Description
Enforce or ensure compliance with laws and regulations governing financial and securities institutions and financial and real estate transactions. May examine, verify, or authenticate records.
Interests
- Conventional
- Enterprising
- Investigative
Work Values
- Independence
- Relationships
- Achievement
Work Styles
- Analytical Thinking
- Integrity
- Attention to Detail
- Cooperation
- Dependability
Tasks
- Direct and participate in formal and informal meetings with bank directors, trustees, senior management, counsels, outside accountants, and consultants to gather information and discuss findings.
- Recommend actions to ensure compliance with laws and regulations, or to protect solvency of institutions.
- Prepare reports, exhibits, and other supporting schedules that detail an institution's safety and soundness, compliance with laws and regulations, and recommended solutions to questionable financial conditions.
- Resolve problems concerning the overall financial integrity of banking institutions including loan investment portfolios, capital, earnings, and specific or large troubled accounts.
- Investigate activities of institutions to enforce laws and regulations and to ensure legality of transactions and operations or financial solvency.
Work Activities
- Getting Information
- Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
- Analyzing Data or Information
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems
Detailed Work Activities
- Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
- Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
- Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
- Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
- Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
- Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
- Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
- Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
Technology Skills
- Data base user interface and query software
- Presentation software
- Financial analysis software
- Compliance software
- Project management software
Abilities
- Written Comprehension
- Deductive Reasoning
- Inductive Reasoning
- Oral Expression
- Near Vision
Skills
- Critical Thinking
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Writing
Knowledge
- English Language
- Economics and Accounting
- Law and Government
- Mathematics
- Administration and Management
Most Common Education Level
The “Most Common Education Level” refers to the level of education held by the majority of workers in a given occupation. For example, if the highest percentage of workers in a role have an Associate’s Degree, that suggests this is the typical educational requirement. Knowing this helps you plan how many years of education you may need to pursue that career.
Certificates
Certificate name
Certified Regulatory Compliance ManagerCertifying Organization
American Bankers Association
Type
Advanced
Certificate name
Certified Credit ExaminerCertifying Organization
Conference of State Bank Supervisors
Type
Core
Certificate name
Associate Insurance Data ManagerCertifying Organization
Insurance Data Management Association
Type
Specialty
Certificate name
Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 FinancialsCertifying Organization
Microsoft Corporation
Type
Product/Equipment
Certificate name
Certified Mortgage InvestigatorCertifying Organization
Education Foundation of State Bank Supervisors
Type
Core
Income Percentile
The income percentiles show how earnings are distributed within a profession. The 10th percentile means that 10% of workers earned less than that amount. The median (50th percentile) indicates that half of workers earned more, and half earned less. The 90th percentile reflects what the top 10% of earners in the field make.
| Income Percentile | Annual Income |
|---|---|
| Low (10%) | $56,324 |
| Median (50%) | $82,368 |
| High (90%) | $153,181 |
Income by Experience
This table shows how income typically grows with experience—from entry level (0–2 years), to mid-level (3–5 years), to senior level (6–8 years), to expert level (8+ years).
| Experience | Income |
|---|---|
Entry Level  | $72,861 |
| Mid Level | $99,972 |
| Senior Level | $110,790 |
| Expert Level | $143,058 |
Employability
There are currently 65,500 jobs in this career path. Over the next 10 years, that number is expected to increase to 79,200 positions, reflecting a projected growth of 21%.
The Projected Job Growth figure refers to the expected increase or decrease in employment within a specific career field over a certain period of time.
Projected Job Growth of 21%
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