Financial Analyst

at  US Federal Housing Finance Agency

QUALIFICATIONS

In order to qualify for the Financial Analyst position, you must meet the basic entry requirements. In addition, to meeting those requirements, you must meet the minimum qualifications for the grade level to which you are applying. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience. If you choose option “A” under the basic requirement, qualifying based on education, your transcripts (official or unofficial) will be required as part of your application.
Basic Requirement for a Financial Analyst (1160):
A. Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study - finance, business administration, economics, accounting, insurance, engineering, mathematics, banking and credit, law, real estate operations, statistics, or other fields related to the position, such as agriculture, agricultural economics, farm, livestock or ranch management, or rural sociology.
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B. Specialized Experience (for positions above GS-5): Experience such as performing financial analysis and evaluation work requiring a comprehensive knowledge of (1) corporate finance and any specialized fields of finance required such as public finance, securities, international finance, money and securities markets, investments, and banking, and (2) the financial and management structure, operations, and practices of corporate and other organizations.
In addition to meeting the basic entry requirement for a Financial Analyst, applicants MUST demonstrate in their resume the ability to perform the specialized experience statements described below.
Minimum Qualifications EL/GS-12 level includes one year of specialized experience equivalent to the EL/GS-11 which is in or directly related to the line of work of the position to be filled, and has equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the position successfully.

Examples of specialized experience include the following:

• Experience collecting, cleaning, and validating loan-level data, building loan performance panel dataset for model estimation for a financial Institution.
• Experience using SAS and TABLEAU and comparable analytical tools to analyze performance of a financial institution.
• Experience analyzing loan default, loss severity, and prepayment data as well as interest rate and other macroeconomic trends.
• Experience performing work that requires knowledge of economic theory and modeling techniques to analyze housing or financial institution risk.
• Experience conducting quantitative and qualitative modeling and simulation in microeconomics, macroeconomic, credit, finance, risk or related subject areas.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

EDUCATION

ARE YOU USING YOUR EDUCATION TO QUALIFY? You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.
GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school’s definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

IF YOU ARE RELYING ON YOUR EDUCATION TO MEET QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

• How to Apply

To apply for this position, you must complete the online application and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below.

A complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 10/17/2023 to receive consideration.

• To begin, click Apply to access the online application. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to create one before beginning the application.
• Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your application package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your application before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
• After acknowledging you have reviewed your application package, complete the Include Personal Information section as you deem appropriate and click to continue with the application process.
• You will be taken to the online application which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online application, verify the required documentation is included with your application package, and submit the application.

To update your application, including supporting documentation, at any time during the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account (https://usajobs.gov). Once logged in, there you will find a record of your application, the application status, and an option to Edit my application. This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed.
To verify the status of your application both during and after the announcement open period, log into your USAJOBS account: https://www.usajobs.gov. On the Home page, scroll down and locate your job application. Once the job has been located, click the “Track this application” link on the right under the application date. The page will refresh to display the Agency’s Application Information page where you can scroll down and review any notifications the agency has sent you. The Application Status will appear along with the date your application was last updated. For information on what each Application Status means, visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/application/status/.
If you are unable to apply online, you must request an alternative application which is available from the Human Resources Office. Please contact Devin Hinkle at devin.hinkle@fhfa.gov or (202) 649-3777 to obtain an alternative application.

IF YOU ARE RELYING ON YOUR EDUCATION TO MEET QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
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THE INCUMBENT WILL PERFORM THE FOLLOWING DUTIES TO SUPPORT OMAP’S FINANCIAL RISK ANALYTICS BRANCH:

The selectee will serve as a financial analyst assisting with all stages of data collection, preparation, and credit risk modeling and simulation. Areas of focus include; credit risk management; multifamily mortgage performance analyses; multifamily mortgage credit and prepayment risk modeling and simulations. To complete these tasks, the financial analyst/senior financial analyst:

• Prepares and executes SAS code, develops TABLEAU dashboards, and uses other analytics programs to process and model data.
• Develops and maintains multifamily loan performance models that will be used to generate loss projections on the Enterprises’ business portfolios.
• Performs data queries to identify emerging risks and quantify risk exposure in the Enterprises’ multifamily portfolios and loan segments.
• Provide analytical support for multifamily housing policy development and implementation related to the Enterprises’ activities.
• Demonstrate ability to communicate technical multifamily data and modeling outputs to internal multifamily analytic users within FHFA.
• Compiles and analyzes external data and information to assess the multifamily risk exposure and performance of the Enterprises.
• Monitors, reviews, and evaluates developments occurring within the multifamily housing markets and related to multifamily market participants.
• Conducts and contributes to special projects related to the Enterprises financial performance and risk exposure.
• Produces ad-hoc analyses or presentations on multifamily financial performance and risk exposure issues requested by senior management.
• Represents the office in meetings and discussions with financial analysts and staff of other agencies, the Enterprises, or private organizations.
• Contributes to presentations of analysis to FHFA management, colleagues, other FHFA offices, and the Enterprises.
• Provides analysis and information in support of agency testimony or other publicly released information.
• Participates in the development of office strategies and work plans and determining the scope of work activities.