Summary These positions are located in the Division of Depositor and Consumer Protection, Compliance and CRA Examinations Branch, TECH Section, and is responsible for serving as a consumer compliance expert on emerging financial technologies and the supervisory strategies for evaluating such technologies, including leading the development, implementation, and administration of national DCP-related technology policies, procedures, training, research, and examination-related programs. Responsibilities Advises the Compliance and CRA Examinations Branch in developing, implementing, directing and evaluating the Division’s consumer compliance examination program to guide the Washington and Regional Offices in carrying out their responsibilities for compliance supervision and examination-related activity, which includes policies that relate to the supervision of technology-related activities of insured institutions and third-party service providers. Serves as a nationally recognized expert and authority on the evaluation, research, and analysis of emerging financial technology by representing the agency at conferences and meetings with WO staff, regional staff, other financial institution regulators, industry representatives, and the public on consumer compliance-related matters. Serves as an expert on the most complex examinations, visitations, or targeted reviews of institutions, third-party service providers, and/or technology service providers and their products, and/or operations in order to examine the use of emerging technologies and determine compliance with consumer protection regulations. Oversees or leads the development and dissemination of consumer compliance-related knowledge and training from the WO, which focus on the use of emerging financial technologies at institutions and third-party service providers. Serves as the Division’s liaison on consumer compliance examination matters with Divisions and Offices throughout the Corporation, officials at other regulatory agencies, and representatives of financial institutions, consumer groups, and financial industry organizations. Prepares a wide variety of written products including reports, studies, analyses, correspondence, and briefings related to emerging financial technology and key risks within our FDIC-supervised institutions, often under short time frames. Makes presentations of complex findings to a wide range of audiences on consumer compliance-related topics including, but not limited to, the evaluation, analysis, and impact of emerging financial technologies in institutions and third-party service provider’s operations, products and services. Requirements Conditions of Employment Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) required. Completion Of Financial Disclosure May Be Required. Must be a commissioned examiner. 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. Candidates be a Commissioned Compliance Examiner in the FDIC or another organization with comparable commissioning criteria used by the FDIC's Division of Depositor and Consumer Protection. To qualify, applicants must have completed at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the 14 grade level or above in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience developing and implementing systems and processes to gather and analyze examination data; providing advice and guidance to staff on compliance examinations; and determining a financial institution’s compliance with focus on reviewing activities related to emerging financial technologies. Applicants must have met the qualification requirements (including selective placement factors – if any) 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. Selectees(s) for field office locations will be required to report in person to an FDIC office or financial institution at their supervisor’s direction. The duty location is determined upon selection. Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement to fill identical vacancies that occur subsequent to this announcement. If selected, you may be required to serve a probationary or trial period as applicable to appointment type. Salary reflects a pay cap for this position of $252,500.00 To read about your rights and responsibilities as an applicant for Federal employment, click here. The range of pay shown includes base pay plus supplemental locality adjustments. The locality rates for these duty locations range from a low of 16.82% to a high of 34.72%. Pay will vary by grade level and the locality rate for the geographic location where the selectee is located. For more on FDIC locality rates, 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.