Job Title: Senior Financial Economist, CG-0110-14

Duties

• Serving as a data expert to meet the data needs for the Policy and Community Analytics Section to make data-driven decisions.
• Developing strategies and plans to meet the section's data needs. Designing, developing, enriching and maintaining complex databases related to banking and depositor and consumer protection, including but not limited to the following data: Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA), Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), Survey of Consumer Finances, American Community Survey, Call Reports, Summary of Deposits, and the FDIC National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households.
• Identifying additional public and private-sector sources of data that will enhance analyses and studies. Understanding the uses and limitations of each dataset for addressing analytic objectives. Understanding whether and how different datasets can be combined to better address FDIC needs.
• Serving as an internal technical resource by developing and maintaining expertise in efficient programming practices in languages and statistical packages including but not limited to: SAS, Stata, R, Matlab, Python, Julia, SQL and Perl, and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) techniques, data and software.
• Conducting data analysis, building economic models and present analytic results to inform and set priorities for the FDIC's consumer policy and economic inclusion programs.
• Planning, designing and executing complex data analysis economic studies, to proactively inform and set priorities for the FDIC's consumer policy and economic inclusion works, and to respond to inquiries from senior FDIC executives, Congress, and the public on concerns relating to the FDIC's consumer policy and economic inclusion work.
• Applying economic theory to conduct analyses and evaluation of operations to provide empirically based advice and counsel used in planning and changing programs of the FDIC with potentially industry-wide implications.
• Serving as an internal technical resource by developing and maintaining expertise in evolving best quantitative methods and communications of findings in economic, policy, survey and spatial analysis.
• Communicating study results in writing and orally to both technical and non-technical audiences. Assisting in the preparation, planning, coordination, and execution of publications and special events.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment
U.S. Citizenship is required.
Registration with the Selective Service.
Employment Conditions.
Completion of Financial Disclosure may be required.
Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) required.

Qualifications

Qualifying experience may be obtained in the private or public sector. 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. Additional qualifications information can be found here.

Basic Requirements:

1. Degree: Economics, that included at least 21 semester hours in economics and 3 semester hours in statistics, accounting, or calculus.
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2. Combination of Education and Experience: Courses equivalent to a major in economics, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements above, applicants may qualify based on specialized experience:

CG-14: Applicants must have completed at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the grade 13 level or above in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience using data programming languages and statistical packages (such as SAS, R, Python or Stata) to design, develop, and maintain large and complex databases, design statistical sampling schemes, prepare data for analysis, build statistical or AI/ML models, conduct statistical calculations and hypothesis testing, review validity of results, extract relevant findings for presentation and publication, and communicate complex analytic results in writing and orally to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Education
See requirements stated under QUALIFICATIONS.

Additional information

Selectee(s) for this position will be required to report to their duty station office two days per week.
If selected, you may be required to serve a probationary period.
Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement to fill identical vacancies that occur subsequent to this announcement.
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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
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All complete applications (transcripts must be included, if applicable) will be verified for eligibility requirements and will be submitted to the hiring official upon request.
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If requested by Management, your application will be reviewed to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements outlined in this announcement. Therefore, it is imperative that your resume contain sufficiently detailed information upon which to make the qualification determination. Please ensure that your resume contains specific information such as position titles, beginning and ending dates of employment for each position, average number of hours worked per week, and series and grade level for Federal government positions.
1. Skill in the use of data programming languages and statistical packages, including, but not limited to SAS, Stata, R, Matlab, Python, SQL and Perl, and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) techniques, data and software, and expertise in the Linux and high performance computing environments to prepare data for analysis, build statistical models, conduct statistical calculations and hypothesis testing, review validity of results, and extract relevant findings for presentation and publication.
2. Ability to lead the design, development, and maintenance of databases related to banking and depositor and consumer protection.
3. Knowledge of the principles, theories, research methods and techniques of advanced economics, finance and quantitative analysis and ability to make practical application of such knowledge to the FDIC's consumer policy and economic inclusion works, including analytical support to a financial regulator's rule making, and gleaning analytical insights into the patterns, trends and emerging issues in the access to the nation's banking systems and services.
4. Ability to identify problems, devise solutions, and make sound assumptions in the absence of complete or imperfect information, demonstrating strong reasoning and problem-solving skills.
5. Ability to perform quantitative analysis with minimal supervision within an organization to build consensus on issues and achieve results.
6. Knowledge of current policy issues relating to depositor and consumer protection and economic inclusion issues relating to the access to the services provided by the insured financial institutions.
7. Ability to communicate orally.
8. Ability to communicate in writing.
You do not need to respond separately to these KSAs. Your resume will serve as responses to the KSAs.

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• A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
In addition to the regular benefits offered by Federal agencies, the FDIC offers additional benefits to its employees. These benefits, some at minimal cost, are some of the best and most competitive in both the private and public sectors.
To find out more, click here.

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

• As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have - whether you're a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you're eligible under their policies.
Failure to provide all of the required documentation as stated in this vacancy announcement, may result in an ineligible determination or may affect your consideration status. Please review the following to determine your eligibility and which document(s) is required to complete your application:
EDUCATION DOCUMENTS: This position has a positive education requirement. In order to be considered, you must submit a copy of your college transcript (an unofficial transcript is acceptable). Education must be from accredited institutions. For a listing of accredited educational institutions, click here . An official transcript will be required if you are selected. If you attended more than one university and need to send multiple transcripts, please upload/fax all transcripts as one document.
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