CUE (Capital Markets Specialist)

Specialized experience is the experience that has equipped you with the specific knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled.

All applicants applying for the CU-14 level must have at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the CU/GS-13 level obtained in the private or public sector. Specialized experience for this position is defined as experience in all of the following:

1) assessing asset and liability management programs and practices, including interest rate risk, or simulation models in financial institutions;
2) assessing a financial institution's liquidity management processes and/or contingency liquidity plans; and
3) utilizing Bloomberg analytics models or other similar analytical models to research and assess investment risks at the instrument and portfolio level.

All applicants applying for the CU-15 level must have at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the CU/GS-14 level obtained in the private or public sector. Specialized experience for this position is defined as experience in all of the following:

1) assessing asset and liability management programs and practices, including interest rate risk, derivative transactions (e.g. SWAP transactions), AND simulation models in a large and complex financial institution ($1 billion in assets or larger);
2) assessing a financial institution's liquidity management processes and/or contingency liquidity plans; and
3) utilizing Bloomberg analytics or other similar analytical models to research and assess investment risks at the instrument and portfolio level.

You must meet the qualifications for this position by the closing date of this announcement.

Please note, all experience statements (i.e., duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire) copied from this announcement and pasted into your resume will not be considered as a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

YOUR RESUME MUST provide specific details as to how your experience meets the specialized experience and support your responses to the online questionnaire as described in the vacancy announcement. When describing your experience in your resume, please be specific. We will not make assumptions regarding your experience. Please ensure that your resume includes the grade (if you are a current or previous federal employee), month, and year that you began and ended for each position held or that position may not be credited toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. Full-time employment will be assumed unless otherwise stated on your resume. Part-time employment will be prorated in crediting experience. Failure to provide details will result in an ineligible rating.

Your resume must also support your responses to the online questionnaire. Failure to provide support may result in a lower rating and/or you may be excluded from consideration. Your latest resume submitted for this vacancy announcement will be used to determine qualifications and supersedes previous submissions.