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The Project Finance Director supports a U.S. Government Agency in advancing complex international finance initiatives. This role operates within a high-performing investment function responsible for mobilizing private capital in support of strategic economic and development objectives.

The Director serves as a senior-level finance professional responsible for leading the full lifecycle of complex transactions in emerging and frontier markets. The position requires deep expertise in project finance, credit analysis, and transaction structuring, as well as the ability to manage multiple high-value workstreams simultaneously.

This position is based in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, and is contingent upon award.

• 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 sponsors. 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 Agency's approval process and presents loan credit proposals to committees to obtain approvals.
• Negotiate terms and conditions in contracts and structured debt finance agreements to achieve execution of commitment letters, financing agreements and disbursements.
• Conduct research and analysis on relevant industry, sector, market, country and key participants.
• Conduct outreach to expand the prospective structured debt finance pipeline.
• Serve 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 commitment., financial close and disbursement.
• Oversee ancillary workstreams related to transactions including liaising with client, intradepartmental tasks and external consultants. 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 professionalism.
• Performs other related duties as assigned

• Minimum of a master's degree in international business/studies, international relations, finance, business, economics, political science, or a related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in international finance, corporate finance or project finance, and investments within the last 14 years.
• Experience independently or leading a team in originating international project finance debt transactions in developing countries while working at a commercial bank, investment bank, international financial institution, multilateral organization, or other comparable governmental entity.
• Experience in investments and strategic engagement in developing countries.
• Experience conducting all of the following: due diligence, financial analysis, economic analysis, detailed credit analysis, credit risk assessment and mitigation, market analysis, legal agreement structuring, legal agreement negotiations, and political risk analysis of limited recourse finance transactions.
• Experience creating, analyzing, auditing, and running sensitivities on financial models for debt finance in the project finance manner for projects located in developing markets.
• Broad and comprehensive knowledge of international business practices.
• Experience independently working on simultaneous projects, in a complex environment, and under deadlines.
• Excellent English speaking, reading, and writing skills.
• Demonstrated ability to produce written materials that are clear and succinct.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen or Foreign National with the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or higher-level clearance.