Clarification from the agency

This position is open to current FDIC permanent employees with competitive status eligibility.

Exercises supervisory personnel management authority, directly or indirectly, through subordinate Deputy Directors over all DIR professional, technical, and administrative staff working on a wide range of activities that comprise the Division’s core functions, including research and regulatory analysis, deposit insurance pricing and risk analysis, international affairs, and data and resource management.

Serves as a senior advisor to the Chairman, Board of Directors, and Officers of the Corporation on all matters relating to the mission of the Division. Directs and provides guidance to those developing proposed legislation, regulations, policies or procedures. The incumbent must be prepared to deal with technical, operational and policy matters that are complex and highly sensitive and of significant consequence to the economy, financial markets and banking system.

As needed, testifies before Congressional committees of relevant jurisdiction.

Responds on behalf of the FDIC on complex emerging aggregate risks and both domestic and international deposit insurance matters orally and in writing to audiences with varying levels of expertise.

Directs the development of the Division's budget and personnel resource requirements and presents and justifies formal requests to the Chairman and Board of Directors.

Coordinates, directs, and manages projects and planning with senior leaders in other FDIC divisions as well as the leadership of DIR.

Represents the Division in high level meetings with executives from other FDIC divisions and offices, and with external parties including other regulatory agencies, financial services and banking executives, trade associations, the media, and Congressional staff on issues of importance and relevance to the FDIC and DIR.

Coordinates efforts with outside contractors and consultants, as necessary.

Leads the Division’s diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) efforts, ensuring that EEO and diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility plans and programs are fully implemented, and is directly accountable for fostering a diverse, inclusive, and highly motivated workforce.

Ensures performance management, employee development, and other personnel-related programs and functions are administered equitably and are consistent with FDIC policy, legal requirements, and the mission of the Division.

Conditions of employment

Employment Conditions.

High Risk Position – Background Investigation (BI) required.

Completion of Financial Disclosure may be required.

Employee may be relocated to any duty location to meet management needs.

Qualifications

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, applicants must have one year of specialized experience in a government agency (equivalent in the federal government to CG/GS-15 or above) or private industry. Specialized experience is defined as experience providing oversight to professional, technical, and administrative staff working on a wide range of activities that include the core functions of research and regulatory analysis, deposit insurance pricing and risk analysis, international affairs, and data and resource management.

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.

How you will be evaluated

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

Your resume and the online assessment questionnaire will be reviewed, to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements outlined in this announcement. Therefore, it is imperative that your resume contain sufficiently detailed information upon which to make the qualification determination. Please ensure that your resume contains specific information such as position titles, beginning and ending dates of employment for each position, average number of hours worked per week, and if the position is/was in the Federal government, you should provide the position series and grade level.

Your resume will also be evaluated to measure your responses to the assessment questions. If you rated yourself higher on the questionnaire than what is supported by your resume, your overall qualifications assessment may be adversely affected.

Qualified candidates will be referred to the selecting official for further review and consideration.

The competencies/knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) you will be assessed on are listed below.

1. Knowledge of banking, accounting, finance, economic and statistical principles and practices and operational methods governing the financial services industry, banking practices and operations.

2. Knowledge of economic theory and its application to regulatory policy and deposit insurance issues.

3. Knowledge of the structure of the financial services industry, the U.S. banking system and international, national and regional economic conditions and ability to apply this knowledge to manage the full range of risk analysis and research programs, functions and policy matters.

4. Knowledge of the FDIC's mission, programs, business processes, and organizational responsibilities.

5. Knowledge of management, supervisory and administrative policies, procedures and techniques. Demonstrated ability to effectively plan, manage, budget, evaluate the work of others and develop performance measurement criteria to be used to evaluate and monitor performance.

6. Ability to direct and motivate a staff of subordinate executives and corporate managers and senior professionals.

7. Knowledge of laws, rules, regulations, programs, policies and procedures related to financial institution supervision and examination, risk monitoring and analysis, and resolutions and receivership management activities.

8. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with high level officials within and outside the Corporation. Ability to serve as a spokesperson for the Corporation before high profile external groups, including Congress and the public.

9. Oral and written communication skills in the development of presentations on complex, controversial, or problematic financial industry issues for senior agency management and other regulatory authorities.

You do not need to respond separately to these KSAs. Your answers to the online questionnaire and resume will serve as responses to the KSAs.