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Credit Specialist, CG-1160-11 (Term Appointment NTE 2 Years)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Summary

This position is located in the Division of Risk Management Supervision of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and is engaged primarily in the review and classification of credits and other assets with regards to an FDIC Risk Management Examination.

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
07/02/2024 to 07/16/2024
Salary
$95,693 to - $156,062 per year
Pay scale & grade
CG 11
Location
Monroe, NJ
1 vacancy
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
75% or less - May require extensive overnight travel.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Term
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
11
Job family (Series)
Supervisory status
No
Security clearance
Other
Drug test
No
Position sensitivity and risk
Moderate Risk (MR)
Trust determination process
Announcement number
2024-RMS-DB567
Control number
798241000

This job is open to

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Clarification from the agency

This position is open to all United States Citizens.

Duties

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  • Assesses and evaluates a variety of loans/credit, including complex commercial and high-risk credits, and the assessment of and compliance with loan covenants, cash flow analysis and ability to repay, reasonableness of projections, collateral analysis and valuation, and guarantor support.
  • Serves as Asset Manager in institutions with varying types of credit portfolios, including complex commercial credits and consumer credit portfolios.
  • Reviews and evaluates complex other real estate (ORE) files for proper documentation (e.g., title, lien position, appraisal, holding period, insurance coverage) and accounting treatment, prepares ORE line sheet based on analysis, and assigns classifications.
  • Assesses the appropriateness of the level of the Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses (ALLL)/ Allowance for Credit Losses (ACL) and the reasonableness of the methodology used to determine the ALLL/ACL level.
  • Advises examiners, bank management, and FDIC management on regulation, and policies.
  • Prepares written analysis and recommendations on the entire loan function (underwriting, policies, procedures, loan review, ALLL/ACL, etc.).
  • Communicates verbally with internal and external parties during examinations by performing such tasks as: discussing loan classifications, answering questions, and presenting findings and conclusions.

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.

The candidate selected will be offered a term appointment not-to-exceed 2 years, which may be extended to a maximum of four years based on workload requirements and organizational staffing authorizations.

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-11: To qualify, applicants must have completed at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the 09 grade level or above in the Federal service.  Specialized experience is defined as experience performing financial and loan/credit analysis (i.e., assessing repayment capacity, financial strength and collateral protection); determining credit quality; and recommending credit quality ratings to banking officials or regulators.

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EDUCATION:  To qualify based on education, applicants must have completed a Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree; or 3 years of progressively higher level full-time graduate education leading to such a degree; or a LL.M. Major study – finance, business administration, economics, accounting, insurance, engineering, mathematics, banking and credit, law, real estate operations, statistics, or other fields related to the position, such as agriculture, agricultural economics, farm, livestock or ranch management, or rural sociology.
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COMBINING EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:  To qualify on a COMBINATION of Education and Experience, applicants must have completed graduate level education as described above, beyond the 2nd full year of graduate level education and specialized experience as describe above that together meet the qualification requirements for this position.
 
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

See requirements stated under QUALIFICATIONS.

Additional information

This announcement has been amended to update the bolded information below .

Selectees(s) for this position will be required to report in person to an FDIC office or financial institution.

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

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

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 the laws, regulations, policies, methods and tools used in examining standard, non-standard, and specialized loans for regulatory compliance.
  2. Knowledge of how economic conditions, including national, regional, and local markets, affect a bank's loan portfolio.
  3. Ability to conduct analysis of loans and credit to make compliance determinations on lending practices
  4. Knowledge of accounting practices to analyze balance sheets, income statements, tax returns, and other relevant information; and, identify common issues and advise on common practices.
  5. Skill in written communication.
  6. Skill in oral communication.

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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