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For the GS-15, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-14 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes:

- Developing written analyses or memoranda for decision making regarding financial institutions and financial intermediation activities and their implications upon safety and soundness, resolvability, risk levels, financial innovation, and/or financial performance; AND
-Analyzing and presenting economic and financial information and data related to financial institutions or financial intermediation activities; AND
-Applying laws and regulations related to financial institutions or financial intermediation activities.

1. Do you meet the specialized experience as stated in the vacancy announcement?

A. Yes

B. No

2. Do you have at least one year of experience equivalent to the GS-14 level in developing written analyses or memoranda for decision making regarding financial institutions and financial intermediation activities and their implications upon safety and soundness, resolvability, risk levels, financial innovation, and/or financial performance?

A. Yes

B. No

3. If you answered yes, please indicate where this experience can be found in your resume. (limit 250 characters)

4. Do you have at least one year of experience equivalent to the GS-14 level analyzing and presenting economic and financial information and data related to financial institutions or financial intermediation activities?

A. Yes

B. No

5. If you answered yes, please indicate where this experience can be found in your resume. (limit 250 characters)

6. Do you have at least one year of experience equivalent to the GS-14 level in applying laws and regulations related to financial institutions or financial intermediation activities?

A. Yes

B. No

7. If you answered yes, please indicate where this experience can be found in your resume. (limit 250 characters)

For the GS-14, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes:

- Developing written analyses or memoranda for management or decision-makers regarding financial institutions and financial intermediation activities for their implications upon safety and soundness, resolvability, risk levels, financial innovation, and/or financial performance; AND
-Analyzing and presenting economic or financial information or data related to financial institutions or financial intermediation activities.

8. Do you meet the specialized experience as stated in the vacancy announcement?

A. Yes

B. No

9. Do you have at least one year of experience equivalent to the GS-13 in developing written analyses or memoranda for management or decision-makers regarding financial institutions and financial intermediation activities for their implications upon safety and soundness, resolvability, risk levels, financial innovation, and/or financial performance?

A. Yes

B. No

10. If you answered yes, please indicate where this experience can be found in your resume.

A. Yes

B. No

11. Do you have at least one year of experience at the GS-13 level in presenting economic or financial information or data related to financial institutions or financial intermediation activities?

A. Yes

B. No

12. If you answered yes, please indicate where this experience can be found in your resume. (limit 250 characters)

13. Please indicate all of the following with which you have demonstrated, working experience.

A. Developing policy, economic, financial, and/or legal analysis with respect to the impact of regulatory policies on financial institutions, including policies relating to prudential regulatory matters, financial technology and innovation, digital assets, financial responsibility rules, investor protection, risks to the financial system, and/or resolution matters.

B. Developing written materials (such as issue papers, memoranda, reports, studies, and/or responses to public inquiries) related to prudential regulatory matters, financial innovation and technology, financial responsibility rules, investor protection, risks to the financial system, or resolution matters.

C. Delivering oral briefings with respect to financial institution regulatory or legislative policy matters.

D. Practiced financial services law as it applies to financial institutions for at least one year.

E. None of the above.

14. Please select the types of policy analysis you have been involved with related to regulatory policies affecting financial institutions.

A. Experience advising senior officials on the development of policies that would directly affect the safety and soundness, financial innovations and use of financial technologies, and/or resolution regimes of a broad set of financial institutions.

B. Experience working with private market participants, academics, think-tanks, and/or government officials to develop policies affecting the operations and activities of a broad set of financial institutions.

C. Experience leading research, policy, regulatory and/or legal analysis in the areas of evolving forms of financial intermediation reliant upon new technologies, business models, and/or data sharing platforms.

D. None of the above.

15. Please indicate all of the following financial institution sectors or activities you have analyzed or advised on the legislative or regulatory policy arena.

A. Central-clearing counterparties or other financial market utilities

B. Investment advisors (including those providing automated forms of financial advice), registered investment companies, or other investment vehicles or companies

C. Banking organizations (including bank holding companies and insured banks) and/or credit unions

D. Broker-dealers, futures commission merchants, or swap dealers

E. Specialty finance companies, including nonbank marketplace or digital lenders

F. Wholesale or retail related payments companies

G. Technology service providers to financial institutions or consumer financial data aggregators

H. Firms providing services to support digital assets and crypto markets

I. None of the above

16. Please identify which specific financial institution regulations and laws you have experience in analyzing: (Select all that apply)

A. Experience analyzing the impact of regulations created under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (2010) and the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (2018).

B. Experience analyzing the impact of capital and liquidity standards and supervisory stress testing (Basel risk-based capital, Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review and Dodd-Frank Act Stress Tests, Stress Capital Buffer, Supplementary Leverage Ratio, Fundamental Review of Trading Book, Liquidity Coverage Ratio, Net Stable Funding Ratio).

C. Experience analyzing resolution policies applicable to financial institutions including bankruptcy laws and entity-specific resolution regimes (such as the Orderly Liquidation Authority, insured depositories, broker-dealers).

D. Experience analyzing the impact of financial responsibility rules, including broker-dealer alternative net capital and customer protection rules

E. Experience analyzing the impact of regulations created under the Securities Act (1933), the Securities Exchange Act (1934), the Investment Company Act (1940) and Investment Advisers Act (1940).

F. Experience analyzing the impact of the regulations and policy of Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act, and the Bank Services Company Act.

G. Experience analyzing the impact of securities and commodity laws and regulation upon digital assets.

H. None of the above.

17. Select the data analysis techniques you are proficient in using to analyze, manipulate and present complex financial data or information.

A. Financial modelling of financial institutions, including of income statement, balance sheet, and regulatory metrics (e.g. capital and liquidity ratios)

B. Proficiency with Bloomberg

C. Proficiency with SNL Financial /S&P Global Market Intelligence

D. Creating charts and tables with data in Microsoft Excel

E. Analysis of financial institutions corporate financial statements

F. Regression and econometric analyses using SAS, R, or other statistical software

G. None of the above

18. Please select the answer(s) that reflect your experience collaborating with management and external stakeholders.

A. I have independently provided strategic direction, recommendations, analysis, and reporting support with little or no supervision.

B. I have coordinated with offices outside my organization in the development of polices, proposals, or reports.

C. I have served as the liaison with policy offices, financial institutions, regulators, trade organizations, or other external stakeholders.

D. I have provided recommendations, analysis, and reporting to management with oversight and guidance from a supervisor.

E. None of the above.

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