinating among the client, internal parties, external advisors and financing partners; and generally managing the multifaceted workstreams required to advance transactions to , financial close and disbursement.
• Oversees ancillary workstreams related to transactions including liaising with client, intradepartmental tasks and external Work with clients to complete forms, liaising with environmental and social teams, reviewing know-your-customer diligence results, and similar routine tasks that must be completed on all transactions.
• Responds to communications in a timely manner and conducts duties with
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications 

•  Minimum of a master’s degree in international business/studies, international relations, finance, business, economics, political science, or a related field.
•  Minimum of 3 years of experience in international finance, corporate finance or project finance, and investments within the last 7 years.
• Must be a US Citizen or Foreign National with the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or higher-level clearance.
•  Experience analyzing and structuring complex international finance capital market
• Experience creating, analyzing, auditing, and running sensitivities on financial models for debt finance in the project finance manner for projects located in developing markets
• Experience in investments and strategic engagement in developing
• Experience working on international investments or international financial transactions in a commercial bank, investment bank, international financial institution, or multilateral
• Experience conducting and reviewing project finance loan origination including financial analysis, economic or political risk analysis, and detailed credit analysis.
• Broad and comprehensive knowledge of international business
• Working with minimal supervision, on simultaneous projects, in a complex environment, and under deadlines.
• Excellent English speaking, reading, and writing
• Demonstrated ability to produce written materials that are clear and
• Delivering customer service and resolving customer