Senior Capital Markets Specialist

Senior Capital Markets Specialist

Department: Other Agencies and Independent Organizations

Location(s): Sacramento, California, Greenwood Village, Colorado, Bloomington, Minnesota, Irving, Texas, McLean, Virginia

Salary Range: $102757 - $169548 Per Year

Job Summary: Capital Markets Specialists evaluate a broad array of financial activities and products at the most complex System institutions. Most activities involve serving as a member or leader of an examination team under the direction of a Senior Examiner or the Finance Specialty Program Manager. In addition to routine activities, Senior Capital Markets Specialists serve as agency subject matter experts on complex finance and capital markets related issues.

Major Duties:

• As a Senior Capital Markets Specialist, your duties will include: Leading and participating in examinations and oversight of System institution financial condition and performance (i.e., capital, earnings, liquidity), interest rate risk, loan pricing, funds transfer pricing, derivatives, hedging, fixed-income investments, securitization, and funding through debt capital markets. Such examinations include an assessment of risk, board policies, procedures, financial modeling and model risk management, management and internal control processes, operating practices, and compliance with laws and regulations. Ensuring risks are appropriately identified, measured, monitored, and controlled. Making recommendations that are fully supported and ensuring System institutions take corrective action when weaknesses are identified. Developing reports that summarize examination conclusions and recommendations and presenting them to System institution senior management. Serving as an advisor and trainer for other examiners on System institution finance and capital markets issues; developing examination guidance; developing informational letters to System institutions; analyzing systemic risks; and participating in task forces that develop policy and regulations related to capital markets and finance areas. Advising decision makers as a subject matter expert in the areas of finance and capital markets, including identifying and assessing areas of substantial or systemic capital markets risk. A key distinction between the VH-38, VH-39, and VH-40 is the authority to act and the level of supervision in place.

Qualifications: Ideal candidates have experience in the following areas: Analyzing risk to a complex financial institution's financial condition and performance resulting from exposure to interest rate, market, and liquidity risks. Assessing asset / liability management practices, including the use of sophisticated models, to identify, monitor, and control interest rate and liquidity risk and ensure long-term financial stability. Evaluating capital adequacy and capital management practices including managing capital distributions, utilizing stress test analysis, and the use of complex strategies such as securitization, synthetic securitization, and other credit risk transfer structures. Evaluating financial institution liquidity risk, including experience analyzing funding strategies and contingency funding plans, and evaluating the adequacy of high-quality liquid assets as a secondary source of liquidity. You may qualify at the VH-40 (GS-14) band level if you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the VH-39 (GS-13) band in the Federal service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position which includes serving as a senior leader in the management, examination, or audit of a financial institution's finance and capital markets activities (e.g., capital, earnings, liquidity, sensitivity to interest rate risk, investments, securitizations, derivatives) and related risk management practices under very limited direct supervision, preparing written reports conveying the results of these activities, developing policy or guidance, and providing subject matter expertise to decision makers through briefings, presentations, trainings, or consultation. This experience may have been gained as a financial regulator, consultant, auditor, analyst, or as an employee at a financial institution. 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.

How to Apply: To apply for this position, you must complete the online application and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. A complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing date of the announcement to receive consideration. To begin, click Apply to access the online application. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to create one before beginning the application. Follow the prompts to select your résumé and/or other supporting documents to be included with your application package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your application before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your application package, complete the Include Personal Information section as you deem appropriate and click to continue with the application process. You will be taken to the online application which you must complete to apply for the position. Complete the online application, verify the required documentation is included with your application package, and submit the application To verify the status of your application, log into your USAJOBS account (https://www.usajobs.gov/), all your applications will appear on the Welcome screen. The Application Status will appear along with the date your application was last updated. For information on what each Application Status means, visit: https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/application/status. If you are unable to apply online, you must request an alternative application which is available from the Human Resources Division. Please contact FCA HR Division at Employment_Opportunities@fca.gov or 703-883-4135 between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET, at least two business days prior to the closing date of this announcement to obtain an alternative application.

Application Deadline: 2025-12-08