Senior Review Examiner

Summary This position is located in the Division of Depositor and Consumer Protection, Atlanta Regional Office of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and provides support in the areas of the Division's Compliance Examination Program. Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement to fill identical vacancies that occur subsequent to this announcement. Responsibilities Assists in directing and evaluating the Division's compliance examination program to guide the Region in carrying out their responsibilities for compliance supervision and examination-related activity, which includes Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), fair lending and other consumer protection regulations. Serves as a Region's expert on compliance examination issues and provides leadership for the team of review examiners, examiners and other staff to ensure consistent application of policies, procedures and practices related to the completion and review of compliance reports of examination. Researches controversial, sensitive, and complex topics related to compliance examination matters and consumer protection laws and regulations; and provides authoritative advice and assistance to senior management and others within the Region through substantive briefings and written reports. Assists in the development of policies and procedures on new and emerging issues and conveys Region's position to senior management, staff, financial institutions and trade associations. Performs activities related to the review, analysis and processing of compliance reports for the most complex examinations, applications and investigations related to consumer protection issues. Prepares recommendations for enforcement action cases regarding compliance examinations or investigations for actions by the Regional Director, Division of Depositor and Consumer Protection (DCP) Director and/or the Board of Directors. Reviews appeals of material supervisory compliance and CRA determinations by financial institutions, prepares recommendations and presents the said case to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) senior management, and endeavor to negotiate a settlement or agreement at the earliest stage possible of said case. Assists in the development and implementation of conferences, conference calls or meetings with officials at other regulatory agencies, and representatives of financial institutions, consumer groups, and financial industry organizations. Serves as a subject matter expert for the Region to develop, coordinate, and monitor a comprehensive compliance training program for compliance personnel while providing instruction and training to DCP staff, personnel from other Federal and state agencies, banker and consumer groups and the general public. Requirements Conditions of Employment Completion Of Financial Disclosure May Be Required. Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) required. Employee may be relocated to any duty location to meet management needs. THIS IS A TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT NOT TO EXCEED ONE YEAR. The selectee will be given a temporary promotion if eligible or be placed on a lateral detail if already serving at the advertised grade level on a permanent basis. If temporarily promoted, the temporary assignment may be ended earlier or extended for up to five (5) years based on management’s needs. It may also be made permanent without further competition. At the end of the temporary promotion (if temporarily promoted), the employee’s basic pay will be set at the rate received prior to being temporarily promoted, regardless of length of the temporary promotion. The pay rate shall be increased to reflect pay increases (if any) received while temporarily promoted, as long as the resulting rate does not exceed the new range maximum. Return Rights: If the temporary assignment is not made permanent and its duration is one year or less, the employee will be returned to a position that is comparable to his or her permanent position (i.e., same series, grade, and duty location) in the same or successor Division/Office. If, however, the temporary assignment is not made permanent, is to a position in a different Division/Office from the employee’s permanent Division/Office, and exceeds one year (including extensions beyond one year of the initial appointment of one year or less), the employee will not be returned to his or her permanent position of record. Instead, the employee will be placed in a permanent position comparable to his or her permanent position of record (at the same grade and pay) in the Division/Office and duty location where the temporary assignment is located. Since an extension of a temporary promotion beyond one (1) year will directly impact the employee’s return rights to his or her permanent Division/Office and duty location, the employee must concur in advance with any extension of the temporary promotion beyond one (1) year. Change in Duty Location: If the duty location of this temporary assignment is different from the employee’s permanent duty location of record, the employee's duty location may be changed to the temporary duty location for the duration of the assignment if the temporary assignment lasts over one (1) year (including extensions beyond the initial appointment). 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 grade 14 level or above in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience as a Commissioned Examiner that includes conducting or directing bank examinations, investigations, and other activities relating to consumer protection, fair lending, and civil rights laws and regulations, Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), and related enforcement responsibilities, or conducting fair lending and consumer complaint investigations. Applicants must be a Commissioned Compliance Examiner in the FDIC. 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 two days per week. Salary reflects a pay cap for this position of $252,500. 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. Corporate Manager (CM) Applicants: CMs selected for a CG-level temporary assignment will be required to sign a Memorandum of Understanding documenting acceptance of a 10% temporary reduction to their base salary or pay-setting at the salary range maximum for the CG-level position, whichever one is lower, for the duration of the temporary assignment. After the temporary assignment, CM employees will return to their Positions of Record with salary restored to their CM base salary, including any CM pay adjustments applied during the temporary assignment. 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.