Job Title: Senior Anti-Money Laundering Examiner CG-0570-13/14 (FPL 14)
Posted by: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Nov 16, 2022
Location:
Little Rock , ARJob Description:
Duties
At the full performance level, major duties include:
- Serves as a regional resource in the areas of Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), Anti-Money Laundering (AML), and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) examinations, training, enforcement matters, and policy implementation. Responsible for: conducting and participating in BSA/AML and OFAC examinations of the most complex institutions in the region. Provide expertise regarding assessment of institutions with international transactions, customers, or operations as well as those located in or conducting transactions in higher-risk domestic jurisdictions such as High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas or High Intensity Financial Crimes Areas.
- Assess institutions' BSA/AML complexity profiles and evaluate the adequacy of the associated BSA/AML risk assessment processes and develop the BSA/AML examination scope, and document the examination plan.
- Assess manual transaction monitoring, automated account surveillance monitoring systems, screening programs, and software packages used to facilitate compliance with BSA/AML laws, suspicious activity reporting, and regulations axed OFAC sanctions programs.
- Develop and deliver BSA/AML and OFAC training internally as well as at industry outreach events. Serve as a coach or mentor to less experienced BSA/AML subject matter experts or examination staff.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
Completion Of Financial Disclosure May Be 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.
Applicants must be a Commissioned Risk Examiner in the FDIC.
CG-13 Grade Level:
To qualify, applicants must have completed at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the CG-12 grade level or above in the Federal service.
Specialized experience is defined as experience leading or performing examinations of insured depository institutions in the areas of Bank Secrecy Act, Anti-Money Laundering, and Office of Foreign Assets Control examinations.
CG-14 Grade Level:
To qualify, applicant must have completed at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the CG-13 grade level or above in the Federal service.
Specialize experience is defined as experience leading or performing examinations of complex insured depository institutions in the areas of Bank Secrecy Act, Anti-Money Laundering, and Office of Foreign Assets Control examinations.
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.
Education
There is no substitution of education for the experience for this position.
Additional information
The FDIC offers position-specific telework options. This position is eligible for the following: Traditional Telework, Expended Telework, and Home Based Option. For more information, please reference the above-mentioned telework options Here
Financial Institution Examiners must maintain the highest personal ethical standards as provided in Part 336 of the FDIC's Rules and Regulations, (Employee Responsibilities and Conduct). Financial Institution Examiners must comply with Section 3201.102 of Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct for FDIC Employees (5 CFR Part 3201), which, in part, prohibits them and their immediate families from accepting certain credit from State nonmember banks.
All Financial Institution Examiners are prohibited from the following:
1. Obtaining a loan or a line of credit from any insured state nonmember bank or its subsidiaries. Any extensions of credit held by the Examiner, the Examiner's spouse, or any dependent children are direct or indirect extensions of credit to the Examiner.
Exceptions:
a. Loans for a primary residence are permissible. The Examiner must not participate in any examination of that institution with which he holds the primary residence loan, and a "cooling off" period is required before negotiating a loan for a primary residence from any institution the Examiner has examined.
b. No restrictions on obtaining credit cards issued under the same terms and conditions available to the public from an insured state nonmember bank either within or outside of their field office of assignment.
2. Participating in any examination, or other matter, involving an insured depository institution or any person with whom the Examiner has an outstanding loan or line of credit.
3. Performing any service for compensation with any bank, or for any officer, director, or employee thereof, or for any person connected therewith.
4. Disclosing any confidential information from a bank examination report except as authorized by law.
5. Soliciting or accepting any gift from a prohibited source or because of the Examiner's official position.
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 6.68% to a high of 26.23%. 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.
The closing date of this vacancy announcement has been extended and will now close on 11/21/2022.
• A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
In addition to the regular benefits offered by Federal agencies, the FDIC offers additional benefits to its employees. These benefits, some at minimal cost, are some of the best and most competitive in both the private and public sectors.
To find out more, click here.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
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.
Top ranked 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 the BSA, implementing regulations, OFAC sanctions programs, corresponding guidance, and international AML standards.
2. Ability to identify transactions that are suspicious and inconsistent with customer profile and the institution's customer due diligence or enhanced due diligence records.
3. Ability to plan, organize, and manage both individual and team assignments, and accomplish examination activities with limited guidance and oversight.
4. Ability to understand and analyze banking transactions, underlying documentation, bank documents and reports, manual transaction monitoring systems, automated account surveillance monitoring systems, reports obtained from FinCEN, and PASS data provided by the Federal Reserve
5. Ability to communicate orally.
6. Ability to prepare written work products such as examination reports, enforcement action recommendations, FDIC developed risk assessments, and other written materials.
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.
You may preview questions for this vacancy.
• A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
In addition to the regular benefits offered by Federal agencies, the FDIC offers additional benefits to its employees. These benefits, some at minimal cost, are some of the best and most competitive in both the private and public sectors.
To find out more, click here.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
• As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have - whether you're a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you're eligible under their policies.
Failure to provide all of the required documentation as stated in this vacancy announcement, may result in an ineligible determination or may affect your consideration status. Please review the following to determine your eligibility and which document(s) is required to complete your application:
FDIC EMPLOYEES: Submit a final digitally signed copy of your most recent Annual Performance Appraisal and Evaluation form. The final PDF form is also acceptable. Please note that your form must be printed in landscape orientation for the required signatures to be visible. If you want to be considered non-competitively include a copy of your SF-50. The SF-50 must show the highest grade level or full performance level applicant has attained competitively on a permanent basis, and grade must be equivalent or higher than the grade for which applying.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from .
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
•
To begin, click the "Apply" button and follow the prompts. If you haven't already, register and establish a USAJOBS account. After you register online, click the "Apply" button to complete the online assessment questionnaire, and submit all required documents. Please be sure to click "Submit Application" to complete the application process. You must apply online.
Applicants requesting an exception from the online process must contact the Human Resources Specialist or contact point listed in this announcement prior to 12:00 noon local time on the closing date.
To return to your saved application, log in to your USAJOBS account and click on "Applications" tab. Click on the "Position Title," and then select "Update Application" or "Additional Application Information" to continue.
You have until 11:59 p.m. ET (Eastern Time) on the closing date of this announcement to complete the application process.
Please ensure you have completed the application process by verifying the status of your application on-line to reflect: "Received". Failure to complete the application process will result in an incomplete application and you will not be considered for the position.
At the full performance level, major duties include:
- Serves as a regional resource in the areas of Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), Anti-Money Laundering (AML), and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) examinations, training, enforcement matters, and policy implementation. Responsible for: conducting and participating in BSA/AML and OFAC examinations of the most complex institutions in the region. Provide expertise regarding assessment of institutions with international transactions, customers, or operations as well as those located in or conducting transactions in higher-risk domestic jurisdictions such as High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas or High Intensity Financial Crimes Areas.
- Assess institutions' BSA/AML complexity profiles and evaluate the adequacy of the associated BSA/AML risk assessment processes and develop the BSA/AML examination scope, and document the examination plan.
- Assess manual transaction monitoring, automated account surveillance monitoring systems, screening programs, and software packages used to facilitate compliance with BSA/AML laws, suspicious activity reporting, and regulations axed OFAC sanctions programs.
- Develop and deliver BSA/AML and OFAC training internally as well as at industry outreach events. Serve as a coach or mentor to less experienced BSA/AML subject matter experts or examination staff.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
Completion Of Financial Disclosure May Be 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.
Applicants must be a Commissioned Risk Examiner in the FDIC.
CG-13 Grade Level:
To qualify, applicants must have completed at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the CG-12 grade level or above in the Federal service.
Specialized experience is defined as experience leading or performing examinations of insured depository institutions in the areas of Bank Secrecy Act, Anti-Money Laundering, and Office of Foreign Assets Control examinations.
CG-14 Grade Level:
To qualify, applicant must have completed at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the CG-13 grade level or above in the Federal service.
Specialize experience is defined as experience leading or performing examinations of complex insured depository institutions in the areas of Bank Secrecy Act, Anti-Money Laundering, and Office of Foreign Assets Control examinations.
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.
Education
There is no substitution of education for the experience for this position.
Additional information
The FDIC offers position-specific telework options. This position is eligible for the following: Traditional Telework, Expended Telework, and Home Based Option. For more information, please reference the above-mentioned telework options Here
Financial Institution Examiners must maintain the highest personal ethical standards as provided in Part 336 of the FDIC's Rules and Regulations, (Employee Responsibilities and Conduct). Financial Institution Examiners must comply with Section 3201.102 of Supplemental Standards of Ethical Conduct for FDIC Employees (5 CFR Part 3201), which, in part, prohibits them and their immediate families from accepting certain credit from State nonmember banks.
All Financial Institution Examiners are prohibited from the following:
1. Obtaining a loan or a line of credit from any insured state nonmember bank or its subsidiaries. Any extensions of credit held by the Examiner, the Examiner's spouse, or any dependent children are direct or indirect extensions of credit to the Examiner.
Exceptions:
a. Loans for a primary residence are permissible. The Examiner must not participate in any examination of that institution with which he holds the primary residence loan, and a "cooling off" period is required before negotiating a loan for a primary residence from any institution the Examiner has examined.
b. No restrictions on obtaining credit cards issued under the same terms and conditions available to the public from an insured state nonmember bank either within or outside of their field office of assignment.
2. Participating in any examination, or other matter, involving an insured depository institution or any person with whom the Examiner has an outstanding loan or line of credit.
3. Performing any service for compensation with any bank, or for any officer, director, or employee thereof, or for any person connected therewith.
4. Disclosing any confidential information from a bank examination report except as authorized by law.
5. Soliciting or accepting any gift from a prohibited source or because of the Examiner's official position.
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 6.68% to a high of 26.23%. 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.
The closing date of this vacancy announcement has been extended and will now close on 11/21/2022.
• A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
In addition to the regular benefits offered by Federal agencies, the FDIC offers additional benefits to its employees. These benefits, some at minimal cost, are some of the best and most competitive in both the private and public sectors.
To find out more, click here.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
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.
Top ranked 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 the BSA, implementing regulations, OFAC sanctions programs, corresponding guidance, and international AML standards.
2. Ability to identify transactions that are suspicious and inconsistent with customer profile and the institution's customer due diligence or enhanced due diligence records.
3. Ability to plan, organize, and manage both individual and team assignments, and accomplish examination activities with limited guidance and oversight.
4. Ability to understand and analyze banking transactions, underlying documentation, bank documents and reports, manual transaction monitoring systems, automated account surveillance monitoring systems, reports obtained from FinCEN, and PASS data provided by the Federal Reserve
5. Ability to communicate orally.
6. Ability to prepare written work products such as examination reports, enforcement action recommendations, FDIC developed risk assessments, and other written materials.
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.
You may preview questions for this vacancy.
• A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
In addition to the regular benefits offered by Federal agencies, the FDIC offers additional benefits to its employees. These benefits, some at minimal cost, are some of the best and most competitive in both the private and public sectors.
To find out more, click here.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
• As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have - whether you're a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you're eligible under their policies.
Failure to provide all of the required documentation as stated in this vacancy announcement, may result in an ineligible determination or may affect your consideration status. Please review the following to determine your eligibility and which document(s) is required to complete your application:
FDIC EMPLOYEES: Submit a final digitally signed copy of your most recent Annual Performance Appraisal and Evaluation form. The final PDF form is also acceptable. Please note that your form must be printed in landscape orientation for the required signatures to be visible. If you want to be considered non-competitively include a copy of your SF-50. The SF-50 must show the highest grade level or full performance level applicant has attained competitively on a permanent basis, and grade must be equivalent or higher than the grade for which applying.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from .
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
•
To begin, click the "Apply" button and follow the prompts. If you haven't already, register and establish a USAJOBS account. After you register online, click the "Apply" button to complete the online assessment questionnaire, and submit all required documents. Please be sure to click "Submit Application" to complete the application process. You must apply online.
Applicants requesting an exception from the online process must contact the Human Resources Specialist or contact point listed in this announcement prior to 12:00 noon local time on the closing date.
To return to your saved application, log in to your USAJOBS account and click on "Applications" tab. Click on the "Position Title," and then select "Update Application" or "Additional Application Information" to continue.
You have until 11:59 p.m. ET (Eastern Time) on the closing date of this announcement to complete the application process.
Please ensure you have completed the application process by verifying the status of your application on-line to reflect: "Received". Failure to complete the application process will result in an incomplete application and you will not be considered for the position.
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is an independent agency created by the Congress to maintain stability and public confidence in the nation's financial system by: Insuring deposits. Examining and supervising financial institutions for safety and soundness and consumer protection. Making large and complex financial institutions resolvable. and Managing receiverships. The FDIC is a recognized leader in promoting sound public policies, addressing risks in the nation's financial system, and carrying out its insurance, supervisory, consumer protection, resolution planning, and receivership management responsibilities. The FDIC and its employees have a tradition of distinguished public service. Six core values guide us in accomplishing our mission: Integrity We adhere to the highest ethical and professional standards. Competence We are a highly skilled, dedicated, and diverse workforce that is empowered to achieve outstanding results. Teamwork communicate and collaborate effectively with one another and with other regulatory agencies. Effectiveness We respond quickly and successfully to risks in insured depository institutions and the financial system. Accountability We are accountable to each other and to our stakeholders to operate in a financially responsible and operationally effective manner. Fairness We respect individual viewpoints and treat one another and our stakeholders with impartiality, dignity, and trust.
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