Office of Strategic Capital - Loan Specialist

Office of Strategic Capital - Loan Specialist

Department: Office of Strategic Capital

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Arlington, VA

Description

Job Title:
Loan Specialist
Office of Strategic Capital
Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research & Engineering (OUSW(R&E))

Help Scale Capital for America's Most Critical Technologies

The Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) within the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering is building new ways to mobilize private capital in support of U.S. national security. We partner with industry, investors, and interagency stakeholders to originate and manage loans and loan guarantees that accelerate the development and scaling of critical technologies and supply chains.

We are seeking a Loan Specialist to support OSC's growing federal credit portfolio-working at the intersection of finance, technology, and national security.

This is a rare opportunity to apply commercial finance, credit underwriting, and risk management expertise to projects that directly strengthen the nation's defense and industrial base.

What you'll do here:

As a Loan Specialist, you'll support OSC's federal credit programs across the full loan lifecycle-from project origination through underwriting, closing, and portfolio management. You'll collaborate closely with senior leaders, interagency partners, and private-sector stakeholders to structure and manage complex financing transactions aligned with national security priorities.

Depending on assignment, your work may span one or more of the following areas:

Project Development

• Engage with prospective borrowers and partners to assess eligibility and financing structures
• Support outreach, marketing materials, and stakeholder engagement with industry and government
• Assist with transaction structuring, application review, and project readiness assessments

Credit Underwriting

• Conduct financial analysis, due diligence, and credit underwriting for loans and loan guarantees
• Support negotiations of loan terms, covenants, and documentation
• Coordinate national security and regulatory reviews as part of underwriting

Credit Program Operations

• Support financial management, budgeting, internal controls, audits, and reporting
• Assist with SOP development, data governance, and loan operations systems
• Coordinate with DFAS, the Federal Financing Bank, and other stakeholders

Credit Risk Management

• Help apply credit policies, underwriting standards, and scoring methodologies
• Support development of credit subsidy and risk models in compliance with OMB Circular A-129
• Assist with program reviews, re-estimates, and engagement with OMB

Portfolio Management & Monitoring

• Monitor loan portfolios for performance, compliance, and emerging risks
• Support site visits, examinations, and remediation strategies for troubled assets
• Assist with amendments, waivers, restructurings, and close-out activities

Environmental & Engineering Oversight

• Support environmental and engineering reviews to ensure regulatory compliance
• Assist with technical monitoring of projects post-award

Requirements

• Experience in finance, credit underwriting, investment analysis, banking, project finance, corporate finance, or structured finance
• Strong analytical skills, including financial modeling and risk assessment
• Experience working with or alongside government, regulated programs, or large institutions (public or private)
• Ability to communicate clearly with senior leaders, legal teams, technical experts, and external partners
• Comfort navigating ambiguity and building processes in a fast-growing organization
• Preferred fields of study:
  Finance, business administration, economics, accounting, banking, mathematics, engineering, statistics, law, or related disciplines.