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Associate Director, National and Regional Risk Analysis, EM-0301-00 (Public)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Other Agencies and Independent Organizations

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Location

Washington, District of Columbia

Salary

$280,000 - $305,000

per year

Closes

April 17, 2026

SES Pay Grade

Base salary range: $147,649 - $221,900

Typical requirements: Executive-level leadership experience. Senior executive qualifications required.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This role involves leading a team to monitor economic trends and risks in the financial sector, analyzing how they might affect banks and the government's deposit insurance fund, and sharing insights through reports and briefings.

A good fit would be an experienced leader with a strong background in finance and economics, who has managed teams and communicated complex ideas to high-level audiences like executives and policymakers.

It's ideal for someone passionate about protecting the banking system and skilled in turning data into actionable advice.

Key Requirements

  • Proven leadership in overseeing organizational units through subordinate supervisors, including assigning work, directing priorities, and evaluating performance
  • Experience managing employee performance, growth, feedback, and addressing issues directly and indirectly via supervisors
  • Expertise in authoring or leading publications, articles, white papers, or briefings on national and regional economic developments and financial risks
  • Demonstrated financial and economic risk analysis skills, shown through media appearances, conference presentations, awards, or Congressional testimony
  • Ability to perform complex analyses on financial, banking, economic, modeling, and statistical matters impacting insured institutions
  • Progressively responsible management or executive-level experience in the public or private sector, including volunteer work
  • Strong communication skills for disseminating analysis to senior management, regulators, industry, and the public

Full Job Description

This position is located in the Division of Insurance and Research, Deposit Insurance and Risk Analysis, National and Regional Risk Analysis Branch of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in Washington, D.C.

Salary reflects a pay cap for this position of $305,000. To meet the minimum qualifications, applicants must possess the leadership and technical experiences listed below.

These qualifications would typically be gained through progressively responsible management or executive-level assignments. 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, skills, and abilities and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: All applicants must submit a resume that addresses each minimum qualification experience.

Examples should be clear, concise, and emphasize your level of responsibilities; the scope and complexity of the programs, activities, or services you managed; program accomplishments; policy initiatives undertook; level of contacts; the sensitivity and criticality of the issues you addressed; and the results of your actions.

You should use action-oriented leadership words to describe your experience and accomplishments and quantify your experience wherever possible to demonstrate your accomplishments (e.g., number of employees supervised).

Leadership experiences identified must have been performed in an official supervisory role.

Leadership Experience 1: Experience in overseeing and coordinating the work of organizational units directly and indirectly through subordinate supervisors, including assigning work; directing changes to programs and priorities; and evaluating performance against goals; AND Leadership Experience 2: Experience in managing employee performance and growth directly and indirectly through subordinate supervisors, including evaluating employee readiness for successive roles; recognizing accomplishments, providing feedback and development opportunities, and addressing performance/conduct issues; AND Technical Experience 1: Experience in leading/authoring agency/professional publications, articles, white papers, or senior-level briefing materials related to national and regional economic developments and risks impacting the financial/banking industry, OR Technical Experience 2: Experience applying expertise in financial and economic risk analyses as evidenced by media appearances/interviews, professional/academic conference presentations, professional association credentials/awards, or representing an organization in Congressional testimony.

Major Duties:

As the Associate Director, National and Regional Risk Analysis, the incumbent is responsible for the following: Monitors national and regional economic developments and trends in the financial services industry and in financial markets, including movements in interest rates, exchange rates, and other prices, to analyze their potential effects on insured institutions and the DIF.

Develops appropriate channels for disseminating analysis to senior management of the Corporation, regional supervisory personnel, other regulators, the industry, and the public.

Serves as a project leader for broad intra- and interagency external publications and special projects by providing guidance, substantive editing, and direction for Corporation and Division publications.

Perform complex analyses on a variety of general financial, banking, economic, modeling, and statistical matters as they relate to or affect the activities of the Corporation, and incorporate into studies, policy decisions, and testimony.

Review and evaluate studies, reports, and proposals prepared by Corporation staff, private individuals, and other government agencies.

Establishes and maintains continuing liaison with counterparts in other FDIC divisions, officials of other regulatory agencies, the financial press, and representatives of various financial institutions and private industry, including prominent economists and industry analysts from a range of sectors and academic institutions.

Serves as the Division's representative on key operational and policy committees, as appropriate, and at industry outreach events that require expert analysis of complex risk issues.

Exercises supervisory personnel management authority and performs the full range of performance management duties to include planning, assigning, and reviewing work products of subordinates; establishing guidelines and performance expectations; and evaluating work performance and providing feedback to others on their performance.

Identifies training and developmental needs for staff and provides regular recognition of staff.

Works in collaboration with the appropriate Human Resources and Legal staff to administer disciplinary action. Hears and resolves grievances or other disputes as appropriate.

Approves/disapproves requests for leave, telework, travel, training, etc.

Plans, directs, coordinates, and evaluates all activities of the Division associated with regional operations and risk analysis.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 4/6/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 4/7/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: 2026-EM-PJN-0048