Compliance Examiner

This job posting will be used by the Office of Financial Institutions to fill vacancies in the following offices:
Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Lafayette, Alexandria, Shreveport and Monroe.

Compliance Examiners employed by the Office of Financial Institutions may conduct examinations of the following types of entities:
Banks, Savings and Loans, Credit Unions, Holding Companies, Trust Companies, Securities Firms, Licensed Lenders, Payday Lenders, Mortgage Companies, Pawnbrokers, Repossession Agencies, Check Cashers, Money Transmitters, Virtual Currency Businesses, or Bond for Deed Companies. Examinations of these entities focus on compliance with laws and regulations or focus on safety and soundness and compliance with laws and regulations.

Examination procedures may include analysis of capital, asset quality, earnings, liquidity, and sensitivity to market risk and may include review of management oversight, information technology, and compliance with federal laws and regulations, such as the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), in addition to compliance with state laws and regulations. Good communication, analytical, reasoning, and comprehension skills, along with good judgement, are skills necessary to be an effective Compliance Examiner.

As a part of a Career Progression Group, vacancies may be filled from this recruitment as a Compliance Examiner 1, a Compliance Examiner 2, a Compliance Examiner 3, or a Compliance Examiner 4 depending on the level of experience of the selected applicant. Please refer to the 'Job Specifications' tab located at the top of the LA Careers 'Current Job Opportunities' page of the Civil Service website for specific information on salary ranges, minimum qualifications and job concepts for each level.

All prospective new hires are required to pass a drug screening, provide a credit history report with a FICO score, and be fingerprinted for a criminal background check. All prospective new hires will also be subject to employment eligibility verification via the federal government's E-verify system.

Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a completed official State job application. You MUST include all relevant education and experience on your official State job application.

While we encourage all interested applicants to apply, please be aware that there are various reasons that your application may be disqualified from consideration including, but not limited to:

• Failure to fully complete the education and work experience sections of the application;
• Failure to list complete license information (If applicable to the job position);
• Failure to submit an equivalency evaluation statement for an international degree by the closing of this announcement;

Louisiana is a State as a Model Employer for People with Disabilities.

For further information about this posting, please contact: George Hagerty, Human Resources Analyst, ghagerty.gov or YaVonya Kelley, Human Resources Specialist, ykelley.gov.

Three years of experience in accounting, auditing, banking, compliance management, financial operations, or insurance; OR Six years of full-time experience in any field plus nine semester hours in accounting and an additional fifteen semester hours in accounting, economics, finance, business law, insurance, statistics, financial analysis, or money and banking; OR A bachelor’s degree with nine semester hours in accounting and an additional fifteen semester hours in accounting, economics, finance, business law, insurance, statistics, financial analysis, or money and banking;

OR A bachelor’s degree in accounting, auditing, finance, business administration, management, economics, or statistics; OR An advanced degree in accounting, auditing, finance, business or public administration, management, economics, quantitative methods, or statistics; OR A Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license, Certified Financial Examiner (CFE), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), or Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) designation.

Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six…