Senior Credit Risk Analysis Consultant, U.S. Government Agency

About the Position

This credit analyst will be tasked with being an expert in a variety of financial products and financial principles and concepts of the private sector with limited guidance from supervisors required. The Senior Credit Risk Analyst serves as the senior credit risk analyst for financial transactions. The incumbent is responsible for conducting or assisting with credit risk assessments for proposed projects. In addition, the incumbent assists and/or leads the research and preparation of reports on economic and political environments in foreign countries, reviews new applications for financing, approval paper drafting, and executes other functions. The consultant will be stationed in the office in Washington, DC.

Responsibilities

• Conduct credit review, analysis, and processing (80%)
• Gather and review due diligence documents from clients, providing feedback to origination officers.
• Spread financial statements from partners, borrowers, and sponsors, or prepare requests to the internal stakeholders.
• Assist or lead in the preparation of financing approval papers, ensuring proper formatting of data.
• Review newly submitted financing applications, identify parties requiring Character Risk Due Diligence (CRDD), and summarize conclusions. Travel to support transactions as necessary.
• Conduct country and sector-specific research (20%)
• Research and summarize the economic and political environment in foreign countries where proposed projects are located.
• Research and summarize the industrial sector relevant to proposed projects.
• Conduct research and writing of Market Assessments.
• Prepare Country Due Diligence briefing materials for project team overseas trips.

Qualifications

• The Senior Credit Risk Analyst shall engage in complex credit risk assessment and transaction structuring, requiring a high level of expertise and judgment.
• Experience conducting credit review, analysis, and processing.
• Ability to obtain a Public Trust Clearance.
• Structuring guarantees and transactions aligned with strategic development priorities
• Assessing credit risk and other facets of risk for transactions deploying partial credit guarantees and other tools in various sectors
• Evaluating financial markets and private business development and identifying business opportunities in targeted regions
• Preparing and presenting screening memos, credit papers, and investment proposals to relevant committees.
• Providing training to Investment Officers on credit risk, credit methods and templates.
• Performing other related duties as required.