AVP, Community & Regional Bank Supervision Lead at Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) in San Francisco, California

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Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

We are the San Francisco Fed, public servants with a congressionally mandated mission to advance the nation’s monetary, financial, and payment systems to build a stronger economy for all Americans. We are a community-engaged bank, and we are committed to understanding and serving the vibrant, diverse people of the Twelfth District. That means we seek and appreciate new perspectives. We respect people for what they do and for who they are. We build opportunities to learn and grow. When you join the SF Fed, you become part of a team united in its purpose to promote an economy that works for everyone.

The Supervision + Credit group is responsible for the supervision and regulation of state member banks (SMBs), bank holding companies, savings and loan holding companies, financial holding companies, data service providers, trust companies, and foreign banking organizations that operate in the Twelfth District. Supervised institutions are in all states of the District and range in size and complexity from small community organizations to some of the largest banking organizations in the country.

The Regional Bank Supervision team supports the supervisory oversight and risk-focused examinations of regional banking organizations (RBOs) within the 12th District. We fulfill our responsibilities through the execution of on-site and off-site examination events and continuous monitoring supervision activities in collaboration with our S+C risk and surveillance teams to identify risk and monitor our banking organizations condition, and partnerships with our State and Federal counterparts.

Right now, the RBO team has a rare opportunity for two AVPs, Community & Regional Bank Supervision Lead, to lead two teams. The AVPs will each be responsible for a portfolio of institutions ranging in size and complexity between $10 Billion and $100 Billion. These will be also expected to work closely with other supervisory business divisions for organizations that are transitioning from Community Banks into Regional Banks, and from Regional Banks into Large Banks, to minimize the challenges of transitioning portfolios.

Our ideal candidates are top-tier and passionate people leaders, with proven examination skills including an examiner commission. You will have the opportunity to apply your outstanding relationship building skills to create relationships across the Federal Reserve System and with outside partners (FDIC, OCC, State Regulators, and Board of Governors). Your will be able to flex your staff development muscles, to mentor and prepare our management staff to take the careers to the next level. We are also looking for a problem solver who leads with an innovative and empowered approach to solving sophisticated issues. If this sounds like you, read on!

Our RBO portfolio consists of banking organizations between $10 and $100 Billion in assets (Regional Bank) headquartered within the nine States in the District. You will be setting strategic direction for teams responsible for execution of safety and soundness supervision of both financial and nonfinancial risks within the portfolio of banks.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Lead the safety and soundness supervisory oversight for a portfolio of the 12th District’s RBOs, ensuring strong collaboration with key Group, Bank, System, and external regulatory partners.


• Coach and develop team members (six Senior Managers), with an equal focus on both technical and people leadership skills.


• Ensure clear and concise communication regarding the portfolio to partners within S+C, the Bank, the Board of Governors, and other external partners.


• Foster innovation and demonstrate agility, while ensuring the team’s focus evolves appropriately with industry trends and supervisory priorities.


• Lead teams in making impactful contributions to System committees/group aligned with bank, S+C, and team objectives.


• Represents the Bank or the System in public forums, conferences, panels, and webinars that relate to the team’s knowledge and expertise.


• Provide strategic direction and thought leadership representing the community supervision perspective, while considering and contributing to S+C’s broader strategic goals and objectives.

Essential Requirements:

• Typically requires twelve or more years of relevant experience, including an examiner commission.


• Typically requires eight or more years of people and business management experience. Substantive “Examiner in Charge” experience can substitute for formal people management.


• Strong track record of developing relationships across the enterprise and a strong change management abilities.


• Familiarity and experience with the Federal Reserve’s supervision model and exam processes for community firms, and an understanding of the evolving nature of risk over a business cycle that community firms must address.


• General familiarity with bank supervisory practices and regulations related to applications, enforcement, and consumer compliance supervision.


• Willing and able to travel an average of 25%.


• This position requires access to confidential supervisory information, which is limited to “Protected Individuals.” Protected Individuals include, but are not limited to, U.S. citizens and U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents who are not yet eligible to apply for naturalization, and U.S. permanent residents who have applied for naturalization within six months of being eligible to do so or who will sign a declaration of intent to apply for naturalization before they begin employment.

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Base Salary Range: Min: $221,000  Mid: $292,000  Max: $362,000 (Location: San Francisco)

Final salary and offer will be determined by the applicant’s background, experience, skills, internal equity, and alignment with geographic and other market data.

We offer a wonderful benefits package including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Pre-tax Flexible Spending Account, Backup Child Care Program, Pre-Tax Day Care Flexible Spending Account, Paid Family Care Leave, Vacation Days, Sick Days, Paid Holidays, Pet Insurance, Matching 401(k), and Retirement/Pension.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. The SF Fed is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The Bank’s ethics rules generally prohibit employees, their spouses/domestic partners, and minor children from owning securities, such as stock, of banks or savings associations or their affiliates, such as bank holding companies and savings and loan holding companies.  Employees in the S+C group also must ensure there are no conflicts of interest related to their previous employment and current financial interests.  S+C employees may be subject to borrowing and deposit restrictions and may need to recuse themselves from certain supervisory work.  Please review Section 5.3 and Appendix B of the Bank’s Code of Conduct to ensure compliance with the Code of Conduct conflict of interest rules and personal investment restrictions.

Due to the nature of access to sensitive information all final offers are subject to the clearance of an enhanced background check. This enhanced screening will require the following items: academic and employment verifications, FBI fingerprint check (criminal and civil cases), credit check, family history, residential records and foreign travel for the previous 7 years, citizenship verification, reference checks, and personal interview with an investigator and can take between 21 – 60 days to clear.

Full Time / Part Time

Full time

Regular / Temporary

Regular

Job Exempt (Yes / No)

Yes

Job Category

Work Shift

First (United States of America)

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