Summary
As a National Bank Examiner/Bank Examiner (Technical Expert for Market Risk) in Bank Supervision Policy, Treasury Market Risk Policy, you will provide high level technical advice and expertise on treasury and market risk regulations and policies. You will provide technical expertise and advice on the development, implementation, and/or interpretation of bank capital regulations and policies and the risk to bank capital from treasury and market risk.
Duties
As a National Bank Examiner/Bank Examiner (Technical Expert for Market Risk), you will:
- Serve as an expert advisor on highly technical and complex market risk issues such as Leverage Coverage ratio, trading operations, hedging strategies, swaps margining requirements and Volcker application. Identify and analyze areas of significant risks related to market risk.
- Maintain high level expert knowledge of treasury and market risks policies and issues, including industry practices, emerging issues and trends by establishing and maintaining relationships with bank industry and regulatory experts and OCC examiners in the field.
- Work with other bank and financial institution regulators, technical experts and other standard setting bodies to develop or revise treasury market risk policies or regulations, to address new products and services and/or to analyze emerging practices and related risks.
- Develop policy responses, to include interpretative letters and supervisory guidance, and present recommendations, action plans and/or strategies for implementing policy response options to OCC senior management.
- Provide expertise in quantitative and qualitative risk management methods. Lead efforts to address concerns and implement corrective measures.
- Coordinate with other areas of the OCC supervisory programs to provide technical expertise, advice and interpretation of highly complicated, complex and/or politically sensitive treasury market risk policies.
- Conduct outreach to the banking industry, to include bankers, international groups, Congressional staff, Department of Treasury, banker associations, and other Federal government financial regulatory groups on high level market risk issues.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
This position requires that the successful candidate undergo personnel vetting, which includes a background investigation and enrollment upon onboarding into "Continuous Vetting." Enrollment in Continuous Vetting will result in automated record checks being conducted throughout one's employment with Treasury. The successful candidate will also be enrolled into FBI's Rap Back service, which will allow Treasury to receive notification from the FBI of criminal matters (e.g., arrests, charges, convictions) involving enrolled individuals in near real-time.
There are three key documents that contain important information about your rights and obligations. Please read and retain these documents:
- , for those who undergo an FBI fingerprint-based criminal history record check for personnel vetting, which includes Rap Back,
- (this is the same statement used when your fingerprints are submitted as part of your background investigation), and
- , (applicable to those who hold a sensitive position or have eligibility for access to classified information).
- Complete a one-year trial period (unless already completed).
- Complete a to determine your suitability for Federal employment.
- Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer.
- Go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the . Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S.
- Travel overnight or locally on an occasional basis.
- Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel.
- Successfully complete a background investigation that includes criminal history, financial history (including a credit check) and other information.
- File an Executive Branch Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE 450) and an OCC Financial Disclosure Form.
- Complete a financial disclosure review and resolve any ethics issues.
- for important information about OCC ethics standards, such as the requirement that new hires divest their bank securities.
Qualifications
You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement:
You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the NB-VI band level or GS-14 Grade Level. Examples of specialized experience for this position include:
- Developing, auditing, or examining a bank or financial institution's risk management policies and procedures, particularly related to application of market risk regulations; AND
- Analyzing the market risks associated with areas such as Derivatives and Trading Activities, Bank Owned Life Insurance (BOLI), Interest Rate Risk, Price Risk, Investment Securities, Volcker rule or Liquidity Risk for a financial institution or bank.
The experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector, or through volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis.
To receive any credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/year, and indicate the number of hours worked per week, on your resume.
How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Your application package includes your resume, responses to the online questions, and required supporting documents. Please be sure that your resume includes detailed information to support your qualifications for this position; failure to provide sufficient evidence in your resume may result in a "not qualified" determination.
Rating:
Your application package will be evaluated in the following areas:
- Bank Supervision Knowledge
- Policy Research and Analysis
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Advisement, Collaboration and Outreach
- Written Communication
- Oral Communication
Quality groupings will be used to rank and select eligible candidates. If qualified, you will be assigned to one of three quality groupings (Outstanding, Excellent, or Qualified) depending on your responses to the online questions regarding your experience, education and training related to this position. Your rating will be lowered if your responses to the online questions are not supported by the education and/or experience described in your application.
Veterans' preference is applied after applicants are assessed. Preference-eligibles will be listed at the top of their assigned category and considered before non-preference eligibles in that category. Qualified preference eligibles with a compensable service-connected disability of 10% or more will be listed at the top of the highest category.
Referral: If you are among the top qualified candidates, your application may be referred to a selecting official for consideration. You may be required to participate in a selection interview.
Required Documents
A complete application package includes: 1) A resume, 2) vacancy question responses, and 3) submission of any required documents. Please note that if you do not provide all required information, as specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this position (or may not receive the special consideration for which you may be eligible). Note: Please ensure that all bank, financial, and other confidential or sensitive information is removed/redacted from each document.
RESUME: All applicants are required to submit a resume by either creating one in USAJOBS or uploading one of their own choosing. (Cover letters are optional.) To receive any credit for relevant experience, please list the month/year and number of hours worked for experience listed on your resume. We suggest you preview the online questions, as you may need to customize your resume to ensure that it supports your responses to these questions. Please review .
VETERANS DOCUMENTATION: If you are claiming veteran's preference, you must submit a copy of your DD-214 showing type of separation and character of service (e.g. DD-214 Member 4 Copy) and if applicable, VA letter. Ten-point preference eligibles must also submit an , along with required documentation listed on the back of the SF-15 form. Current Active Duty members must submit a certification of expected discharge or release from active duty under honorable conditions dated within 120 days after the certification is submitted by the applicant. The certification letter should be on letterhead of the appropriate military branch of the service and contain (1) the military service dates including the expected discharge or release date; and (2) the character of service. You can find additional information about Veterans' Preference at .
OPTIONAL DOCUMENTS: In addition, you may submit the following:
- Cover letter
- Recent performance evaluation (be sure to redact/remove all sensitive information prior to submitting)