Associate Director, Risk Management Examination Branch, EM-0301-00

Full Job Description

This position is located in the Division of Risk Management Supervision (RMS), Supervision and Examination 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, 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. 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 undertaken; 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: Minimum two years of experience in either the federal or state government or the private sector, overseeing and coordinating the work of organizational units including assigning work; directing changes to programs and priorities; and evaluating performance against goals; AND Leadership Experience 2: Minimum one year of experience in either the federal or state government or the private sector, managing employee performance and growth including evaluating employee readiness for successive roles; recognizing accomplishments, providing feedback and development opportunities, and addressing performance/conduct issues; AND Leadership Experience 3: Minimum one year of experience in either the federal or state government or the private sector, managing an agency-wide program related to preserving a sound banking system and/or protecting insured depositors from unsafe and unsound banking practices, including providing expertise in the interpretation of policies, regulations, or executive orders; AND Technical Experience 1: Minimum three years of experience in either the federal or state government or the private sector, directing highly complex analytical research on financial activities and proposals and conducting briefings for executive-level decision making regarding regulatory filings, significant emerging risks, and other critical risk management supervision matters; AND Technical Experience 2: Minimum three years of experience in either the federal or state government or the private sector, leading collaborative efforts in the research, evaluation, and modification of broad risk management procedures; AND Technical Experience 3: Minimum three years of experience in either the federal or state government or the private sector, advising executive leadership on a broad range of highly technical risk management matters.

Selective Placement Factor: Candidates must be a Commissioned Risk Management in the FDIC or another organization with comparable commissioning criteria used by the FDIC's Division of Risk Management Supervision.

Major Duties:

Plans, directs, coordinates, and evaluates the activities of the Risk Management Examination Branch of the Division of Risk Management Supervision (RMS); and serves as a technical advisor to RMS senior executives on a broad range of risk management matters.

Directs the research of solutions and identifies feasible courses of action for the Deputy Director, Supervision and Examinations, involving safety and soundness matters that are complex, unique, controversial and/or high profile in nature, based upon factual data, judgment, and the mission and priorities of the Division; and supports the Deputy Director, Supervision and Examinations, in implementing analytical and examination efforts to monitor and assess existing and emerging risks in the financial services industry.

Oversees formal and informal corrective programs designed to correct existing financial institution deficiencies as well as to return “troubled” financial institutions to a safe and sound condition; and oversees the processing of all types of notices and applications filed with the various Regional Offices when authority is not delegated to regional staff, including situations, which involve unresolved policy issues.

Reviews related memoranda put forth by subordinate managers to determine reasonableness of recommendations, effectiveness and appropriateness of conditions, completeness thereof and conformance to regulations and policies, and the evaluation of risk to the Deposit Insurance Fund.

Prepares for the Deputy Director's consideration decisions related to applications for deposit insurance and other activities that evaluate whether statutory and other factors are met.

Oversees the processing of recommendations for enforcement actions and reviews related memoranda to determine reasonableness and adequacy.

This includes, but is not limited to, termination of insurance, cease and desist orders, removal and prohibition from the banking industry, civil money penalties, prompt corrective action directives, and investigations conducted pursuant to Sections 8, 10 and 38 of the FDI Act; and oversees the review of recommendations related to supervisory appeal cases and participates in presentations of cases to the Office of Supervisory Appeals.

Monitors the review of examination reports of 3, 4, and 5-rated financial institutions, memoranda relating to problem financial institutions, and memoranda recommending changes in composite ratings of 3, 4, and 5-rated Institutions.

Leads interagency discussions of problem financial institutions and participates in inter-divisional discussions regarding any contingent losses for anticipated failures.

Reviews written cases on supervisory matters to be presented to appropriate committees and/or the FDIC Board of Directors.

Routinely makes oral presentations of cases before these bodies and provides oral briefings to Board members, their deputies, other committees of the Corporation, and Division senior management.

Meets with members of the financial community, attorneys, auditors, and other professionals in connection with the processing of notices, applications, and enforcement actions.

Provides guidance determining the need for new policies or procedures on risk management matters.

The subjects discussed by such groups include technical matters of extreme complexity and sensitivity with potentially significant consequences to risk management supervision programs; and leads the branch's review of the conclusions and recommendations of studies and audits conducted by the Office of the Inspector General or the General Accounting Office regarding various risk management operational policies and procedures or activities.

Directs and reviews special studies involving in-depth research and analysis of complex and/or highly technical risk management examination issues and regulatory compliance matters.

As appropriate, oversees the development of risk identification tools for use by RMS; and directs the branch's participation on horizontal reviews/audits of Regional Office activities regarding applications, enforcement actions, and examination policies and procedures to evaluate consistency with FDIC policies.

Oversees the preparation of a variety of management reports as needed for use by senior management of the Division of Risk Management Supervision, senior management of the FDIC, and the Board of Directors; and collaborates with senior management and staff of other Divisions and Offices within the Corporation, officials of other domestic and international supervisory and regulatory agencies, and representatives of financial institutions and other private sector financial services organizations.