Job Description
Duties
- Support team in sourcing new potential investments, managing deal pipeline, and taking investments from screening, due diligence, structuring, negotiating, to closing.
- Manage analyses of direct equity proposals to determine their market, competitive, business, and financial viability, including review of financial statements, proforma financial models and valuation analyses.
- Lead preparation of investment memos by synthesizing due diligence analysis to present potential investments to various committees for approval.
- Create financial models, valuation analyses, and conducts sensitivity analyses to test investment assumptions and key economic drivers.
- Performs analyses of country related macroeconomic and microeconomic risks; risks related to investment contractual obligations; the eligibility, financial standing and business background of the company.
- Support negotiation with interested parties on U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) investment terms and agreements, including coordinating on project financial plans and agreements, with other development finance institutions, private equity and venture capital firms, and other commercial institutions.
- Provides the department with in-depth direct equity investment procedural expertise, participating in interdepartmental and external activities, if needed, and advise on the DFC’s direct equity program and other financing programs and initiatives.
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
- Required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and submit documentation of proof of vaccination or request a legally required exception from this requirement.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
- Position is a drug testing-designated position and will require incumbent to sign a Condition of Employment. Individual must agree to submit to a random drug and alcohol testing.
- If selected, you will be required to file, prior to entrance on duty, a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 450).
Qualifications
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 30 days after the closing date of this announcement.
You may qualify at the GS-13 level, if you fulfill the following qualification requirement: One year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience
in 5 or more of the following: (1) Experience performing direct equity investing, which will include venture capital and/or private equity; (2) Experience reviewing and developing equity term sheets and other transaction related documents; (3) Experience conducting financial and valuation analysis; (4) Experience preparing investment memos and presenting to internal/external parties; 5) Experience leading due diligence and overseeing transaction management with other departments and outside advisors; 6) Experience with investments in sectors such as clean energy, healthcare, and technology a plus, but not required.
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.
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).
Education
There are no mandatory or substitutional educational requirements for this position.
Closing Date: 03/04/2022
