Clarification from the agency

This announcement is open for specified locations. You may select up to 2 locations for a start date in June 2021. U.S. Citizens and U.S. Nationals; no prior federal service is required.

You will serve as an entry-level professional employee in the Midsize and Community Bank Supervision (MCBS) organization. Work assignments will cover all areas of banking, including examining loans, interest rate risk, capital, liquidity, consumer compliance protection programs, and compliance with banking laws and regulations. We will provide developmental on-the-job and formal training and you will learn the basic procedures and practices used in national bank/thrift supervision. You will: 

• Gather, organize and analyze selected data;
• Complete related bank supervision procedures; 
• Check compliance with laws and regulations; 
• Gather information through discussions with other employees and bank management; 
• Draw conclusions and recommend corrective action;
• Perform offsite analyses, write memorandums and reports, and update or write examination comments under close supervision; and
• Conform to established business policy guidelines and safeguard equipment, sensitive data and resources.

View our video about Becoming a National Bank Examiner by clicking here.

Conditions of employment

• Complete a one-year trial period (unless already completed).
• Complete a Declaration for Federal Employment to determine your suitability for Federal employment. 
• Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer. 
• Go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the Form I-9. Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S.
• Travel overnight or locally on a frequent basis. 
• Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel.
• Complete a financial disclosure review and resolve any ethics issues.
• Successfully complete a background investigation that includes criminal history, financial history (including a credit check), and other information.
• Click here for important information about OCC ethics standards, such as the requirement that new hires divest their bank securities.

Qualifications

To become an ANBE, you need to meet at least one of the following:

• A four-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree or 1 full year of graduate level education, with major study in accounting, banking, business administration, commercial or banking law, economics, finance, marketing, or other field closely related to the position. (Note: The education generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to Accreditation. If you are qualifying based on foreign education, you must submit proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency; more information may be found at Proof of Creditability). If you are using your education to qualify for this position, you must have all coursework completed no later than your start date. Your qualifications will be determined based on the documents you submit with your application (please refer to the Required Documents section for more information about what you must submit with your application). If selected, your qualifications will be verified and you will be required to provide an official transcript, or documentation from your school certifying completion of educational requirements, prior to your start date; OR
• Three years of work experience in a financial institution that provided you with knowledge of accounting or auditing principles. Such work could include reviewing, analyzing, recommending or approving loan applications, investments, or other actions involving the properties or monies of others held in trust by or for a financial institution; internal accounting or auditing work for a financial institution that required understanding of debits and credits, balance sheets, and operating statements. All paid and non-paid work experience must include the job title and dates held (month and year, for example "June 2017-September 2017" or "April 2015-present"). If you are qualifying based on work experience, you must meet these requirements by the closing date of the announcement; OR
• Equivalent combinations of education and experience (please refer to the Required Documents section for more information about what you must submit with your application); OR
• A Certified Public Accountant (CPA) certificate obtained through written examination in a State, territory, or the District of Columbia (please refer to the Required Documents section for more information about what you must submit with your application).
  
                         AND

You must successfully pass the Examiner Entry-Level Knowledge Test, the Analytical Reasoning Assessment, and the Written Communication Skills Test.

All eligible applicants are required to test. Test results from previous ANBE testing sessions will not be considered. If you self-certify that you are qualified for the position, you will receive an email inviting you to schedule an appointment for testing. You must print and save your test admission notice when it appears on the screen.
 
1) Scheduling Your Test:
After you submit your application and if you are deemed eligible based on your self-certification, you will receive an e-mail with instructions for scheduling a test appointment at a local testing center.  Invitation emails will be sent via USAHire_Support@panpowered.com. If you do not receive an invitation to test within 1-2 business days after submitting your application, please check your spam or junk mail first to ensure the invitation has not been re-routed.  If you do not receive an invitation to test during the specified timeframe, contact the ANBE Recruitment line at 1-855-499-0578 or send an e-mail to ANBERecruitment@occ.treas.gov to request a copy of your invitation e-mail. There are more than 600 centers across the country that are available for testing. You may select a testing center most convenient for you. You are advised to schedule as early as possible for your preferred test location and date. Seats fill up quickly and we cannot guarantee that seats will be available at the end of the scheduling period. You will select your test center as part of the test-scheduling process, and you will receive confirmation of your test center location, including directions to the test center, after you have scheduled your test appointment. Appointments are made on a first come, first served basis. All tests must be scheduled no later than October 13, 2020, and completed by October 14, 2020. You will be responsible for any expenses incurred in traveling to your selected testing center.
 
Note: You will be asked to reserve a seat at a testing center via an online link. You will receive a confirmation e-mail to confirm your appointment, and you will have the opportunity to make changes to the date, time and location of your appointment. You may reschedule within the allotted time frame the OCC has allowed for applicant testing, however rescheduling must occur at least 24 hours before your originally scheduled appointment day and time. No walk-in testing is allowed at the testing centers.
 
2) Testing:
The ANBE testing window is September 10, 2020 through October 14, 2020.  During testing you will complete three (3) computer based tests that are part of the application process:  the examiner entry-level knowledge test, the analytical reasoning test, and the written communications skills test. Your test appointment will last approximately five (5) hours, including instruction and breaks, and all tests must be completed during your testing appointment.  You may not take the tests on different days or at different times on the same day.

You will receive an e-mail from ANBERecruitment@occ.treas.gov notifying you of your test results during the week of October 19, 2020. 

After all applicants are tested during the testing window, which ends on October 14, 2020, Human Resources will review your application to validate whether you meet the minimum qualifications for the position and have submitted all required documentation. Your responses to the online questions must be supported by the education and/or experience described in your application. You may be found “not qualified” if the validation process determines that you do not meet the criteria outlined under the Qualifications section, or if you have not submitted all required documentation.  This could mean that you successfully complete the tests and are later deemed to be "not qualified." If you are validated as qualified, your combined score from the tests will be used to determine if you are among the top qualified applicants.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

We use a multistep process to evaluate and refer applicants:

1. Resume
2. Responses to online questions
3. Test Results (Knowledge Test, Analytical Reasoning Assessment, and Written Communication Skills Test)
4. Structured Interview, when applicable. 

If applicable, veterans' preference points will be added to the combined test scores. If you are among the top scoring applicants, you may be invited to participate in a structured interview.  Following the structured interview, applicants will be placed into quality groupings (Highly Recommended, Recommended, Not Recommended). Preference-eligibles will be listed at the top of their assigned quality grouping and will be considered before non-preference eligibles in that quality grouping. Qualified preference-eligibles with a compensable service-connected disability of 10% or more will be listed at the top of the highest quality grouping.