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Financial Analyst (Open to both U.S. Citizens and Federal Employees)
Office of the Secretary of Transportation · Posted today
HybridFull-timeWashington, DC$169K – $197KApply by Jun 11, 2026Financial AnalysisINTJINTPISTJFinance
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This position is in the Office of the Under Secretary, Build America Bureau, Office of Credit Programs (OCP). The OCP administers the Department's transportation investment credit programs applying consistent credit policies and management practices across all Bureau credit programs in the application process and credit agreements.
What You'll Do
- →As a Financial Policy Advisor, you will: Serve as a Senior Underwriter on the Underwriting Team to ensure a comprehensive evaluation of assigned projects through the application of expert and well-established infrastructure finance credit evaluations and practices and the credit program criteria.
- →Lead a team of USDOT employees and contractors in evaluating requests for credit assistance to borrowers seeking to develop transportation projects of regional and national significance.
- →Negotiate a credit instrument; establish the schedule and goals for the negotiations and serve as the point of contact with the borrower's representatives while in underwriting; recommend negotiating strategy and position to Bureau Leadership for each approved project.
- →Identify the conditions that justify Federal credit assistance and protect Federal credit security regarding each proposed loan.
- →Analyze borrower financials and evaluate credit risks inherent in complex projects, including analyzing and evaluating financial models and forecasts containing sensitivity analyses.
- →For each executed credit agreement, work with the Bureau Portfolio Management team to establish a Project Monitoring Plan that addresses the project particular risks identified during evaluation and negotiation.
- →Consult with potential applicants regarding opportunities for Federal credit assistance.
- →Keep management informed and suggest financial structures that would best utilize Federal credit assistance to enhance the project's credit profile.
- →Maintain peer relationships with industry professionals – bankers, bond insurers, attorneys, financial advisors and credit analysts – who structure financings that would utilize Federal credit assistance.
- →Represent USDOT at meetings and conferences on credit programs.
- →Provide feedback to Bureau Leadership regarding industry views of the Bureau credit programs.
- →The ideal candidate is a seasoned, motivated and self-reliant professional with experience utilizing expertise in credit analysis, project finance and the capital markets to evaluate, negotiate and monitor credit agreements for transportation infrastructure projects while safe guarding the federal investment.
Requirements
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance the organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT: SELECTIVE SERVICE: Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for the Selective Service.
- ✓GOVERNMENT TRAVEL CARD: This position involves travel.
- ✓A government contractor-issued travel card will be issued and must be retained for official business only.
- ✓BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION: You may be required to complete a background/security investigation and meet preliminary requirements prior to onboarding.
- ✓PROBATIONARY PERIOD: You must complete a one-year probationary period (unless already completed).
- ✓TIME-IN-GRADE: Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade in the competitive or excepted service in the executive branch to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions contained in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F.
- ✓DEU REQUIREMENTS: Applicants selected under delegated examining procedures may be required to successfully complete a one-year probationary period (unless already completed).
- ✓Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- finance, business administration, economics, accounting, insurance, engineering, mathematics, banking and credit, law, real estate operations, statistics, or other fields related to the position, such as agriculture, agricultural economics, farm, livestock or ranch management, or rural sociology.
- ✓You must be a U.S.Citizen and eligible for consideration.
- ✓You must meet specialized experience to qualify.
- ✓Required documents must be submitted by the closing date.
Personality Fit
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