Summary This position is at the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) in the Western Region. This position serves as a Regional Capital Market Specialist. Responsibilities RELOCATION STATEMENT: If you are a current promotion eligible NCUA employee residing outside of the Western Region, your relocation expenses may be authorized in accordance with NCUA's relocation policies if you are moving near a major airport in one of the Western Region states listed below. DUTY STATION STATEMENT: Location is negotiable within commuting distance of a major airport within the continental Western Region. For NCUA employees currently residing in one of the states listed below, your duty station will not change. Western Region continental states are Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. As a Regional Capital Market Specialist, you will: Provide expert advice to NCUA regional staff on credit union balance sheet risk. Handle difficult and complex investment and asset liability management issues. Develop solutions and timelines for resolving high risk conditions. Be responsible for periodic macro analysis of the conditions and elements within the region. Keep abreast of changes in the financial markets. Develop training material. Assess changes in the risk management process in credit unions. Assess risk using financial analytics, call report data and financial risk reports. Answer inquiries from field and office staff, credit unions, and state credit union regulatory agencies. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Specialized experience is the experience that has equipped you with the specific knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. All applicants applying for the CU-13 level must have at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the CU/GS-12 level obtained in the private or public sector. Specialized experience for this position must include: experience performing examinations and audits of financial institutions, and at least 3 of the following 4 activities: 1) reviewing, auditing, examining, or using asset liability models in a financial institution; 2) assessing liquidity risks in a financial institution; 3) assessing liquidity, interest rate, and transaction risk for investments in government and agency securities; and 4) utilizing financial analytics software (e.g., Bloomberg Analytics) for fixed income securities. All applicants applying for the CU-14 level must have at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the CU/GS-13 level obtained in the private or public sector. Specialized experience for this position must include: experience performing examinations and audits of financial institutions , and at least 3 of the following 4 activities: 1) assessing asset and liability management programs, interest rate risk, and simulation models in financial institutions; 2) assessing management work processes and reviewing the overall financial risk management processes of a financial institution; 3) assessing financial institution's liquidity management processes and contingency plans; and 4) utilizing Bloomberg analytics models or other similar analytical models to research and assess investment risks at the instrument and portfolio level. You must meet the qualifications for this position by the closing date of this announcement. Please note, all experience statements (i.e., duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire) copied from this announcement and pasted into your resume will not be considered as a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. YOUR RESUME MUST provide specific details as to how your experience meets the specialized experience and support your responses to the online questionnaire as described in the vacancy announcement. When describing your experience in your resume, please be specific. We will not make assumptions regarding your experience. Please ensure that your resume includes the grade (if you are a current or previous federal employee), month, and year that you began and ended for each position held or that position may not be credited toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. Full-time employment will be assumed unless otherwise stated on your resume. Part-time employment will be prorated in crediting experience. Failure to provide details will result in an ineligible rating. Your resume must also support your responses to the online questionnaire. Failure to provide support may result in a lower rating and/or you may be excluded from consideration. Your latest resume submitted for this vacancy announcement will be used to determine qualifications and supersedes previous submissions. Education Education is not required for this position nor may it be used to qualify. Additional Information Career Ladder Promotion Statement: For positions that are multi-graded, you may be noncompetitively promoted to the next grade level in accordance with OPM regulations and NCUA policies. SALARY: Pay will be set using NCUA's Compensation policy. The salary range shown is NCUA's National Pay Rate (NPR) which includes a locality rate of 16.32% for the Rest of the U.S. (RUS) geographical area. Actual salary will be determined upon the location of selectee and the applicable locality pay, per the NCUA's CU pay table, will be applied. The locality rates, by location, can be found on the NCUA Careers webpage under the Salary Information section. SELECTIVE SERVICE: If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. You may register or check the status of your registration by visiting the Selective Service website at: http://www.sss.gov/. This position is in the bargaining unit. NOTE: Effective January 1, 2010, OPM must authorize any employment offers we make to current or former (within the last 5 years) political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES (political) employees in the executive branch. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES employee in the executive branch, you must disclose that to the point of contact listed on this vacancy announcement. Illegal drug use by individuals working for or on behalf of the federal government, whether on duty or off duty, is contrary to the efficiency of the service and in direct violation of the Controlled Substance Act and the Drug-Free Workplace Act. NCUA IS A COMPETITIVE SERVICE FEDERAL AGENCY. More than the number of positions listed may be filled through this vacancy announcement