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Position Title: Financial Analyst
Agency: Treasury, Departmental Offices
Announcement Number: 25-DO-187 Opens in new window
Open Period: Thursday, December 19, 2024 to Thursday, December 26, 2024

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1. Are you a surplus or displaced Federal employee eligible under the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)? Click CTAP for eligibility and a detailed list of required documents you must submit in order to be eligible.

A. Yes

B. No

2. Are you a current Departmental Offices employee who is eligible for competitive consideration under any of the following categories?

Current DO employee in the Competitive service on a permanent career or career-conditional appointment.
Current DO employee with reinstatement eligibility to the competitive service (i.e., previously held a permanent, competitive, career appointment or career-conditional appointment, if within applicable time frames).
Current DO employee serving on a VRA appointment.

A. Yes

B. No

3. Are you a current DO employee who currently holds (or have previously held) on a permanent basis, a position in the competitive service (or in another merit system with which OPM has an interchange agreement), with promotion potential equivalent to (or higher than) the full performance level of the position advertised in this vacancy announcement?

A. Yes

B. No

1. Are you currently serving or have served in the last five years in a Political Appointment in the Federal Government?

A. Yes

B. No

2. Where did you learn about this Department of the Treasury job opportunity?

A. FedExperience website

B. USAJOBS website

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A. Yes

B. No

C. No, but I have an approved exemption

D. Not applicable

4. Are you a current Federal employee?

A. Yes

B. No

5. If you are, or ever were a Federal civilian employee, indicate the pay plan and grade level or pay band of the highest graded position you have ever held.
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Education
Undergraduate and Graduate Education: 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.
or
Experience
Specialized Experience (for positions above GS-5): Experience such as performing financial analysis and evaluation work requiring a comprehensive knowledge of (1) corporate finance and any specialized fields of finance required such as public finance, securities, international finance, money and securities markets, investments, and banking, and (2) the financial and management structure, operations, and practices of corporate and other organizations.

Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).

1. Do you meet the requirements for education OR experience stated above?

A. Yes

B. No

Specialized experience for the OR-53 (GS-13 equivalent): You must have one (1) year of specialized experience that has equipped you with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the OR-52 (GS-12) level in the Federal service, public or other private sectors.

-Experience with market risk characteristics of fixed income products as well as the ability to analyze short-term and wholesale funding and open-ended funds.

Examples of specialized experience could include:
- Demonstrated experience in conducting in depth financial analysis of complex filings such as valuations, scenario analysis, and simulation as well as deep knowledge of accounting standards and practices; OR
- Demonstrated experience conducting research and analysis of specific financial sectors and their role in the U.S. financial markets and the financial system as a whole; OR
- Demonstrated experience analyzing asset-backed securities; or asset management products; or commercial banking products including; credit and equity products; or derivatives and structured products; OR
- Demonstrated knowledge in fixed income markets, or equity markets, or high-frequency trading; or housing finance; or options and futures markets; and short-term funding markets; OR
- Knowledge of global rates markets and yield curves: Fed Funds, SOFR, swap markets, Eurodollar, and interest rate futures. Understanding of how these markets affect those for secured funding; OR
- Knowledge of regulations and policy related to secured funding, liquidity management, leverage, Basel III, liquidity stress testing, LCR, and NSFR; OR
- Strong quantitative background with demonstrated ability to understand market risk characteristics of fixed income products including mortgage, debt, and interest rate derivatives; OR
- Ability to analyze short-term and whole sale funding such as money market funds, and open ended funds; OR
- Demonstrated knowledge of digital assets, including automated financial ledgers, crypto currencies, and other financial technology products, and the emerging regulatory framework evolving around them including payments, lending, and other supervisory issues; OR
- Demonstrated experience using software tools to conduct complex financial and statistical analyses (i.e., financial modeling, financial statement analysis, etc.) using large datasets.

Qualifying experience does NOT include:
- Performing economic research or publishing on subjects unrelated to financial institutions, financial firms or their risk management practices or policies.

Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).

2. Do you have at least one year of specialized experience at the OR-52 (GS-12) or equivalent as described above?

A. Yes

B. No

3. Make sure experience is clearly documented in your resume. Please give the dates/resume reference when you gained this experience so it may be found to ensure you receive proper credit (add N/A if you answered no). (limit 250 characters)

4. Please select the response that BEST describes your highest level of experience in preparing written work involving complex or technical information and adapting the writing to the appropriate audience.

A. Worked solely or with colleagues to draft reports with recommendations for management. Edited and reviewed other documentation and portions of reports for technical accuracy, supportability, grammar, and recommendations. Integrated complex or technical writing of others into one report

B. Edited and reviewed other documentation and portions of reports for technical accuracy, supportability, grammar, and recommendations. Integrated complex or technical writing of others into one report

C. Integrated complex or technical writing of others into one report. Prepared reports that are reviewed by others

D. None of the above.

5. Please choose the statement that BEST describes your experience developing, reviewing, and leveraging financial and economic models to inform decision making by senior management.

A. I have experience reviewing or working with financial models to forecast financial performance.

B. I have experience working with financial models to evaluate financial transactions and inform reporting and/or decision making.

C. I have experience developing review and testing of financial models for accuracy, as well as leveraging model output to inform reporting and/or decision making, as part of my regular duties.

D. None of the above.

6. Please select the answer below that BEST describes your experience analyzing risks in financial markets and/or large financial institutions at a regulator or in the private sector.

A. I served as a risk analyst whose primary responsibility was identifying risks in financial markets and/or large financial institutions.

B. I served as a senior-level risk analyst whose primary responsibility was identifying risks in financial markets and or large financial institutions.

C. I served as a senior-level risk analyst whose primary responsibility was identifying risks in financial markets and or large financial institutions. I had portfolio level responsibility for managing risks posed by financial markets and/or large financial institutions.

D. I have no experience working as a risk analyst covering financial markets and/or financial institutions.

7. Please choose the statement that BEST describes your experience developing and using financial models to inform risk making analyses.

A. I have experience reviewing or working with financial models to forecast financial performance.

B. I have experience working with financial models to evaluate and inform risk making analyses.

C. I have experience developing, reviewing, and testing of financial models for accuracy, as well as using model output to inform risk making analysis.

D. None of the above.

8. Do you have experience performing financial model development, testing, and evaluation?

A. Yes

B. No

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