Senior CRSB Examiner

Company

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago is one of 12 Reserve Banks that, along with the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., constitute the Federal Reserve System, which was established by Congress in 1913.

The fundamental mission of the Federal Reserve System is to foster the stability, integrity and efficiency of the nation's monetary, financial and payment systems and to promote optimal economic performance.

To this end, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago serves the public interest by participating in the formulation and implementation of national monetary policy; supervising and regulating state member banks, bank holding companies and foreign bank branches; providing financial services to depository institutions, designated financial market utilities, and the U.S. government; and promoting consumer protection and community development.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago serves the Seventh Federal Reserve District comprising of a five-state region, including all of Iowa and most of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin.

Supervision & Regulation Department
Supervision and Regulation (S&R) plays a critical role in The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's core mission, supervising state-chartered banks that are members of the Federal Reserve System, bank holding companies, financial holding companies and savings and loan holding companies. Our duty is to foster the stability, integrity and efficiency of the nation's monetary, financial and payment systems to promote optimal economic performance. We seek individuals who hold themselves to the highest standards, who flourish in an environment of collaboration and innovation. Our most successful staff have strong critical thinking skills, as well as strong verbal and written communications capability.

Job Summary
This position is under the Safety and Soundness examinations of Community Banks. The Community, Regional, & Specialty Bank (CRSB) Supervision family provides supervisory oversight for financial institutions of varying complexities that have a close relationship with the communities they serve. Members of the CRSB job family generally conduct full scope or target examination and inspections of CRSB firms by working with different teams and staff across the department and through interaction with institution executives with broad responsibilities. The Senior Examiner uses in-depth knowledge and/or expertise to lead and serve as Examiner-In-Charge (EIC) or a member of a full scope point-in-time examination/inspection team. The level of work is generally considered advanced, and staff must be able to work under minimal supervision. This position has no direct reports.

Your Responsibilities:

• Leads and participates in examinations and serves effectively as an Examiner-In-Charge (EIC) to ensure the successful completion of an examination or inspection, including the assessment of the institution’s overall condition, risk management systems, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations;
• Draws on professional experience, to present and make supervisory recommendations and responses to resolve moderately complex to complex issues
• Develops examination/project plans, timelines and milestones for complex examinations
• Creates and provides moderately complex to complex reports, documents, and other correspondence to internal and external stakeholders
• Builds and maintains strategic working relationships and networks with both internal and external stakeholders, such as other Reserve Banks, the Board of Governors and other regulatory agencies
• Serves as a mentor and/or coach; provides technical expertise and constructive feedback to all levels of staff

 

Your Background:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Seven plus years of direct work-related experience
• Commission preferred or similar credentials from a regulatory agency; if you are not commissioned, you will be required to go through the Examiner Commissioning Program (ECP) and become commissioned
• Guides others in understanding, supporting, and executing the risk focused supervision process
• Demonstrates advanced analytical and problem solving skills
• Demonstrates independent and critical thinking and decision making abilities as well as have strong written and oral communication abilities
• Demonstrates the ability to provide effective direction or consultation
• Possesses the ability to coach/guide and provide guidance and constructive feedback to all levels of staff
• Possesses strong teamwork skills and the ability to build and work collaboratively within and across work teams
• Demonstrates the ability to effectively lead and influence a team without authority and to resolve moderately complex to complex issues
• Demonstrates the ability to manage time and projects effectively by adjusting quickly to new and different priorities
• Demonstrates aptitude to leverage relevant technology and software applications
• Possesses general business acumen

  

What we offer:

• Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, 401k savings plan, retirement plan, paid time off and transit benefit.
• A continuous learning environment with opportunities to gain new skills and grow your career.

 

Location:

• This position requires presence at one of the 7th District offices—Chicago, Des Moines or Detroit

 

Additional Requirements:

• Please include a Cover Letter with your Resume/CV
• Ability and willingness to travel 25%

• A valid Driver’s License is a requirement of the position 

• This position requires access to confidential supervisory information and/or FOMC information, which is limited to "Protected Individuals" as defined in the U.S. federal immigration law. Protected Individuals include, but are not limited to, U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and U.S. permanent residents who either are not yet eligible to apply for naturalization or who have applied for naturalization within the requisite timeframe. Candidates who are not U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents may be eligible for the information access required for this position and sponsorship for a work visa, and subsequently for permanent residence, if they sign a declaration of intent to become a U.S. citizen and meet other eligibility requirements. In addition, all candidates must undergo applicable background checks and comply with all applicable information handling rules, and all non-U.S. citizens must sign a declaration of intent to become a U.S. Citizen and pursue a path to citizenship.
• This position has additional screening requirements due to the information accessed while performing the job. These additional screenings would be initiated at the time of offer acceptance and can take approximately two months to be completed. The screening covers areas such as education/employment verification, criminal history, credit history, and reaches out to your references and people that know you well.
• As a condition of employment, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago employees must comply with the Bank’s ethics rules which generally prohibit employees, their spouses/domestic partners, and minor children from owning securities, such as stock, of banks or savings associations or their affiliates, such as bank holding companies and savings and loan holding companies. If you or your spouse/domestic partner or minor child own such securities and would not be willing or able to divest them if you accepted an offer of Bank employment, you should raise this issue with the recruiter for this posting, who can provide you contact information for our ethics official if necessary.
• This document indicates the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this position. It is not a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. An employee's responsibilities, tasks, and duties might differ from those outlined in the job description, and other duties, as assigned, are a part of the job. The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reserves the right to modify the elements of this job description, as business needs require.

  

The expected starting salary range for this position is between $144,700 and $171,200 annually in addition to annual performance-based discretionary bonuses. Final salary and offer will be determined based on the applicant’s relevant experience, skills, internal equity, and alignment with geographic and other market data.      

                                                                 

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status.

Full Time / Part Time

Full time

Regular / Temporary

Regular

Job Exempt (Yes / No)

Yes

Job Category

Supervision Family Group

Work Shift

First (United States of America)

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