This position is part of the Loan Programs Office, Department of Energy. As a Loan Specialist, you will perform detailed analysis highlighting the contribution of individual projects and technologies to portfolio risk, create custom reports, and monitor compliance of borrowers with regulatory, technical and environmental standards pre-specified in existing financial documents.

Duties

As a Loan Specialist, you will:

Requirements

• You must be a United States Citizen.
• This employer participates in the e-Verify program.
• Males must abide by Selective Service registration requirements.
• Subject to satisfactory security and suitability requirements.
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
• Incumbent will be required to submit a Financial Disclosure Statement, OGE-450, Executive Branch Personnel Confidential Financial Disclosure Report upon entering the position and annually.
• Occasional travel may be required.
• This position is included in a Bargaining Agreement.

Qualifications

BASIC REQUIREMENT: 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. OR Specialized Experience (for positions above GS-5): Experience that demonstrated competence in agricultural, commercial, realty, or other types of loans. Experience may have been gained in such work as reviewing and passing upon applications for agricultural, commercial, bank or mortgage loans; servicing a loan portfolio of a bank or other loan association; performing financial analysis of commercial concerns for investment purposes; appraising real estate to determine property valuation; or similar work SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: A qualified candidate's online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-12) in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as meeting ALL of the following: Applying analytical and evaluative methods and techniques to a broad range of project finance structures and applicable credit risk for large-scale or commercial infrastructure projects including, developing and utilizing financial models for monitoring loan performance and credit/risk analysis; AND Preparing for audit readiness and responding to internal and external audits including developing governance documents and procedures to monitor strategic and operational risks in accordance with OMB Circular A-123 or risk management principles; AND Designing control procedures to monitor identified strategic and operational risks in accordance with OMB Circular A-123. Direct division level risk assessments, internal reviews, and reports of compliance; AND Developing annual reports on Program compliance with OMB A-123 requirements. Represents the organization at intra-agency and inter-agency risk management forums and working groups; including preparing project status reports, developing briefing material for senior management and other governing boards; AND Providing data analytics and modeling to implement initiatives sufficient to a variety of operational support functions, including resource planning, staff allocation, and cost estimation. "Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. 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 Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement to receive consideration. CTAP/ICTAP candidates: To be considered "well qualified" you must (1) meet all of the requirements as described in this section; and 2) be rated "well-qualified", which is defined as having a score of 85 or better. You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

This vacancy has a positive education requirement. In order to be rated as qualified, you must provide copies of your college transcripts. Failure to provide copies of your college transcripts may result in a rating of "Ineligible". Education must be obtained from an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Foreign education must be reviewed by an organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For special instructions pertaining to foreign education and a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, see the Department of Education website.

Contacts

• Address Loan Programs Office P.O. Box 5088 Oak Ridge, TN 37831 US
• Name: Direct Hire Applicant Inquiries-Questions
• Email: [email protected]