RIMS Career Center

Supervision + Credit, (S+C) is looking for a Compliance QA Manager with examination and leadership abilities, a strategic approach to project prioritization, and excellent organizational and people management skills. The successful candidate will be able to lead a diverse team of compliance professionals, including selecting and onboarding diverse and highly qualified team members, to implement S+C’s compliance program in accordance with evolving Federal Reserve System standards, serve as a thought leader on the System’s QA Community of Practice, and coordinate S+C activities related to other System, Bank, or external agency assurance reviews. Critical to the success of this position is forging effective partnerships with the Division business areas and working collaboratively on quality improvement and planning initiatives, as well as QA reviews. Your people leadership expertise is instrumental for you to develop and lead a team of compliance professionals responsible for planning, conducting, and documenting reviews of supervisory activities and S+C operational function.

 Responsibilities:

• Oversee S+C’s implementation of the Federal Reserve System’s Guidelines for Reserve Bank Quality Management Framework
• Oversee and execute all aspects of the Quality Assurance elements in the Quality Management Framework, including the annual QA risk assessment; ensure that all QA reviews are appropriately scoped, tests and procedures are properly understood, carried out, and evaluated, and that issues identified through QA work are elevated to senior leadership for action. 
• Utilize sound experienced judgment to ensure that QA’s conclusions are risk-focused and aligned with System guidance and S+C objectives
• Establish and maintain professional working relationships with key internal stakeholders as well as with other Reserve Banks and Board of Governors staff to coordinate activities and share best practices.
• Supervise, coach, and develop QA unit personnel
• Serve as the division’s Subject Matter Expert (SME) in QA practices and thought leader on the System’s QA Community of Practice
• Coordinate activities related to external reviews

 Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or a related discipline
• Experience in developing and implementing a Risk based framework
• Typically requires 7+ years of relevant financial risk management and/or bank examination work experience; experience leading teams through programmatic change and/or enhancement, a plus.
• An examiner commission from a federal or state banking supervisory agency is strongly preferred, but not required. 
• Experience leading teams, motivating, and developing staff is preferred.
• Excellent communication skills and negotiation skills with ability to work effectively with a broad stakeholder base and to facilitate a collaborative process.
• Relevant experience working closely with a variety of different levels of constituents, including senior leadership.
• Candidates for the position must have demonstrated strong performance in core technical and behavioral competencies.  Critical behavioral competencies include but are not limited to:  influence, development, accountability, leadership, and critical thinking.  
• 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. 
• 10% travel may be required in this role. 
• Effective October 1, 2021, all employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or qualify for an accommodation from the Bank’s vaccination policy; the Bank will provide accommodations as required by law for individuals unable to be vaccinated due to medical condition or sincerely held religious belief. 

The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco believes in 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 will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. 

The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco is an Equal Opportunity Employer.