Federal Reserve Information Technology Examiner/Risk Specialist

CompanyFederal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

Joining the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City means that you’re joining a part of the nation’s central bank and playing a key role in promoting strength and stability in our economy, financial organizations, and payments system. Together, we serve the public and each other in an innovative environment that values the highest ethical standards. Here you’ll find opportunities that challenge you and a path to propel your career, united with a diverse workgroup in a clear and common purpose. We offer a flexible/hybrid work environment and competitive compensation and benefits package to support your health, wealth, and life.

The IT Examiner/Risk Specialist leads and participates in reviews and examinations that evaluate the effectiveness of IT/cyber risk management practices for community and regional banking organizations, and other supervised entities such as service providers. In this position, you will assess organizations’ risk management programs and regular business activity practices through onsite examinations and continuous monitoring efforts to ensure safe and sound operations as well as compliance with applicable banking laws, regulations, and policy statements.
The IT Examiner/Risk Specialist will use sound analysis and reasoning to develop and communicate conclusions and recommendations on complex issues, including evaluating the effectiveness of management oversight and risk management practices. Through the supervisory process, you will influence actions and resolve any conflicts that arise.

Key Activities:

• Perform and/or lead supervisory activities for financial institutions or other supervised entities, which are designed to assess key IT and cyber-related risk exposures and corresponding risk management practices.

• Develop and maintain expertise in IT (including cybersecurity) risk, as well as supervisory expectations, industry practices, and emerging financial industry technology, such as Fintech and cloud-based activity.

• Synthesize information from multiple sources to identify industry trends and emerging issues, as well as engage in challenging discussions with executive level management and boards of directors, to evaluate risks and risk management processes within supervised organizations.

• Apply sound supervisory judgment and consider multiple viewpoints to formulate appropriate supervisory conclusions and recommendations based on large amounts of subjective, and potentially conflicting, or sensitive information. 

• Assimilate and prioritize supervisory issues from multiple disciplines to support a comprehensive and integrated supervisory assessment by coordinating, collaborating, and building consensus with all stakeholders around the impact of specialized risk areas on the overall assessment of the organization. 

• Provide well-supported written conclusions and findings for inclusion in supervisory reports and effectively communicate supervisory findings, including required actions, to organization and Reserve Bank management.

Qualifications:

• Knowledge and experience normally acquired through a bachelor’s degree and a minimum of two years of financial industry or regulatory work experience, or 10+ years of applicable work experience without a college degree.

• Examiner commission is a plus but not required.

• IT-related certifications such as CISSP, CISA, CISM, and CCSP are strongly desired.

• Proficient technical knowledge of IT and information security risk management programs, measurement tools, models, control frameworks, and risk indicators used to make decisions on IT/cybersecurity risks for an organization.

• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

• Must be able to travel.

Additional Information

Locations

• Hybrid, 50% on-site requirement

• Omaha, NE, Denver, CO, Oklahoma City, OK, or Kansas City, MO

• Not eligible for remote work

Salary:

Non-Commissioned Examiner Starting Salary Range: $71,100-$100,200

Commissioned Examiner/Supervisory Specialist Starting Salary Range: $92,400-$174,200

*Final offers are determined by factors including the candidate’s qualifications, internal alignment considerations, district assignment, and geographic location. 

Screening

This position has additional screening requirements due to the information accessed while performing the job. These additional screenings would be initiated at the time of offer acceptance and can take up to a couple of months to be completed. The candidate's start date may be impacted by completion of the screening. The areas screened may include education/employment verification, criminal history, credit history, and reference checks.

In some cases, positions require access to confidential supervisory information, access to which is limited to "Protected Individuals" as defined by regulation of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 12 CFR 268.205. Protected Individuals include, but are not limited to, U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and lawful permanent resident aliens (also known as "green card holders") who are eligible for and seeking United States citizenship within the requisite timeframes.

Sponsorship

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

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