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 the closing date of this announcement. 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). You may qualify at the GS-14 level, if you fulfill the following qualification requirements: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service that includes: 1) Experience sourcing or originating international project finance debt transactions in emerging markets and/or developing countries while working at a commercial bank, investment bank, international financial institution, multilateral organization, or other comparable governmental entity; 2) Experience conducting commercial due diligence and risk analysis (financial, economic, credit, market analysis, legal risks) of limited recourse finance transactions; 3) Experience creating, analyzing and/or running sensitivities on complex financial models for projections of financial projects; AND 4) Experience in project finance gained in the following areas: corporate finance, accounting, credit analysis, international investments and commercial/investment banking. Note: Education is not substitutional at this grade level. 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. This position is being advertised concurrently with vacancy announcement 26-OE/OI-DE-[contact via apply link]-AQ using Delegated Examining (DE) procedures. If interested, refer to that announcement to determine if you meet DE requirements and can apply to that announcement. NOTE: You must apply separately to each announcement in order to be considered under both. This announcement may be used to fill similar positions, if additional vacancies occur.