Sr./Risk Specialist - Portfolio Risk Management - Federal Reserve Bank (FRB)

Company

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

We are the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco—public servants with a mission to advance the nation’s monetary, financial, and payment systems to build a stronger economy for all Americans. We are a community-engaged bank, and are committed to understanding and serving the vibrant, expansive communities of the Twelfth District. That means we seek and appreciate new perspectives. We respect people for what they do and for who they are. We build opportunities to learn and grow. When you join the SF Fed, you become part of a diverse team united in its purpose to promote an economy that works for everyone.

Are you passionate about protecting the U.S. financial system? Do you have a strong understanding of credit and/or market and liquidity risk practices and principles?  Would you like to help lead influence and implement the future of bank supervision? If so, then this opportunity is for you!

We need you, an experienced Sr./Risk Specialist to join the Portfolio Risk Management – Financial Risk Team within the Risk, Policy, and Analysis Group of the SF Fed’s Supervision and Credit (S+C) Department. In this role, you will lead ongoing monitoring of financial risk management practices across the regional and community banking portfolios within our District through risk management assessments and examinations.  You will serve as a subject matter expert and be responsible for assessing financial institutions’ risk management programs to ensure they are operating in a safe and sound manner and complying with applicable laws, regulations, and policy statements. You will have superb communication skills with the ability to explain complex financial risk issues and concepts to diverse audiences. Your collaboration skills and ability to develop strong relationships with senior management, Federal Reserve System (System) staff and other regulators and partners will be a critical part of this role.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Possess and maintain subject matter expertise in credit and/or market and liquidity risk management practices, as well as supervisory expectations, industry practices, and emerging trends in these areas.
• Partner with S+C colleagues to develop institution-specific risk assessments and supervisory strategies, including involvement in scoping and vetting processes, by providing subject matter expertise to influence and guide supervisory decision-making.
• Lead efforts to identify and monitor emerging risks, issues, trends and developments, and to assess their impact on the banking industry and the SF Fed’s supervisory program.
• Participate in examinations of institutions with elevated financial risk exposures and/or complex governance structures.
• Prepare and deliver written analyses and presentations on firm-specific as well as broader industry trends or emerging risks. Provide briefings to senior District and Federal Reserve System staff and others in the supervisory community.
• Prepare informative, well-supported supervisory products and work papers, effectively communicating complex and problematic supervisory findings, including required actions to banks’ senior management and boards of directors.
• At the Senior level, you will provide project leadership,  provide training and mentoring to colleagues.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, economics, technology, or related fields of study (or equivalent work experience).
• At Sr. Risk Specialist level, typically requires eight or more years of direct or comparable banking, financial industry or banking supervision experience with bank examinations, internal audit, or in conducting control assessments at a banking organization or consulting firm.
• At Risk Specialist level, typically requires five or more years of direct or comparable banking, financial industry or banking supervision experience with bank examinations, internal audit, or in conducting control assessments at a banking organization or consulting firm.
• Knowledge of and experience evaluating financial risk management functions operated at complex financial institutions and prudent practices for managing those risks, including using common frameworks.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills demonstrated by the ability to assimilate new information, understand complex topics, and produce sound analysis.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to synthesize complex ideas and explain them clearly.
• Ability to think strategically, bringing a broad perspective on how to translate ideas into executable actions.
• Ability to thrive as a member of a team and to build collaborative working relationships with colleagues across teams and at different levels.
• Strong organizational skills, project management skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to travel up to 25 percent.
• This position requires access to confidential supervisory information, which is limited to “Protected Individuals.”  Protected Individuals include, but are not limited to, U.S. citizens and U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents who are not yet eligible to apply for naturalization, and U.S. permanent residents who have applied for naturalization within six months of being eligible to do so or who will sign a declaration of intent to apply for naturalization before they begin employment.

Preferred:

• An active commission from a bank regulatory agency (e.g., Federal Reserve, FDIC, OCC).
• Professional designations relevant to your area(s) of subject matter expertise.
• Experience performing examination work at community, regional, and/or large banking organizations.

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Base Salary Range for Sr. Risk Specialist:

Min: $151,500  Mid: $196,700  Max: $241,900 (Location: San Francisco)

Base Salary Range for Risk Specialist:

Min: $127,400  Mid: $167, 800  Max: $208,500 (Location: San Francisco)

Final salary and offer will be determined by the applicant’s background, experience, skills, internal equity, and alignment with geographic and other market data.

We offer a wonderful benefits package including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Pre-tax Flexible Spending Account, Backup Child Care Program, Pre-Tax Day Care Flexible Spending Account, Paid Family Care Leave, Vacation Days, Sick Days, Paid Holidays, Pet Insurance, Matching 401(k), and Retirement/Pension.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. The SF Fed is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The Bank's ethics rules generally prohibit employees, their spouses/domestic partners, and minor children from owning securities, such as stock, of banks or savings associations or their affiliates, such as bank holding companies and savings and loan holding companies.  Employees in the S+C group also must ensure there are no conflicts of interest related to their previous employment and current financial interests.  S+C employees may be subject to borrowing and deposit restrictions and may need to recuse themselves from certain supervisory work.  Please review Section 5.3 and Appendix B of the Bank’s Code of Conduct to ensure compliance with the Code of Conduct conflict of interest rules and personal investment restrictions.

Full Time / Part Time

Full time

Regular / Temporary

Regular

Job Exempt (Yes / No)

Yes

Job Category

Bank Examination

Work Shift

First (United States of America)

The Federal Reserve Banks believe that diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success as an organization, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. The Federal Reserve Banks are committed to equal employment opportunity for employees and job applicants in compliance with applicable law and to an environment where employees are valued for their differences.

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