Job opening: LOAN SPECIALIST
Salary: $82 764 - 107 590 per year
Published at: Mar 08 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
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: M24-SB-12328953-OBAF. Applicants who wish to also be considered under MP must apply to both vacancies separately.
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Duties
Please Note: Employees will be required to report to their assigned office location at least 2 day per week for non-supervisory positions and 3 days per week for supervisory/managerial positions unless the position advertised is designated as a remote-only position.
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:
Serves as relationship manager for borrowers, lenders, and exporters for the most complex portfolios of transactions. Portfolios may be under development (pre-authorization), in negotiation and documentation (post-approval but pre-operative), or in the operative (disbursing) stage.
Coordinates and accomplishes the day-to-day activities for transactions.
Communicates regularly and routinely with customers and stakeholders to discuss the specific issues regarding potential transactions, pending applications or operative transactions and to foster the full and beneficial use of all the Bank's relevant products.
Responsible for developing key sectoral/industry business relationships and related banking relationships, supporting the development of new and management of existing transactions.
Leads efforts in preparing briefings, memoranda, Congressional reports for senior management of relevant transactions, country and sector developments, and other required areas. Coordinates with other Bank divisions to ensure full corroboration of facts, data and relevant information.
Performs broad and comprehensive research and analysis on 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.
Represents EXIM Bank at public conferences on EXIM programs and experience in the market. Conference audiences may include domestic and foreign commercial participants, multilateral institutions, foreign governments, other export credit agencies, and exporter/bank industry groups multilateral institutions, foreign governments, other export credit agencies, and exporter/bank industry groups.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship
- Background and Security/Suitability Investigation
- You may be required to serve a one year probationary period
- Specialized experience MUST be documented on your resume
- Current or Former Political Appointees: If you are, or have been employed in the last 5 years, you must disclose this information. Failure to do so may result in disciplinary action including removal from Federal Service.
Qualifications
Specialized Experience (Credit for Specialized Experience on resume must reflect 40 hours/Full-time per week for each period of work):
GS-11: 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-09 level in the Federal Government or other equivalent pay systems. Specialized experience includes:
Experience in financial statement analysis, accounting, and trade finance; AND
Experience in corporate credit analysis, intermediate accounting, or interpreting trade finance rules and regulations to make informed decisions on the job.
OR
If you are substituting education for experience to qualify for at this level, you must have 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree.
OR
If you are combining both education and experience to qualify for this level, equivalent combinations of education and experience are qualifying for this 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 03/22/2024, the closing date of the announcement.
Education
Contacts
- Address Export-Import Bank of the United States
811 Vermont Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20571
US
- Name: Sandra Brown
- Phone: (202) 565-3325
- Email: [email protected]
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