- Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL)
- Veterans
This position is open only to applicants with ICTAP eligibility from other Federal agencies and veterans eligible for VEOA appointment.
Duties
At the full performance level, major duties include:
- Serves as a point of contact with the Washington Office Special Activities Section, the local OIG office, and Legal Division, and provides guidance to bank personnel regarding BSA/AML matters including FDIC, US Treasury and BSA regulations and guidelines.
- Keeps informed of current events related to money laundering, terrorist financing, and other suspicious activity.
- Reviews and analyzes staff-prepared Civil Money Penalties (CMP) referrals, reports of investigations where BSA/AML issues were identified and applications submitted by banks.
- Prepares recommendations for informal actions and actions for BSA violations as well as Individual Section 19i Waiver Applications for signature/submission to the Washington Office by the Regional Director or Assistant Regional Director.
- Functions as the point of contact for the local OIG and the Region's Legal Division to facilitate referrals to other law enforcement agencies.
- Develops and applies unique or extensive probing and analysis techniques and methods to gather and review information necessary to make an informed decision as to the appropriateness of filing a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR).
- Utilizes and provides guidance to the field staff on the use of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCen) portal to submit data and perform queries.
- Acts as the Regional Director's official representative at meetings of Bank Fraud Working Groups as well as initiating and maintaining working relationships with various offices of the U.S Attorney, the FBI, the Secret Service, the IRS Criminal Investigations Division, and local and State law enforcement agencies.
- Makes presentations at seminars, meetings, and other training events to bank industry groups regarding bank fraud and BSA/AML.
Registration with the Selective Service.
U.S. Citizenship is required.
Employment Conditions .
Completion of Confidential Financial Disclosure may be required.
Qualifications
Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) required.
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 for CG-13, applicants must have completed at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS/CG-12 grade level or above in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience as a commissioned Risk Management Examiner performing examinations of insured depository institutions and evaluating the safety, soundness, and risk posed to the insurance fund, including review for Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) compliance.
To qualify for CG-14, applicants must have completed at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS/CG-13 grade level or above in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience as a commissioned Risk Management Examiner performing examinations of insured depository institutions and evaluating the safety, soundness, and risk posed to the insurance fund, including review for Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) compliance; monitoring the FinCEN data base for accuracy, completeness and information relevant to examinations; and providing guidance on BSA/AML and bank fraud related matters.
Must be a commissioned examiner.
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.
Applicants eligible for ICTAP (Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program) must achieve a score of 85 well qualified for this position. For more information, Click Here .
Education
There is no substitution of education for the experience for this position.
Additional Information
Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement to fill identical vacancies that occur subsequent to this announcement.
If selected, you may be required to serve a probationary or trial period as applicable to appointment type.
Selectee(s) for this position will be required to report to their duty station office two days per week.
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Salary reflects a pay cap for this position of $252, 500.
The range of pay shown includes base pay plus supplemental locality adjustments. The locality rates for these duty locations range from a low of 16.82% to a high of 51.75%. Pay will vary by grade level and the locality rate for the geographic location where the position is located. For more on FDIC locality rates, click here.
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:
- 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.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Performing any service for compensation with any bank, or for any officer, director, or employee thereof, or for any person connected therewith.
- Disclosing any confidential information from a bank examination report except as authorized by law.
- Soliciting or accepting any gift from a prohibited source or because of the Examiner's official position.
- Benefits
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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
