Financial Examiner VII

Financial Examiner VII(00052043)

Organization

DEPARTMENT OF SAVINGS AND MORTGAGE LENDING

Primary Location

Texas-Austin

Work Locations

Austin Office2601 North Lamar BlvdSuite 201Austin78705-4241

Business and Financial Operations

Employee Status

Regular

Schedule

Full-timeStandard Hours Per Week : 40.00State Job Code : 1112Salary Admin Plan : BGrade : 29

Salary (Pay Basis)

8,488.33-14,356.00(Monthly)

Number of Openings

Overtime Status

Exempt

Job Posting

Aug 20, 2025, 7 : 59 : 22 PM

Closing Date

Sep 4, 2025, 4 : 59 : 00 AM

Description

Job Title : Financial Examiner VII - Thrift Supervision

Location : Austin- In Office, Regular -One (1) Full Time Position

Benefits Offered : Comprehensive healthcare options, State of Texas retirement plan, paid vacation / holidays, Employee Assistance Program, Training / Employee Development Program, and more.

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Summary :

Performs highly advanced and / or managerial (senior-level) financial examination work. Work involves overseeing the review and coordination of off-site regulatory monitoring activities of Thrift Supervision staff. May conduct monitoring activities for an assigned group of savings institutions. Monitoring activities include review and analysis of financial data, evaluation of examination reports, audit reports, applications, correspondence, and other pertinent

information regarding savings institutions. Coordinates regulatory actions with appropriate federal and state regulators, analyzes risk profiles of assigned institutions and develops supervisory monitoring strategies, recommending appropriate actions to resolve supervisory or regulatory issues. Performs research and analysis and recommends responses to questions regarding the application of state and federal financial institution statutes and regulations.

Works under minimal supervision with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.

Essential Job Duties :

• Performs monitoring and supervision of a portfolio of state savings banks to ensure that state charted savings banks are operating safely and soundly, in accordance with state statutes and regulations, and appropriate risk management practices. Serves as a primary point of contact for communicating with a portfolio of savings banks.
• Responds to inquiries and provides constructive dialogue with senior department supervisory staff and bank management to ensure that banks have effective policies to manage financial and operational risks.
• Conducts comprehensive review and analysis of CALL reports, business plans, audit reports, and examination reports, including related correspondence.
• Reviews or coordinates the review of applications for compliance with applicable statutes and regulations, critically evaluating the merits of the application, communicating with applicant to obtain all necessary information, and recommending appropriate Department action to either approve or deny.
• Performs or coordinates off-site quarterly monitoring of savings banks, evaluating for substantiative outlying risks that may entail further inquiry of bank management, or reveal serious weaknesses in bank operations or a weakened financial condition that require formal or informal enforcement actions to remediate the condition until corrective actions are taken by the bank to fully address such weaknesses.
• Performs research on regulatory issues related to institutions, developing findings and making recommendations to the Commissioner, the General Counsel and / or Deputy Commissioner / Director of Thrift Regulation for supervisory action.
• Attends hearings, management meetings, exit conferences and depositions, and may summarize content as needed.
• May assist with developing and preparing reports to the Finance Commission of Texas and other external entities.
• May train and guide others.
• Other related work as assigned.

Qualifications

Experience :

Education :

Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in business, finance, economics, or accounting, with a minimum of nine hours in accounting required.

Other :

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities :

Significant knowledge of financial institutions, financial transactions and modeling techniques.

Significant knowledge of financial institution internal auditing or regulatory compliance.

Good analytical abilities : ability to develop and modify work procedures to improve efficiency.

Self-motivated and able to work independently and unsupervised to complete work by identified deadlines in sometimes stressful situations.

Extensive knowledge of state and federal statutes and regulations relating to the thrift industry.

Ability to analyze and give significant input regarding laws and regulations affecting the agency and thrift institutions.

Ability to quickly evaluate findings and relate them to applicable rules and statutes.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to assist with training less experienced supervision staff.

Personal computer proficiency, preferably with both word processing, spreadsheet, and other

communicative and databased software.

Ability to meet deadlines, handle multiple tasks and work independently with moderate supervision.

Ability to maintain confidentiality.

External final male applicants who are 18-25 years of age will be required to furnish proof of registration or exemption from registration with the Selective Service System as a condition of state employment.

All offers of employment are contingent upon the candidate having legal authorization to work in the United States. Failure to present such authorization within the time specified by the U.S. Department of Labor will result in the offer being rescinded.

All offers of employment are also contingent upon satisfactory credit and background check.

For directions or to request physical accommodations, call Human Resources at 512-475-0614 or by email at

E-Verify – This organization participates in E-Verify. This employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.

Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending is an equal opportunity employer.