Operations Research Analyst (Senior Financial Modeler) - Direct Hire - Open to All U.S. Citizens Job in Location Negotiable After Selection

Vacancy No. ONES-DH-2074-12653553-25 Department National Credit Union Administration
Salary $136,954.00 to $215,019.00 Grade 15 to 15
Perm/Temp Permanent FT/PT Full-time
Open Date 1/7/2025 Close Date 1/23/2025
Job Link Apply Online Who may apply Public
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Location Negotiable After Selection


Summary

The NCUA is ranked #9 for the 2023 best places to work in the Federal government (mid-size agencies).

This position is at the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) in the Office of National Examinations and Supervision. This position serves as an Operations Research Analyst (Senior Financial Modeler).

Duties

As an Operations Research Analyst (Senior Financial Modeler), you will:

  • Serve as the primary analyst responsible for the model development process including conceptualization through data exploration, model selection, model building and testing, model documentation and deployment, user training, ongoing monitoring, leveraging best industry practice while simultaneously accounting for the unique characteristics and risks of credit unions industry.
  • Serve as a primary ONES resource on quantitative methods and research, and identify opportunities to utilize data mining and statistical techniques to develop and provide analytic insights, innovative and practical solutions to support NCUA's strategies and initiatives.
  • Analyze economic conditions and policy developments in the financial service industry for their potential impact on the federally insured credit unions and the NCUSIF. Perform economic forecast and develop economic products and presentations to support ONES supervision program and scenario development.
  • Review business processes, portfolio characteristics and technical documentations and apply econometric or quantitative methods to evaluate the full life cycle of models used by credit unions, focusing on conceptual model design and methodology, data inputs, model implementation and performance, model on-going monitoring and change management processes.
  • Work with other members of ONES analytic team, ONES field examiners and specialists, and other NCUA groups to build ONES analytic capability and establish the internal model governance and model risk management framework.
  • Work with ONES credit unions and third-party vendors to develop and implement independent validation strategies, including assessing their model development methodologies and processes, identifying potential model weaknesses and materiality of the risk, and developing necessary challenge models using statistical and econometric techniques and industry and proprietary data.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

  • You must be a U.S. Citizen.
  • Suitable adjudication of background/security investigation is required.
  • A probationary/trial period may be required.
  • A financial disclosure is required.
  • Must complete initial online questionnaire.
  • Applicants must complete an assessment battery (i.e., Assessment Questionnaire and USA Hire Assessment) via the USA Hire platform if notified to do so.

Qualifications

Please note: Under the provisions of the Direct-Hire Authority, veterans' preference does not apply. Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications and the basic requirements and who are otherwise eligible to apply for this position, may be referred for selection consideration. Traditional rating and ranking of applications does not apply.

Specialized experience is the experience that has equipped you with the specific knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled.

All applicants applying for the CU-15 level must have at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the CU/GS-14 level obtained in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience for this position is defined as experience:
1) applying mathematical, statistical, or econometric techniques to develop quantitative models that predict asset performance, member/deposit behaviors, or financial institution performance; and
2) conducting economic research and data analysis in the financial services industry.

You must meet the qualifications for this position by the closing date of this announcement.

Please note, all experience statements (i.e., duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire) copied from this announcement and pasted into your resume will not be considered as a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

YOUR RESUME MUST provide specific details as to how your experience meets the specialized experience and support your responses to the online questionnaire as described in the vacancy announcement. When describing your experience in your resume, please be specific. We will not make assumptions regarding your experience. Please ensure that your resume includes the grade (if you are a current or previous federal employee), month, and year that you began and ended for each position held or that position may not be credited toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. Full-time employment will be assumed unless otherwise stated on your resume. Part-time employment will be prorated in crediting experience. Failure to provide details will result in an ineligible rating.

Your resume must also support your responses to the online questionnaire. Failure to provide support may result in a lower rating and/or you may be excluded from consideration. Your latest resume submitted for this vacancy announcement will be used to determine qualifications and supersedes previous submissions.

Education

In addition to meeting specialized experience requirements, applicants must also meet the following Basic Requirement:

A. Degree in operations research;

OR

B. At least 24 semester hours in a combination of operations research, mathematics, probability, statistics, mathematical logic, science, or subject-matter courses requiring substantial competence in college-level mathematics or statistics. At least 3 of the 24 semester hours must have been in calculus.

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All education must be received by an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education for it to be credited towards qualifications (particularly positions with an education requirement) therefore, applicants must report only attendance and/or degrees received from schools recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants may verify accreditation at the following website: ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed outside of the United States must be deemed equivalent to that gained in accredited U.S. education programs to be acceptable for federal employment. A third party equivalency evaluation must be submitted at the time of application for all foreign education to receive consideration.

For special instructions pertaining to foreign education, see the Department of Education website, and for a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, visit The National Association of Credential Evaluation Services.

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SALARY: Pay will be set within the advertised pay range to align with the selectee's skills and experience and the requirements of the position in accordance with NCUA's compensation policy.The salary range shown is NCUA's National Pay Rate (NPR) which includes a locality rate of 16.32% for the Rest of the U.S. (RUS) geographical area. Actual salary will be determined upon the location of the selectee and the applicable locality pay, per the NCUA's CU pay table, will be applied. The locality rates, by location, can be found on the NCUA Careers webpage under the Salary Information section.

SELECTIVE SERVICE: If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. You may register or check the status of your registration by visiting the Selective Service website at http://www.sss.gov/.

This position is in the bargaining unit.

Effective January 1, 2010, OPM must authorize any employment offers we make to current or former (within the last 5 years) political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES (political) employees in the executive branch. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES employee in the executive branch, you must disclose that to the point of contact listed on this vacancy announcement.

The Fair Chance Act: In accordance with the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2019 (Fair Chance Act), 5 U.S.C. Sec. 9202, and 5 C.F.R. Part 920, the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) may not request, in oral or written form, that an applicant for employment disclose criminal history record information before the NCUA makes a tentative offer of employment, absent an exception. Complaints that the NCUA violated the Fair Chance Act must be submitted to LaborEmpRelations@NCUA.GOV or to the Office of Human Resources, Employee Relations, National Credit Union Administration, 1775 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 within 30 days from the agency's alleged non-compliance with the Fair Chance Act.

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More than the number of positions listed may be filled through this vacancy announcement.

Benefits

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How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications. This vacancy is being filled through the Office of Personnel Management's delegated Direct-Hire Authority. Your application package will be reviewed for completeness (resume, completed assessment questionnaire, and supporting documentation).

You will not be considered if you fail to submit all the required documents as outlined in this vacancy announcement.

The self-assessment questions have been developed to evaluate your competency in the following areas:
Attention to Detail, Customer Service, Decision Making, Economics, Flexibility, Influencing/Negotiating, Integrity/Honesty, Interpersonal Skills, Learning, Mathematical Reasoning, Modeling and Simulation, Oral Communication, Reasoning, Self-Management, Stress Tolerance, Teamwork, and Writing

Reference Checks: Reference checks must be conducted for the top candidate(s) before a tentative offer may be extended. The reference checks will need to be conducted with current and former supervisors, if applicable, as a part of NCUA's selection assessment process.

If you are found to be among the highly qualified candidates, your application will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration. To preview the application questionnaire, please click here: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12653553

Application of Veterans' Preference: The category rating process does not add veterans' preference points but protects the rights of veterans by placing them ahead of non-preference eligibles within each category. Preference eligibles who meet the minimum qualification requirements and who have a compensable service-connected disability of at least 10% must be listed in the highest quality category (except in the case of scientific or professional positions at the CU-09 level or higher).

Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration. Cheating on the online assessment may also result in your removal from consideration.

Required Documents

To apply for this position, you must provide a complete application package which includes:
1. Resume (required)
2. Other supporting documentation:

  • Cover letter (optional)
  • College transcript(s) (required)
  • Veterans' documentation (see below for requirements)
  • CTAP/ICTAP documentation (see below for requirements)
  • Most recent performance appraisal, optional
CTAP/ICTAP: Federal employees seeking CTAP/ICTAP eligibility must submit proof of their eligibility:
  • Copy of agency notice;
  • Most recent performance rating; and
  • SF-50 noting current position, grade level and duty location or Certification of Expected Separation, Reduction In Force separation notice.
NOTE: To be well-qualified and exercise selection priority for this vacancy, displaced federal employees must be rated well-qualified or above on the rating criteria for this position. For additional information, click CTAP.

How to Apply

To apply for this position, you must complete the occupational questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the "Required Documents" section.

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YOUR APPLICATION AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS ( i.e. TRANSCRIPTS, CERTIFICATIONS, etc.) MUST BE RECEIVED BY 11:59:59 P.M. ET ON 01/21/2025 TO RECEIVE CONSIDERATION.

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Reasonable Accommodation Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended and Americans with Disabilities Act 1990 as amended, that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a reasonable accommodation in your online application. Requests for reasonable accommodations for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for reasonable accommodations must be received before starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for reasonable accommodations are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, after notification of the adjudication of your request, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need reasonable accommodations, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments here:
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Those who self-identify as meeting the requirements of the position (e.g. education, certification, specialized experience, etc.) will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. The invitation to the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments will be sent from the email address assessments@USAHire.opm.gov. Please plan to set aside at least three (3) hours for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue at a later time, you can re-use the URL sent to you via email and also found on the "Additional Application Information" page that can be located in the application record in your USAJOBS account.

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Agency contact information

Kayla Greene
Address
National Credit Union Administration
1775 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
US
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Next steps

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