Financial Economist Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Economic and Risk Analysis Summary The Division of Economic and Risk Analysis is seeking applicants to fill several Financial Economist positions. As a Financial Economist, you part of a team th has a track record of creive thinking, strong empirical research abilities, and excellent communicion skills. We seek individuals with a keen interest in finance, securities markets and public policy. Learn more about this agency Summary The Division of Economic and Risk Analysis is seeking applicants to fill several Financial Economist positions. As a Financial Economist, you part of a team th has a track record of creive thinking, strong empirical research abilities, and excellent communicion skills. We seek individuals with a keen interest in finance, securities markets and public policy. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion Washington, DC many vacancies No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $200,157

• $225,943 per year Pay scale & grade SK 14 Promotion potential 14 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0110 Economist Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union Yes Drug test No Security clearance Other Position sensitivity and risk High Risk (HR) Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 26-DH-13054022-WLJ Control number 885040000 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency All US Citizens Duties Help In this role as a Financial Economist, you responsible for: Applying advanced economic concepts and methods to the evaluion of federal financial rules and policies, including their impact on individuals, businesses, market efficiency, competition, and capital formion. Analyzing economic, financial, and administrive da to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of federal financial and securities regulions and policies. Designing, implementing, and maintaining quantitive and qualitive models to risk-rank market participants, financial entities, and market events, providing decision-ready assessments of systemic vulenerabilities. Planning, organizing, and prioritizing tasks to address needs, emerging issues, and meet timelines, while working collaborively and flexibly with multi-disciplinary team members, including lawyers, da analysts, and finance policy experts. Discussing, evaluing economic research, comments, and analysis authored by federal agencies, internional organizions, standard setting bodies, academics and other experts to determine their relevance and implicions for federal financial rules and policies, or broadly systemic risk. Providing economic guidance and research expertise to a broad range of activities, including federal policy, rule-making, enforcement actions, market risk assessment, and other regulory initiives, with opportunities to specialize in policy areas. Reviewing draft analyses and reports to ensure accuracy, precision, and clarity of presention of economic issues and da. Requirements Help Conditions of employment

CITZENSHIP

You must be a US Citizen.

SELECTIVE SERVICE

Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see https://www.sss.gov/).

SECURITY CLEARANCE

Entrance on duty is contingent upon completion of a pre-employment security investigion. Favorable results on a Background Investigion may be a condition of employment or selection to another position.

PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION

(PCS): Moving/Relocion expenses are not authorized.

DIRECT DEPOSIT

All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choosing.

PROBATIONARY PERIOD

This appointment may require completion of a one-year probionary period. The selectee is required to report to the duty stion(s) listed. Qualificions Applicants are responsible for confirming all required merials are submitted by the closing de of the announcement . Please check the How You Will Be Evalued and Required Documents sections carefully, as missing documents will render the applicion incomplete and ineligible for review. Qualifying experience may be obtained in the prive or public sector. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (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 th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. All qualificion requirements must be met by the closing de of this announcement.

BASIC REQUIREMENT

: A. Applicants must possess a degree in economics th included least 21 semester hours in economics and 3 semester hours in stistics, accounting, or calculus.

• -OR•B.

An approprie combinion of educion and experience

• courses equivalent to a major in economics, as shown in A above, plus approprie experience or additional educion.

Examples of qualifying experience include individual economic research assignments requiring planning, informion assembly, analysis and evaluion, conclusions and report preparion; supervisory or project coordinion assignments involving a staff of professional economists, and requiring the evaluion and interpretion of economic informion; or teaching assignments in a college or university in economic subjects in combinion with one of the following: (1) personal research th produced evidence of results, (2) direction of gradue theses in economics, or (3) service as a consultant or advisor on technical economics problems.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT

: In addition to meeting the basic requirement, applicants must have least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the

GS/SK-13

grade level providing economic analysis which includes least one of the following: Success in conducting research th is of comparable quality to peer-and economics journals; Experience analyzing the economics of securities litigion th have been submitted in federal courts or in the context of an SEC action, including the quantificion of either harm to investors or ill-gotten gains; Experience writing reports th evalue the effect of policy and rule changes on market performance and function; Experience writing reports in market microstructure or similar applied microeconomic fields such as industrial organizions and auction theory; Experience in analyzing the costs and benefits of regulions in financial markets, including effects on market efficiency, competition, and capital formion; Experience in developing, writing, and presenting economic risk analyses to intra-agency or internional organizions, or other standard setting bodies.

ACCOMPLISHMENT RECORD COMPETENCIES

Your Accomplishment Record narrives should address the following competencies. See the How You Will Be Evalued section below for more informion: Competency 1: Economic Analysis

• Evalues economic effects of financial actions reled to a rule, conduct in the marketplace, and/or risks in the market. Competency 2: Stistical Expertise
• Performs and interprets da analysis. Competency 3: Teamwork and Collaborion
• Interacts with internal and external others in a manner th advances examinions and SEC goals and objectives. Competency 4: Workload Management
• Effectively prioritizes workload in a way th accommodes unforeseen developments and achieves successful outcomes.

Applicions reviewed on a rolling basis. All applicants are required to submit a complete applicion package by the specified cutoff des. Incomplete submissions by the bi-weekly cutoff will not move forward in the hiring process. Certifices issued on a bi-weekly basis until the announcement's closing de.

Cut Off Des:

October 2nd; October 16th; October 30th; November 13th; November 27th, December 11th, December 24th; January 8th, January 22nd; February 5th; February 19th; March 5th; and March 19th. Educion You MUST provide transcripts or other documention to support your educional claims.

Unless otherwise sted:

(1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. If you are qualifying for this position by substituting educion or training for experience, you must submit a copy of your unofficial transcripts or equivalent by the closing de of the announcement. Qualifying educion must have been obtained from an accredited college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion.

Internal Applicants:

OHR will verify educion qualificions for internal applicants using documents in the Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF). If required transcripts or certifices are not present in your eOPF, you required to provide them to OHR. If selected, a start de will not be established until official transcripts are received.

FOREIGN EDUCATION

If you are using educion completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualificion requirements, you must show the educion credentials have been evalued by a prive organizion th specializes in interpretion of foreign educion programs. For more informion, click here. Applicants may also find the following helpful: Nional Associion of Credential Evaluion Services (NACES) is an associion of 19 credential evaluion services with admission standards and an enforced code of good practice. Associion of Internional Credentials Evaluors (AICE) is an associion of 10 credential evaluion services with a board of advisors and an enforced code of ethics. Additional informion Supplementary vacancies may be filled in addition to the number sted in this announcement and may be filled from any division or office within the agency.

SEC COMPENSATION PROGRAM

Total salary (base pay + locality) is dependent upon duty locion. The overall salary range listed above is provided for informional purposes; a selectee's initial pay established below the maximum re of the range. The pay for current SEC employees determined according to the procedures specified in the agency's policy. Please click here for a compension overview.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR SURPLUS OR DISPLACED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES

If you have never worked for the federal government, you are not I/CTAP eligible. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: (1) meet CTAP or ICTAP eligibility criteria; the questionnaire asks you to identify your

ICTAP/CTAP

eligibility (2) be red well-qualified; and, (3) submit the approprie documention to support your CTAP or ICTAP eligibility. View informion about I/CTAP eligibility on OPM's Career Transition Resources website.

Reasonable Accommodion:

If you are an applicant who needs a reasonable accommodion to participe in the SEC applicion process due to a medical disability, please contact reasonableaccommodion@sec.gov . For religious-based accommodions, please contact religiousaccommodion@sec.gov . Please be sure to submit your request least 5 business days in advance of the de you need the requested accommodion. Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Informion for

SEC Job Applicants:

For more informion, please click here . The Fair Chance Act prohibits specific inquiries concerning an applicant's criminal or credit background unless the hiring agency has made a conditional offer of employment to the applicant. An applicant may submit a complaint, or any other informion, to the agency within 30 calendar days of the de of alleged non-compliance by contacting the Legal and Policy Office in the Office of Human Resources ElliottT@sec.gov . Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. You evalued for this position based on how well you meet the qualificions listed in this announcement. This position is being advertised through the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) Deleged Direct-Hire Authority (5 U.S.C. Section 3304 and 5 CFR Part 337, Subpart B) and is open to All U.S. Citizens. Under this authority, competitive ring, ranking and veterans' preference procedures do not apply. Your resume and applicion package will first be reviewed to determine whether you meet the minimum qualificion requirements outlined in the announcement. Please do not submit an Accomplishment Record this time. If you are found minimally qualified , the Office of Human Resources will contact you to request an Accomplishment Record . You will have 3 business days from the de of the request to submit it. Failure to submit the Accomplishment Record on time will remove you from further considerion. A response is required even if an Accomplishment Record was submitted time of applicion. Because of the short turnaround time, you are strongly encouraged to begin preparing your Accomplishment Record in advance. Once your Accomplishment Record is received, a ring panel will review both your resume and your narrive responses. Your Accomplishment Record must clearly demonstre your proficiency in the competencies listed in the Qualificions section. Click here for guidance on writing your Accomplishment Record. Your resume must provide evidence th supports the claims in your Accomplishment Record. Each narrive must describe one specific, relevant example from your experience or training. Responses are limited to 300 words per competency ; any text beyond this limit will not be reviewed.

Accomplishment Record Form:

Competency Title Position title and des from your resume th this experience was obtained Describe the situion (i.e., the challenged faced, the problem solved) Describe the specific actions you took Ste the outcome, results, or long-term impact of your accomplishment Name and email address of someone who can verify this informion Reference checks may be conducted as part of the final selection process, and you notified before any contacts are made. Basis for

Ring:

The ring panel will evalue applicants' accomplishment records and resume, and then place them into one of the following cegories: Pass

• Meets the minimum qualificion requirements and has least a modere amount of skills and experience in most of the job reled competencies. Fail
• Meets the minimum qualificion requirements, but has only limited experience in several of the job reled competencies. Passing applicants referred to the hiring office for further review and considerion. The hiring office may directly contact recommended candides for interview(s).
• If you are invited to participe in the interview stage, you may be asked to provide a job market paper reled to economic theory and research for which you are the author or co-author. You may also be asked to present the paper and discuss your research approach and findings.
• To preview the Questionnaire, click https://apply.

usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13054022 Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help You must provide a complete Applicion Package, which includes:

Required :

Your responses to the Questionnaire.

Required :

Resume

• Resumes should include relevant work experience, with specific employment des, th demonstres qualificions for the specialized experience and competencies as outlined above.

If your resume does not reflect demonstred evidence of these qualificions, you may not receive considerion for the position. Resumes th exceed two pages deemed ineligible and receive no further considerion. For resume writing tips, USAJOBS and the SEC careers page.

Required:

Unofficial Transcripts

• If educion is a required qualificion for this position, you must submit unofficial transcripts with your applicion demonstring th you meet the specified degree and/or coursework requirements.

Failure to provide transcripts showing completion of all required degree and coursework requirements may result in a determinion th you are ineligible for further considerion. Official documents required if selected. . Required, if applicable:

CTAP/ICTAP

documention (a copy of a separion notice or other proof of eligibility for priority selection; a copy of an SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action, showing current position, grade, promotion potential, and duty locion; AND a copy of your most recent performance appraisal.) If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents . A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. No additional documention accepted after the deadline To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process. You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Agency contact informion ask HR askHR@sec.gov Address Division of Economic and Risk Analysis 100 F Street NE Washington, DC 20549 US Next steps You notified of your applicion stus through USAJOBS four points during the hiring process, as applicable. You can check the stus of your applicion by accessing the USAJOBS website http://usajobs.gov/ and clicking on "Track Your Online Applicion." By submitting your applicion, you are certifying the accuracy of the informion contained in your applicion. If you make a false stement in any part of your applicion, you may not be hired, you may be termined after you begin work, or you may be fined or jailed. After making a tentive job offer, we will conduct a suitability/security background investigion. You required to submit official documention before appointment. The agency will then verify the informion provided on your applicion (i.e., degree, Veterans' Preference, certificion of disability, etc.). Candides external to the SEC allowed to submit a comprehensive resume for pay setting purposes after a tentive offer is made. If the applicant fails to provide the comprehensive resume by the specified deadline, the resume submitted the time of applicion used to determine pay. No additional documention accepted after the deadline. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help You must provide a complete Applicion Package, which includes:

Required :

Your responses to the Questionnaire.

Required :

Resume

• Resumes should include relevant work experience, with specific employment des, th demonstres qualificions for the specialized experience and competencies as outlined above.

If your resume does not reflect demonstred evidence of these qualificions, you may not receive considerion for the position. Resumes th exceed two pages deemed ineligible and receive no further considerion. For resume writing tips, USAJOBS and the SEC careers page.

Required:

Unofficial Transcripts

• If educion is a required qualificion for this position, you must submit unofficial transcripts with your applicion demonstring th you meet the specified degree and/or coursework requirements.

Failure to provide transcripts showing completion of all required degree and coursework requirements may result in a determinion th you are ineligible for further considerion. Official documents required if selected. . Required, if applicable:

CTAP/ICTAP

documention (a copy of a separion notice or other proof of eligibility for priority selection; a copy of an SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action, showing current position, grade, promotion potential, and duty locion; AND a copy of your most recent performance appraisal.) If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents . A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. No additional documention accepted after the deadline To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process. You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion ask HR askHR@sec.gov Address Division of Economic and Risk Analysis 100 F Street NE Washington, DC 20549 US Next steps You notified of your applicion stus through USAJOBS four points during the hiring process, as applicable. You can check the stus of your applicion by accessing the USAJOBS website http://usajobs.gov/ and clicking on "Track Your Online Applicion." By submitting your applicion, you are certifying the accuracy of the informion contained in your applicion. If you make a false stement in any part of your applicion, you may not be hired, you may be termined after you begin work, or you may be fined or jailed. After making a tentive job offer, we will conduct a suitability/security background investigion. You required to submit official documention before appointment. The agency will then verify the informion provided on your applicion (i.e., degree, Veterans' Preference, certificion of disability, etc.). Candides external to the SEC allowed to submit a comprehensive resume for pay setting purposes after a tentive offer is made. If the applicant fails to provide the comprehensive resume by the specified deadline, the resume submitted the time of applicion used to determine pay. No additional documention accepted after the deadline. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion Washington, DC many vacancies No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $200,157

• $225,943 per year Pay scale & grade SK 14 Promotion potential 14 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union Yes Drug test No Security clearance Other Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 26-DH-13054022-WLJ Control number 885040000