Summary This position is located in the Division of Risk Management Supervision and is responsible for examinations of insured depository institutions and, where applicable, bank secrecy act (BSA), trust, and information technology (IT) departments. Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement to fill identical vacancies that occur subsequent to this announcement. Responsibilities Major duties include: Conducts, supervises, and directs examinations of insured depository institutions. Meets with insured depository institution officials and/or boards of directors to discuss the findings of the exam, discuss corrective actions and obtain commitments for correction of deficiencies. Prepares reports of examinations including recommendations and documents addressing remedial action. Prepares reports on non-bank subsidiaries and or affiliates. Devotes considerable time and effort to training and mentoring of non-commissioned and newly commissioned examiners. Provides feedback to the Field Supervisor, or designee, or other appropriate management official on the performance of personnel assigned to the incumbent at individual examinations. Requirements Conditions of Employment Completion of Confidential Financial Disclosure may be required. Must be a commissioned examiner. Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) required. As a best practice for banking regulators, the FDIC requires that the Examiner-in-Charge (EIC) spend no more than five years in any single institution. After five years, the EIC will be given a new assignment. Qualifications Qualifying experience may be obtained in the private or public sector. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic, religious/spiritual; community; student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Additional qualifications information can be found here. To qualify, applicants must have completed at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the CG/GS-13 grade level or above in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has provided the candidate with the knowledge, skills and ability to perform examinations of the largest and most complex insured depository institutions, to conduct special investigations or examinations of non insured operating institutions or newly organized institutions applying for depository insurance and/or institutions contemplating merger, consolidation and similar activities, and to serve as Examiner-in-Charge. Candidates must be a Commissioned Risk Examiner in the FDIC or another organization with comparable commission criteria used by the FDIC's Division of Risk Management Supervision. Applicants must have met the qualification requirements (including selective placement factors) for this position within 30 calendar days of the closing date of this announcement. Education There is no substitution of education for the experience for this position. Additional Information Selectee(s) for this position will be required to report to their duty station office at least 1 day per pay period beginning January 2, 2024, and at their supervisor’s direction to support mission and project needs. In person reporting requirements are expected to increase in July 2024. If selected, you may be required to serve a probationary or trial period as applicable to appointment type. To read about your rights and responsibilities as an applicant for Federal employment click here. Financial Institution Examiners must maintain the highest personal ethical standards as provided in Part 336 of the FDIC's Rules and Regulations, (Employee Responsibilities and Conduct). Financial Institution Examiners must comply with Section 3201.102 of Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct for FDIC Employees (5 CFR Part 3201), which, in part, prohibits them and their immediate families from accepting certain credit from State nonmember banks. All Financial Institution Examiners are prohibited from the following: 1. Obtaining a loan or a line of credit from any insured state nonmember bank or its subsidiaries. Any extensions of credit held by the Examiner, the Examiner's spouse, or any dependent children are direct or indirect extensions of credit to the Examiner. Exceptions: a. Loans for a primary residence are permissible. The Examiner must not participate in any examination of that institution with which he holds the primary residence loan, and a "cooling off" period is required before negotiating a loan for a primary residence from any institution the Examiner has examined. b. No restrictions on obtaining credit cards issued under the same terms and conditions available to the public from an insured state nonmember bank either within or outside of their field office of assignment. 2. Participating in any examination, or other matter, involving an insured depository institution or any person with whom the Examiner has an outstanding loan or line of credit. 3. Performing any service for compensation with any bank, or for any officer, director, or employee thereof, or for any person connected therewith. 4. Disclosing any confidential information from a bank examination report except as authorized by law. 5. Soliciting or accepting any gift from a prohibited source or because of the Examiner's official position.