Assistant Regional Director, CM-0570-00 (Chicago Regional Office)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation•Chicago, IL

25d•Onsite

About The Position

The Assistant Regional Director is located in the Division of Risk Management Supervision (RMS), Chicago Regional Office of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), in Chicago, Illinois. As a key member of the RMS management team, the incumbent helps implement divisional and regional policies and procedures, monitors financial-institution trends within an assigned supervision portfolio, identifies risks, and recommends appropriate actions. The role exercises delegated authority to direct the planning and timely execution of regional supervision activities. The Assistant Regional Director supervises reviews of examination and investigation reports, applications, and correspondence, and submits written recommendations to the Regional Director and/or Deputy Regional Director. When delegated, the incumbent exercises signature authority over specified reports, applications, correspondence, and administrative documents. The role evaluates compliance with laws, regulations, and safe and sound banking practices; recommends supervisory responses, including formal or informal administrative actions; and leads meetings with regulatory authorities and management officials concerning problem and troubled institutions. The position maintains cooperative relationships with state and federal regulatory agencies and other FDIC divisions, participates in conferences and seminars, and communicates with institution executives and the public to resolve questions and inquiries about laws, regulations, and supervision. It plans and coordinates activities related to failing insured depository institutions, including coordination with the Division of Resolutions and Receiverships, chartering agencies, and other regulators, and makes recommendations concerning their disposition. The incumbent performs the full range of supervisory responsibilities, directly and through subordinate supervisors. These include assigning, managing, developing, training, recruiting, and using personnel; directing work; evaluating performance and addressing deficiencies; recommending personnel actions; providing staffing input; implementing the FDIC Performance Management Program; leading office meetings; and fulfilling labor-relations responsibilities. The role also contributes to regional policies, procedures, staffing, vision, strategies, and priorities; evaluates progress toward goals; recommends process and policy improvements; monitors labor-agreement compliance; and leads organizational change and corporate initiatives. This is a Corporate Manager, CM-00 position, equivalent to above CG/GS-15. A recommended minimum Step 9 is stated. A relocation incentive may be authorized. The position has a high-risk background investigation requirement, and the employee may be relocated to any duty location to meet management needs.

Requirements

Experience coordinating team members’ work in a unit, including assigning and evaluating work, setting priorities, timelines, and expectations, and monitoring progress against goals.
Experience setting performance expectations; assessing performance; recommending or providing recognition and rewards; providing feedback and development opportunities; addressing or recommending action on performance or conduct issues; and participating in personnel activities such as recruiting, hiring, mentoring, coaching, or training.
Experience leading teams in collaborative and coordinated risk management examination and supervision efforts, evaluating results, and providing feedback.
Experience maintaining cooperative relations and communications with internal and external partners.
Experience preparing, processing, or reviewing risk management work products, including examination reports, correspondence, application documents, and recommendations for supervisory actions.
Experience researching and analyzing banking or economic trends and their impact on insured depository institutions.
Experience implementing policies, procedures, examination techniques, and other technical and administrative aspects of risk examination work, and advising examiners on these topics.
Must be a Commissioned Risk Examiner in the FDIC or another organization with commissioning criteria comparable to those used by the FDIC Division of Risk Management Supervision.
Submit a résumé limited to two pages and using a minimum 10-point font; only the first two pages will be reviewed if more are submitted.
Meet the high-risk background investigation requirement.
There is no substitution of education for the required experience.

Nice To Haves

A relocation incentive may be authorized; no preferred qualifications are explicitly identified.

Responsibilities

Implement divisional and regional policies and procedures as part of the RMS management team.
Monitor and analyze trends among institutions in the assigned supervision portfolio, identify risks, and recommend appropriate actions.
Direct the planning and timely execution of regional supervision activities under delegated authority.
Supervise reviews of examination and investigation reports, applications, and correspondence, and submit written recommendations to the Regional Director and/or Deputy Regional Director.
Exercise delegated signature authority over specified reports, applications, correspondence, and administrative documents.
Determine compliance with laws, regulations, and safe and sound banking practices; recommend appropriate supervisory follow-up, including formal or informal administrative actions.
Initiate and conduct meetings with regulatory authorities and management officials concerning problem and troubled insured depository institutions.
Maintain cooperative relations and communications with state regulatory agencies, federal agencies, and other FDIC divisions.
Participate in Corporation, regulatory-agency, industry-analyst, and association conferences and seminars.
Communicate with insured depository institution executives and the public, resolving questions, complaints, and inquiries about laws, regulations, and supervision matters.
Plan and coordinate activities concerning failing insured depository institutions, including informational meetings and coordination with the Division of Resolutions and Receiverships, chartering agencies, and other regulatory authorities.
Recommend to the Regional Director and Board of Directors the disposition of failing insured depository institutions.
Assign, manage, develop, train, recruit, and effectively utilize personnel; direct timely and proper completion of assigned work; assess performance and address deficiencies; and promote employee development.
Recommend personnel actions to the Deputy Regional Director and Regional Director, provide input on staffing and grade distribution, implement the FDIC Performance Management Program, lead office meetings, and fulfill labor-relations responsibilities.
Contribute to regional policies, procedures, and staffing; assist in developing vision, strategies, and priorities; and gauge progress toward goals.
Suggest changes to improve processes and policies, monitor adherence to outstanding labor agreements, and lead organizational change and corporate initiatives.