Lead Business Analyst - Business Effectiveness, Supervision

Company

Federal Reserve Bank of San FranciscoWe are the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco — public servants with a mission to advance the nation’s monetary, financial, and payment systems to build a stronger economy for all Americans. As part of the nation’s central bank, we are committed to understanding and serving the vibrant, expansive communities of the Twelfth District, which covers the nine western states of the U.S. That means we seek and appreciate new perspectives and build opportunities to learn and grow. At the SF Fed, we approach our work with integrity and a commitment to service.

The Supervision Group is responsible for the supervision and regulation of state member banks (SMBs), bank holding companies, savings and loan holding companies, financial holding companies, bank service providers, trust companies, and foreign banking organizations that are headquartered in the Twelfth District. Supervised institutions range in size and complexity from small community organizations to some of the largest banking organizations in the country.

Right now, our team is looking for a Lead Business Analyst to support insights into our workforce and mature our forecasting acumen. You are a data driven professional able to spot trends and make sound recommendations based on tactical and strategic considerations.  You are able to present complex information to audiences at all levels.  You communicate for understanding and strive to be a strong consultant and a trusted advisor.  If you enjoy translating complex data into strategic action and want your work to have a meaningful, visible impact on how the SF Fed forecasts our work and teams to safeguard the financial institutions of the 12th District—advancing our mission to build a stronger economy for all Americans—we invite you to apply.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Subject matter expert responsible for business effectiveness monitoring, reporting, and testing, as well as programmatic duties for strategy and workforce planning, analysis, and communication. 
• Leads the collection, modeling, and analysis of data, both identifying and interpreting trends and patterns.
• Supports decisions on Group operations, strategic planning, and business issues through data analysis.
• Develops forecasts, insights, recommendations, future needs, and strategic and/or tactical plans based on business data and knowledge of business operations and processes.
• Improves analytical architecture, policies, procedures, and practices while seeking the best analysis approaches, as well as new or alternative methods for workflows.
• Provides financial reports, tools, and models detailing Group expenses and accruals, and coordinates with stakeholders to review financial information and forecasts.
• Leads team programs and projects to address business issues and manage ongoing initiatives, partnering with cross-functional leaders to ensure successful completion.
• Designs or delivers work products that meet or exceed business data analysis and storytelling, business process improvement, and quality control.
• Creates specifications for reports and analyses based on business needs and required or available data elements.
• Provides expert-level consultation and guidance to management and employees.
• Develops, monitors, and analyzes solutions metrics to ensure business satisfaction, determining and executing corrective action as necessary.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in statistics, business, economics, finance, accounting, or a related field is preferred.
• Typically requires eight or more years of relevant experience in data analysis, financial forecasting and or workforce planning.
• Experience collecting, transforming, analyzing, and reporting complex data to drive significant business decisions.
• Strong experience presenting to and consulting with all levels in the organization presenting options and tradeoffs.
• Ability to both lead teams and work independently to meet stakeholder needs.
• Willing and able to travel up to 10%.
• This position requires access to confidential supervisory information, which is limited to “Protected Individuals.”  Protected Individuals include, but are not limited to, U.S. citizens and U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents who are not yet eligible to apply for naturalization, and U.S. permanent residents who have applied for naturalization within six months of being eligible to do so or who will sign a declaration of intent to apply for naturalization before they begin employment.  

Base Salary Range: Min: $124,400  Mid: $161,500  Max: $198,700 (Location: San Francisco)

Final salary and offer will be determined by the applicant’s background, experience, skills, internal equity, and alignment with geographic and other market data.

We offer a wonderful benefits package including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Pre-tax Flexible Spending Account, Backup Child Care Program, Pre-Tax Day Care Flexible Spending Account, Paid Family Care Leave, Vacation Days, Sick Days, Paid Holidays, Pet Insurance, Matching 401(k), and Retirement/Pension.

The Bank is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. The SF Fed is an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at [email protected].

The Bank's ethics rules generally prohibit employees, their spouses/domestic partners, and minor children from owning securities, such as stock, of banks or savings associations or their affiliates, such as bank holding companies and savings and loan holding companies.  Employees in the Supervision group also must ensure there are no conflicts of interest related to their previous employment and current financial interests.  Supervision employees may be subject to borrowing and deposit restrictions and may need to recuse themselves from certain supervisory work.  Please review Section 5.3 and Appendix B of the Bank’s Code of Conduct to ensure compliance with the Code of Conduct conflict of interest rules and personal investment restrictions.

Due to the nature of access to sensitive information all final offers are subject to the clearance of an enhanced background check. This enhanced screening will require the following items: academic and employment verifications, FBI fingerprint check (criminal and civil cases), credit check, family history, residential records and foreign travel for the previous 7 years, citizenship verification, reference checks, and personal interview with an investigator and can take between 21 – 60 days to clear.

Full Time / Part Time

Full time

Regular / Temporary

Regular

Job Exempt (Yes / No)

Yes

Job Category

Operations Family Group

Work Shift

First (United States of America)

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