Senior Examination Specialist (Capital Markets Policy) CG-0570-15

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation • Washington, DC

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About The Position

This position is in the Division of Risk Management Supervision, Capital Markets, Accounting, and Policy Branch, Exam Support Section. It provides support on policy and supervision matters involving capital markets risk, capital markets risk management techniques, and financial institutions’ economic and regulatory capital requirements. The role serves as a project leader and senior authority in developing and implementing agency or interagency policy, procedures, regulations, and supervisory guidance. It also conducts expert-level examination and analysis of bank and non-bank financial institution activities, including stress testing, market risk reviews, capital markets reviews, trading, underwriting, and derivatives activities.

The position provides technical examination and supervisory guidance to agency management and staff, including regional capital markets specialists and field examination staff. It conducts advanced research and financial and economic analysis of complex capital markets issues, assesses regulatory changes and emerging risks, and develops recommendations and frameworks to support effective measurement, monitoring, and supervision of risk. Its work informs policy and supervisory approaches and supports the safety and soundness of financial institutions and U.S. financial stability.

Requirements

• One year of specialized experience equivalent to the Federal service GS/CG-14 level or above.
• Specialized experience leading complex examinations or targeted reviews involving capital markets risk at financial institutions.
• Specialized experience independently or as a team lead developing policy recommendations or evaluating compliance with policies related to regulatory capital, liquidity, interest-rate risk, or capital markets instruments, activities, and strategies.
• Specialized experience analyzing capital markets activities and recommending actions to promote financial institutions’ safety and soundness or safeguard U.S. financial stability.
• Must be a commissioned FDIC Financial Institution Examiner (Risk Management) or hold a Risk Management Examiner commission from another comparable organization as determined by the FDIC.
• Must meet qualification requirements, including any selective placement factors, within 30 calendar days of the announcement’s closing date.
• Resume must include, for each work experience, the organization or agency name, title, federal series and grade if applicable, start and end dates including month and year, hours worked per week, and relevant experience supporting the specialized experience requirement.
• There is no substitution of education for experience.
• Completion of financial disclosure may be required.
• Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead the formulation, advancement, and implementation of agency and interagency policies, procedures, regulations, and supervisory guidance related to regulatory capital, liquidity, interest rate risk, capital markets instruments and activities, and other supervisory and examination matters.
• Oversee and perform expert-level analysis and examinations of bank and non-bank financial institution activities, including stress testing, market risk reviews, horizontal reviews, market making and underwriting metrics, and derivatives activities.
• Provide primary and technical examination and supervisory guidance, advice, and assistance to RMS management and staff, regional and area offices, regional capital markets specialists, and field examination staff.
• Recommend Division policies and revised supervisory approaches for examinations involving liquidity, sensitivity to market risk, securities, regulatory capital, and other capital markets matters.
• Assess regulatory changes, capital market developments, and emerging risks for their implications for the economy, banking sector, and Deposit Insurance Fund.
• Provide recommendations to maintain safety and soundness and safeguard U.S. financial stability.
• Conduct advanced research on complex financial and capital markets issues, instruments, and strategies.
• Analyze the current and potential effects of capital, earnings, liquidity, and market risks across insured institutions, and contribute findings to policy development.
• Research and develop analytical reports on complex capital markets issues, institutions’ capital markets activities, and associated risks.
• Develop frameworks to ensure risks are effectively measured, monitored, and supervised.
• Perform financial and economic analyses to identify sources of capital markets risk in financial institutions that regulatory agencies must measure or monitor.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package available to employees and their families; eligibility depends on position type and work schedule.
• FDIC offers additional employee benefits, some at minimal cost.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed