Clarification from the agency

Applications will only be accepted from current OCC employees on permanent appointments.

* This vacancy announcement has been amended to extend the closing date to 3/7/24.

As a National Bank Examiner/Bank Examiner (Commercial Credit Risk Specialist), you will:

• Provide advice and policy interpretation to field examiners and other OCC staff on commercial credit products, including commercial real estate, asset-based, commercial & industrial, oil and gas, agricultural, leveraged, commercial leases, and other commercial lending products.
• Analyze supervisory issues and commercial credit risk data, identifies and evaluates key risks, and recommends and develops new or revised supervisory policy, guidance, and examination procedures for banks and examiners.
• Assist with the development and maintenance of databases, bulletin boards, SharePoint sites, and other repositories containing relevant credit risk information for the Commercial Credit Risk team, National Commercial Credit Committee and/or supervisory staff.
• Participate in examinations of banks with higher or more complex risk profiles in order to help inform the Commercial Credit Risk team about the effectiveness of, or need for, banker and examiner guidance.
• Attend and prepare reports for the National Commercial Credit Committee, including preparation of key risk issue documents submitted to the National Risk Committee.
• Prepare testimony, speeches, presentations, training materials, correspondence, and reports on commercial credit supervisory issues and emerging risk management topics.

Conditions of employment

This position requires that the successful candidate undergo personnel vetting, which includes a background investigation and enrollment upon onboarding into "Continuous Vetting." Enrollment in Continuous Vetting will result in automated record checks being conducted throughout one's employment with Treasury. The successful candidate will also be enrolled into FBI's Rap Back service, which will allow Treasury to receive notification from the FBI of criminal matters (e.g., arrests, charges, convictions) involving enrolled individuals in near real-time.

There are three key documents that contain important information about your rights and obligations. Please read and retain these documents:

1. Noncriminal Justice Applicant's Privacy Rights, for those who undergo an FBI fingerprint-based criminal history record check for personnel vetting, which includes Rap Back,
2. FD-258 Privacy Act Statement - FBI (this is the same statement used when your fingerprints are submitted as part of your background investigation), and
3. SEAD-3-Reporting-U.pdf (dni.gov), (applicable to those who hold a sensitive position or have eligibility for access to classified information).

• Complete a one-year trial period (unless already completed).
• Complete a background investigation (unless already completed).
• Sign a statement that you are voluntarily leaving the competitive service for a position in the excepted service, if applicable.
• Travel overnight or locally on an occasional basis.
• Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel.
• File an OCC Financial Disclosure Form.
• Complete a financial disclosure review and resolve any ethics issues.
• Click here for important information about OCC ethics standards, such as the requirement that new hires divest their bank securities.

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements within 30 calendar days after the closing date of this announcement:

You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the NB-band V level. Examples of specialized experience for this position include:

• Experience examining or analyzing commercial credit risk products or portfolios;
  AND
• Experience applying or developing supervisory policy or guidance to examiners and the banking industry related to commercial credit risk management.

The experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector, or through volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis.

To receive any credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/year, and indicate the number of hours worked per week, on your resume.

How you will be evaluated

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

Your application includes your resume, responses to the online questions, and required supporting documents. Please be sure that your resume includes detailed information to support your qualifications for this position; failure to provide sufficient evidence in your resume may result in a "not qualified" determination.

Rating:

Your application will be evaluated in the following areas:

• Bank Supervision Knowledge
• Risk Management
• Oral Communication
• Written Communication

Your application will be rated and ranked among others, based on your responses to the online questions regarding your experience, education, training, performance appraisals and awards relevant to the duties of this position. Your rating may be lowered if your responses to the online questions are not supported by the education and/or experience described in your application.

Current OCC employees must have a performance rating of at least Successful (i.e., Level 3) to be eligible for promotion.

Referral: If you are among the top qualified candidates, your application may be referred to a selecting official for consideration. You may be required to participate in a selection interview.