Associate Examiner / Examiner I

Company

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

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Job Description

Supports the Federal Reserve's mission of financial system stability. Conducts examinations of community, regional, and large bank holding companies and their subsidiaries. Identifies risks through on- and off- site supervisory activities that ensure financial institutions are operating in a safe and sound manner and in compliance with banking laws and regulations.

Essential Accountabilities

• Serves as Examiner-In-Charge of community, regional, and large complex financial institutions.

• Evaluates condition and risks in conjunction with regulatory guidelines to determine appropriate scope and objectives.

• Manages team of examiners with safety and soundness and risk specialty skills, which includes overseeing risk scoping and supervisory conclusions, and providing performance feedback.

• May be required to lead examinations in specialty risk areas such as information technology, BSA/AML, and capital planning and stress testing. Often leads examinations in areas of corporate governance, audit, and risk management.

• Works effectively with representatives of other Regulatory Agencies and presents findings of joint examinations/inspections in clear & concise manner.

• Identifies weaknesses and prepares and communicates supervisory findings to Reserve Bank management, Federal Reserve System management, and bank senior management and boards of directors.

• Participates on examinations of community, regional, and large complex financial institutions.

• Assesses risks, internal controls, and compliance with laws and regulations. Completes assignments in alignment with departmental and System standards.

• Proficient ability to monitor and understand risks and trends at the institution specific level, portfolio level (across a group of firms) and of the broader financial system and financial markets. Applies such knowledge to supervisory assessments with some oversight.

• May serve as a financial institution's regulatory central point of contact or subject matter expert for all supervisory matters (including applications, enforcement, and risk specialty areas).

• Maintains ongoing awareness of issues and oversees the correction of supervisory findings, coordinating with appropriate risk and enforcement examiners and Reserve Bank attorneys as needed.

• Proficient ability to understand and apply risks and ratings.

• Participates in training programs as prescribed.

• Participates in efforts to advance Reserve Bank or System strategic initiatives.

• Provides coaching and mentoring and performance feedback to other examiners.

• Performs other duties as assigned or requested.

Education and Experience

Examiner Associate:

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Mathematics, Economics or related field and 3+ years of related work experience required or 1+ year as an Assistant Examiner

Examiner I:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Mathematics, Economics, or related field.

• 5+ years of related work experience required.

• Commissioned Examiner of the Federal Reserve System preferred.

• Information Technology, Fiduciary, or capital markets experience is preferred (or is a plus).

Knowledge and Skills

• Intermediate ability to perform independent research

• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office

• Intermediate knowledge of project management

• Intermediate knowledge of regulations, procedures and practices of bank examination

• Basic knowledge of budgeting

• Advanced problem solving and analytical

• Intermediate written and verbal communication

• Intermediate presentation

• Advanced specialized operational/technical skills in bank examination

• Intermediate public speakin