Financial Examiner - Banking - frequent Statewide travel required

If you have training and experience in financial analysis, and enjoy statewide travel, you should consider applying to become a Financial Examiner with the Department of Financial Institutions!
This position involves frequent weekly travel throughout our beautiful state to evaluate the financial condition of state-chartered banks, savings institutions and trust companies. Examiners work to safeguard depositor investments and ensure compliance of banks with state and federal regulations and administrative codes by conducting on-site reviews of records and evaluating financial affairs of banks in the State of Wisconsin.
Spring and Summer 2026 graduates are strongly encouraged to apply!
Grow your career with us! This classification series provides opportunities for advancement as knowledge and experience is gained.
All candidates hired into these positions will be assigned to a specific territory and will have their home designated as their headquarters city. All employees are generally expected to be headquartered and work within the State of Wisconsin. It is not anticipated that working outside of Wisconsin will be approved.
The incumbent must be willing and able to travel frequently throughout the State of Wisconsin.

The Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) ensures the safety and soundness of Wisconsin’s financial institutions, protects consumers of financial services and facilitates economic growth. The agency regulates and licenses financial service providers who do business in Wisconsin. Find out more about DFIhere !

DFI is a great place to work! In addition to meaningful and rewarding work, we offer a competitive benefits package featuring:

• Substantial leave time including at least 3.5weeks of paid leave time to start, 9 paid holidays, and 130 hours of sick time that rollover each year.
• A casual office atmosphere, flexible work schedules, and telework options depending on the position’s requirements
• An exceptional pension plan with employer match and lifetime retirement payment, plus an optional tax advantaged 457 retirement savings plan
• A free and confidential employee assistance program that offers employees and their immediate family dependents a variety of tools, resources, and professional consultation services to support their health, goals, and overall well-being

In addition to our generous employee benefits, we strive for inclusivity and celebrate different religious holidays and cultural observances and provide flexibility for utilizing paid time off for such celebrations.

Our small yet dynamic team is tasked with regulating all of Wisconsin’s state-chartered banks and trust companies for safety and soundness. Examinations are typically performed on location at each bank throughout the state and include the evaluation of the bank’s financial condition, profitability, quality of assets, management, operations and compliance with laws and regulations. The work environment is very fast paced with multiple competing deadlines and requires strong attention to detail, organization skills and significant collaboration with team members and external stakeholders.

On a weekly basis, examiners are responsible for conducting a thorough review of the bank’s financials, documents, records, and risk management practices related to the institution’s operations, preparing reports with recommendations for improvement and discussing findings with the lead examiner. Examination work is conducted through onsite reviews and discussions with bank management as well as through offsite financial and report analysis.

• As an Entry level professional examiner,your responsibility is to assist the examiner-in-charge (lead examiner) and work under the guidance and mentorship of experienced examiners, trainers and supervisors until necessary training is completed. Travel requirements increase as you gain proficiency in exam tasks.

The Entry level position is in schedule-range (07-04) with a salary of $28.56 - $31.62 per hour, plus excellent benefits
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A twelve-month probationary period is required. Pay for current state employees will be set in accordance with the Wisconsin State…