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CFI Resolution Specialist, CG-1101-13/14

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Summary

This position is located in the Division of Complex Institution Supervision and Resolution (CISR), of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation which is responsible for executing the FDIC's supervision and resolution authorities for large complex financial institutions (LCFIs).

The duty location is determined upon selection.

Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement to fill identical vacancies that occur subsequent to this announcement.

Overview

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Hiring complete
Open & closing dates
04/23/2024 to 04/29/2024
Salary
$123,575 to - $252,500 per year
Pay scale & grade
CG 13 - 14
Locations
1 vacancy in the following locations:
San Francisco, CA
Washington, DC
New York, NY
Dallas, TX
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
Yes—The FDIC offers position-specific telework options. Please see the Additional Information section below for more information. Telework options are subject to change.
Travel Required
Occasional travel - Occasional travel may be required.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
Yes—Relocation benefits may be provided in accordance with FDIC policy.
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
14
Supervisory status
No
Security clearance
Other
Drug test
No
Position sensitivity and risk
Moderate Risk (MR)
Trust determination process
Announcement number
2024-CISR-DB375
Control number
787965600

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Clarification from the agency

This position is open to all United States Citizens. Applicants with status or those eligible under special hiring authorities, should apply under FDIC merit promotion announcement 2024-CISR-B375. However, if you desire consideration also under this public non-status announcement, you must apply to both. Status applicants are current permanent Federal employees in the competitive service and former Federal employees with reinstatement eligibility.

Duties

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At the full performance level, major duties include:

  • Analyzes financial institution resolution strategies, under a variety of legal regimes, to address topics including restructuring, bankruptcy, recapitalization, mergers and acquisitions, wind down and liquidation for the largest and most complex financial institutions.

  • Provide strategic thinking in evaluating and choosing a resolution strategy or strategies. Projects a range of losses using scenario analysis to identify strategic planning alternatives and inform the least-cost test.

  • Provide strategic leadership in developing, evaluating, and implementing overall resolution strategy or strategies as well as liquidity and funding specific components of strategy. Analyze sources and uses of funding at firms to support strategic planning including tools to estimate liquidity scenarios in stress, runway and resolution.

  • Development of valuation processes internally and through relationships with financial advisors will inform restructuring strategies distributions to creditors, requirements to exit a Bridge Bank or Bridge Financial Company, and minimum payment analysis.

  • Develops and communicates highly technical information, both orally and in writing, to audiences within and outside the Division, including senior FDIC officials, peers and management of other domestic and foreign authorities as well as private sector executives.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

Registration with the Selective Service.

U.S. Citizenship is required.  

Employment Conditions.

Completion of Financial Disclosure may be required.

Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) required.

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.

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:

Reviewing or developing resolution plans or strategies of a large, complex financial institution (bank or bank holding company with total assets above $100 billion).

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: 

Analyzing, developing, or implementing financial institution recovery or resolution plans of a large, complex financial institution (e.g., bank/bank holding company over $100 billion in total assets).

Applicants eligible for ICTAP (Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program) must achieve a score of 80 or higher in the online assessment to be determined “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

Selectee(s) for this position will be required to report to their duty station office at least 1 day per pay period beginning January 2, 2024, and at their supervisor’s direction to support mission and project needs. In person reporting requirements are expected to increase in July 2024.

If selected, you may be required to serve a probationary period.

To read about your rights and responsibilities as an applicant for Federal employment, click here.

The range of pay shown includes base pay plus supplemental locality adjustments. The locality rates for these duty locations range from a low of 26.91% 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.

Salary reflects a pay cap for this position of $252,500.

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.

If you are found qualified, you will be placed in one of three categories: Best Qualified, Highly Qualified, or Qualified. These category assignments are a measure of the degree in which your background and responses to the assessment questions match the competencies/knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) listed below. Within these categories, candidates eligible for veterans’ preference will receive selection priority over non-veterans.

  1. Knowledge of financial institution restructuring, bankruptcy, recapitalization, mergers and acquisitions, bridge entities, resolution strategies, and creditor claims.
  2. Knowledge of capital adequacy which may include participation on examinations to assess wholesale and retail credit, investment portfolios, foreign exposure, earnings, and the Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses (ALLL).
  3. Ability to collect, review and analyze financial and non-financial data from a variety of sources, and develop logical conclusions.
  4. Ability to plan and implement communication, coordination, and outreach activities with federal, state, and foreign regulators and international banking entities.

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. 


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