Senior Capital Markets Specialist, CG-1101-15 (APPOINTMENT NTE 2 YEARS)

Duties

• Serves as a preeminent expert in the area of complex capital market instruments responsible for identifying, managing, pricing, and analyzing capital market instruments with the highest-level complexity prior to bank failure, through and including the corresponding liquidation of those assets retained in the subsequent receivership.


• Develops theories, practices and methods for evaluating and liquidating capital market instruments in conjunction with resolution activities.


• Assesses and prioritizes capital markets instruments during the pre-closing of failed banks and gathers legal and financial documents required for assessing the sale of assets and to determine the price used to calculate the least cost test.


• Serves as a technical expert on securities and securitization matters and advises agency senior management on ongoing receivership portfolio management and liquidation issues pertaining to valuation, credit and interest rate risks associated with the portfolio assets for year-end receivership financials; setting reserve prices for potential liquidation activities; and corporate action voting, tender offers and restructuring/recapitalization issues related to retained assets that represent ownership or creditor interest in ongoing- concern companies.


• Develops, evaluates, and implements Division- wide policies and procedures related to securities and securitization transactions including policy recommendations and program changes to enhance efficiency and increase returns.


• Provides expert technical advice concerning specific concepts or transactions for the sale of assets of highest value and complexity to recommend asset disposition strategies.


• Gathers documentation from failed bank records or from third-party public and non- public sources required for the analysis, valuation, management and liquidation of any assets retained in a receivership.


• Directs the analysis, valuation marketing and sale of the most complex capital market related assets in pre-failure and failed financial institutions. Evaluates the rights and obligations of the issuers and holder, values the instrument, prepares and recommends a strategy for management and marketing of the instruments.


• Analyzes call report data or other publicly available information, and confidential bank examination reports on institutions that may fail, to identify the types of capital market instruments owned by the institution and to develop preliminary resolution strategies.


• Collaborates with FDIC supervisory staff and representatives from other bank and thrift regulators to gather appropriate and timely information for institutions identified for potential failure.


• Develops and communicates highly technical and potentially sensitive information regarding securities issued by open banks both orally and in writing, to audiences within and outside the Division, including FDIC management, other banking regulators and private sector executive, if necessary.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

The candidate selected will be offered an appointment not-to-exceed two years, which may be extended to a maximum of seven years based on workload requirements and organizational staffing authorizations.

Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) required

Registration with the Selective Service.

U.S. Citizenship is required.

Employment Conditions.

Completion of Financial Disclosure may be required.

How You Will Be Evaluated

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  Agency contact information

  
  

  Derrick Carroll
  

  Phone

  
  

  678-916-2306
  

  TDD

  
  

  1-800-925-4618

  
  

  Fax

  
  

  000-000-0000

  
  

  Email

  
  

  dcarroll@fdic.gov
  

  Address

  
  

  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
  
  FDIC Human Resources Branch
  
  Dallas, Texas 75201
  
  United States
  

  
  

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Clarification from the agency

This position is open to All United States Citizens. This vacancy announcement will be open from 5/13/2024 to 5/24/2024 or when 100 applications have been received.