Project Finance Director, U.S. Government Agency

Project Finance Director, U.S. Government Agency

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Dexis is a dynamic professional services firm dedicated to partnering with government and community leaders both in the U.S. and internationally to achieve critical social outcomes in a rapidly changing world. At Dexis, you will experience a corporate culture of inclusiveness, respect, fairness, and trust. You will be given the means and mentorship needed to succeed, and your creativity will be rewarded.

About the Position

The Project Finance Director supports a U.S. Government Agency in advancing complex international finance initiatives. This role operates within a high-performing investment function responsible for mobilizing private capital in support of strategic economic and development objectives.

The Director serves as a senior-level finance professional responsible for leading the full lifecycle of complex transactions in emerging and frontier markets. The position requires deep expertise in project finance, credit analysis, and transaction structuring, as well as the ability to manage multiple high-value workstreams simultaneously.

This position is based in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, and is contingent upon award.

Responsibilities

• Conducts in-depth analyses of new loan proposals to determine their financial, technical, economic, legal, marketing, and political feasibility.
• Independently conducts in-depth financial analyses of new loan proposals to determine a proposed project's ability to maintain debt service and fully repay a loan based on a review of the documentation provided.
• Performs analyses utilizing available financial data including the financial statements provided by the project sponsors. Creates or modifies sponsor-provided financial projections to assess logical model construction and adequacy of business case assumptions for the proposed financing. Conducts sensitivity analyses to test project assumptions and key economic drivers.
• Summarizes clearly and concisely due diligence findings as part of credit packages and other documents and memoranda required in the Agency's approval process and presents loan credit proposals to committees to obtain approvals.
• Negotiates terms and conditions in contracts and structured debt finance agreements to achieve execution of commitment letters, financing agreements and disbursements.
• Conducts research and analysis on relevant industry, sector, market, country and key participants.
• Conducts outreach to expand the prospective structured debt finance pipeline.
• Serves as point of contact for day-to-day advancement of transactions, including scheduling and attending calls; project management and planning; coordinating among the client, internal parties, external advisors and financing partners; and generally managing the multifaceted workstreams required to advance transactions to commitment, financial close and disbursement.
• Oversees ancillary workstreams related to transactions including liaising with client, intradepartmental tasks and external consultants. Works with clients to complete forms, liaising with environmental and social teams, reviewing know-your-customer diligence results, and similar routine tasks that must be completed on all transactions.
• Responds to communications in a timely manner and conducts duties with professionalism.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a master's degree in international business/studies, international relations, finance, business, economics, political science, or a related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in international finance, corporate finance or project finance, and investments within the last 14 years.
• Experience independently or leading a team in originating international project finance debt transactions in developing countries while working at a commercial bank, investment bank, international financial institution, multilateral organization, or other comparable governmental entity.
• Experience in investments and strategic engagement in developing countries.
• Experience conducting all of the following: due diligence, financial analysis, economic analysis, detailed credit analysis, credit risk assessment and mitigation, market analysis, legal agreement structuring, legal agreement negotiations, and political risk analysis of limited recourse finance transactions.
• Experience creating, analyzing, auditing, and running sensitivities on financial models for debt finance in the project finance manner for projects located in developing markets.
• Broad and comprehensive knowledge of international business practices.
• Experience independently working on simultaneous projects, in a complex environment, and under deadlines.
• Excellent English speaking, reading, and writing skills.
• Demonstrated ability to produce written materials that are clear and succinct.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen or Foreign National with the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or higher-level clearance.

Dexis is on a mission to help solve today's most pressing global political, social, and economic challenges and create a world where all people are safe and prosperous. As a Dexis employee, you will be challenged, empowered, and mentored. Our motto is "find a way or make a way" — that's how Dexis goes "all in." How will you?

If you are passionate about this opportunity, apply now! Only those applicants who meet the above criteria will be contacted for interview.

Dexis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, pregnancy, disability, age, genetic information, military service, veteran status, ethnicity, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, childbirth and related medical conditions, including lactation, or any other protected class under applicable law.

As part of a competitive benefits package for eligible employees, Dexis provides healthcare insurance in addition to other staff welfare benefits and perks.