Duties

• Develops and communicates to the industry both Division and Corporation policies and guidance related to fraud and financial crimes.
• Develops and maintains relationships with personnel from the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigations, the Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Secret Service, other financial institutions regulatory agencies, and other investigatory agencies related to bank protection, fraud, embezzlement, and investigative matters.
• Advocates in the development and communication of new fraud-related examination programs for Division employees, recognizing and allowing for differences in the supervised institutions' size, complexity, and/or other unique characteristics.
• Represents the FDIC on interagency and FFIEC task forces in the development of fraud-related guidance for the industry and for examination and supervisory policies.
• Prepares speeches, talking points, PowerPoint presentations, or other communications for delivery by Division or Corporation management.
• Meets with foreign visitors who come to the FDIC to learn about examination, supervision, and regulatory issues relating to fraud.
  
  

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

Completion Of Financial Disclosure May Be Required.

This is a Work-In-Place (WIP) Program arrangement. The WIP program allows the selectee of this position to work at a location other than the duty location advertised in this vacancy announcement.

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 .

CG-13: To qualify, applicants must have completed at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the CG-12 grade level or above in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience examining financial fraud conditions, unsafe and unsound practices and violations of laws and regulations effecting an institution.

CG-14: To qualify, applicants must have completed at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the CG-13 grade level or above in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience examining financial fraud conditions, unsafe and unsound practices and violations of laws and regulations and experience developing division and corporation policies, industry guidance or examination programs pertaining to investigative matters.

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

COVID-19: Individuals who start their Federal government service after November 22, 2021, must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to their start date, except in limited circumstances where the law requires an exception. See "Next Steps" section.

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.

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If selected, you may be required to serve a probationary or trial period as applicable to appointment type.

The range of pay shown includes base pay plus supplemental locality adjustments. The locality rates for these duty locations range from a low of 6.68% to a high of 47.85%. Pay will vary by grade level and the locality rate for the geographic location based upon selectee's current permanent duty location. For more on FDIC locality rates, click here.