Financial Analyst

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EBSA plays a vital role in protecting the retirement, health, and other job-based benefits of America's workers, retirees, and their families. We issue effective regulations, offer comprehensive education and assistance to workers, plan sponsors, fiduciaries, and service providers, and rigorously enforce the law. We serve workers, families, and the broader employee benefits community by protecting the security and integrity of the nation's benefit systems. You must meet the Basic Requirements AND the Specialized Experience to qualify for Financial Analyst, as described below. BASIC REQUIREMENTS - Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR): EDUCATION: 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. OR Experience: 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 requirement above, you must also meet the specialized experience requirement listed below: Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, GS-13 in the Federal Service. Specialized Experience is the experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform the duties of the position successfully, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level. Applicants must meet 4 out of the 5 examples of experience listed below. Qualifying specialized experience is defined as: Experience analyzing financial practices, transactions, and control systems to identify prohibited transactions, imprudent investments, excessive or improper fees/charges, prohibited loans, and other improper or illegal financial activities; determining their impact on plan operations and financial status. Experience preparing comprehensive, well-documented analytical work products (e.g., reports, work papers, charts, exhibits, and summaries) derived from voluminous financial records; creating demonstratives and supporting trial preparation. Experience providing litigation support, including in-depth analysis of financial transactions, assisting in the identification and preparation of testifying expert witnesses, and testifying as a fact witness. Experience performing valuation and analysis of technical and hard-to-value assets (e.g., real estate, closely held equity, debt securities, derivatives, swaps, hedge funds, private equity) and assessing portfolio construction, performance, and risk. Experience collaborating and communicating effectively with investigators, attorneys, law enforcement, private industry, banks, insurance companies, auditors, and other government agencies. There is no educational substitution for Specialized Experience at the GS-14 grade level.

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