Federal Reserve Financial Services - Systems Operations Strategy Analyst at Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) in Atlanta, Georgia

Job Description:

Company

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Federal Reserve Financial Services (FRFS) delivers a suite of payments services to financial institutions via FedLine® Solutions, Fedwire® Funds and Securities, the National Settlement Service (NSS), FedCash®1, FedACH®, Check Services, and the FedNow® Service. FRFS operates as a fully integrated organization with groups dedicated to operations, technology, product and industry engagement, enterprise services, and one focused on the ongoing growth and development of the FedNow instant payment service. Our strategy defines our future direction, seeking to offer a fully integrated product suite that provides speed, resilience, and choice in meeting the payments needs of financial institutions across the United States. Through our Enterprise structure, we strive to meet the needs of the marketplace for new products and services with speed and agility, seek to provide a robust and unified customer experience, and work to create career growth opportunities for FRFS staff.
We seek leaders to set the vision, strategy, values, and priorities that enable FRFS to achieve its mission. Our leaders must demonstrate a strategic, action-oriented mindset focused on intellectual curiosity, agility, accountability, and the ability to drive innovation through experimentation. To achieve our vision for a people-focused organization with a strong collaborative and innovative culture, we expect our leaders to champion an inclusive environment and demonstrate our values in how we work and interact with each other and our broader community.
We value the diversity of our people, ideas, and experiences and are committed to building an inclusive culture that is representative of the communities we serve.

We are a dynamic hybrid workplace environment that requires at least 2 days a week in the office.

As a Federal Reserve System National Business Line, it is standard practice to post FRFS positions in all twelve Districts to provide transparency and equitable opportunities for all FRS employees to apply. Internal candidate(s) selected for this position will remain employed by their current employing District and serve as an employee of FRFS. The selected candidate’s new job title and associated pay range will be determined by the employing District and will continue to be subject to the employing District’s people policies and practices (i.e., remote/hybrid work posture, etc.)

Your role as an Analyst

• Serve as the Payment Operations point of contact to FRFS Finance and provide strategic input and/or direction to Payment Operations Officer team for finance-related considerations




• Coordinate with Payment Operations leaders to support finance-related requests (e.g., travel forecasting and tracking, AA/cost center maintenance, budget variances)




• Build a strong understanding of the overall Payment Operations functions and advise on key budget impacts or opportunities




• Serves as a “consultant” to management by completing projects and preparing recommendations for improving current practices or implementing new programs




• Participate in Operations strategy, objectives, and key results processes and periodic reporting




• Lead/support Payment Operations Group needs (e.g., event planning/support, process documentation)




• Coordinates with Operations Data Analytics team on quantitative and/or qualitative analysis; identifies impacts and trends; monitors data; prepares reports and/or visualizations; collects and analyzes data or information; draws conclusions; presents results, recommendations and/or solutions

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, or equivalent combination of directly related education and/or experience




• 3-6yrs experience




• Strong knowledge of budget and accounting principles




• Effective communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to work effectively in a team environment




• Ability to work independently with general supervision, and support projects/processes.




• Strong project management skills, including organization, planning and execution, analytical and problem-solving skills




• Independent working




• Strong preference to hire in Atlanta, Minneapolis or Kansas City.




• Hybrid, on-site requirement will be determined by hiring district

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. You can begin work before the screening is completed; however, continued employment is contingent on acceptable screening results. The areas screened may include education/employment verification, criminal history, credit history, and reference checks.

Our total rewards program offers benefits that are the best fit for you at every stage of your career:

• Comprehensive healthcare options (Medical, Dental, and Vision)




• 401K match, and a fully funded pension plan




• Paid vacation and holidays; flexible work environment




• Generously subsidized public transportation




• Education Assistance Program




• Professional development programs, training and conferences




• And more…

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, performance standards or requirements, efforts, skills or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change (e.g. emergencies, rush jobs, change in workload or technological developments).

 The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta is an equal opportunity employer.

Full Time / Part Time

Full time

Regular / Temporary

Regular

Job Exempt (Yes / No)

Yes

Job Category

Work Shift

First (United States of America)

The Federal Reserve Banks believe that diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success as an organization, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. The Federal Reserve Banks are committed to equal employment opportunity for employees and job applicants in compliance with applicable law and to an environment where employees are valued for their differences.

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