Financial Stability Policy Analyst

Summary

This position is located at Departmental Offices, Domestic Finance - Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC). As a Financial Stability Policy Analyst, you will be involved in research, writing, and analysis related to matters before the FSOC. You will support policy development or data analysis related to financial stability on a wide range of topics.

Duties

The following are the duties of this position at the GS-13. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties, and will receive training to help you grow in this position. Monitor developments in financial stability, and related legislative, regulatory and policy developments. Conduct research on a wide range of issues, including financial research, legal research, regulatory and policy developments. Summarize findings and research in written products of various types, including tables, charts, short summaries, as well as longer memos, presentations and reports. Assist in preparing written materials, including briefing or issue papers, and memoranda for use by senior Treasury officials, including for the purpose of meetings, speeches, interviews, and testimony. Assist in maintaining contacts with other Federal or State agencies or outside parties in connection with the development and implementation of policy proposals.

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: For the GS-13 grade level, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes: - Experience with U.S. financial regulatory policy, including engagement with financial regulatory agencies. Examples could include reviewing proposed rules or regulations concerning financial regulatory policy and determining its effects on the business/agency and determining its effects on the financial system; AND - Experience preparing written research or analysis for use by management for the development of policy decisions, including briefing papers, reports, presentations, and memoranda regarding financial stability, financial institutions, or financial markets; AND - Experience delivering briefings or status updates to management on research or analysis for the development of policy decisions regarding financial stability or economic or financial analysis; AND - Experience providing contributions to a team-based project that serves to inform financial regulatory policy makers and/or leading smaller teams on similar research and analysis projects. For the GS-12 grade level, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes: - Experience with U.S. financial regulatory policy, including engagement with financial regulatory agencies. Examples could include reviewing proposed rules or regulations concerning financial regulatory policy and determining its effects on the business/agency including determining its effects on the financial system; AND - Experience preparing written research or analysis for use by management for the development of policy decisions, including briefing papers, reports, presentations, and memoranda regarding financial stability, financial institutions, and/or financial markets. For the GS-11 grade level, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-9 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes: - Experience researching and analyzing financial markets such as capital markets, commodity markets, or derivatives markets and/or financial institutions such as depository institutions, broker-dealers, investment companies, insurance companies, and/or central counter-parties; AND - Experience preparing written research or analysis for the development of policy decisions related to financial markets or financial institutions, including briefing papers, reports, presentations, and memoranda. OR EDUCATION: You may substitute education for general or specialized experience as follows: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. OR COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. Options for qualifying based on a combination will be identified in the online questions. The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resumé.

Education

The education generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. If you are qualifying based on foreign education, you must submit proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency. Refer to the OPM instructions.