Occupation AtlasFinancial Examiners
O*NET · 13-2061.00
Financial Examiners
Enforce or ensure compliance with laws and regulations governing financial and securities institutions and financial and real estate transactions. May examine, verify, or authenticate records.
Also called AML Director · AML Director (Anti-Money Laundering Director) · AML Investigator · Anti Money Laundering Investigator (AML Investigator) · Bank Compliance Officer · Bank Examiner · Bank Secrecy Act Anti-Money Laundering Officer (BSA/AML Officer) · BSA Analyst
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Job Zone
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- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
CEIConventional · Enterprising · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional6.40
- E Enterprising4.63
- I Investigative3.60
- S Social2.50
- R Realistic1.34
- A Artistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Education and experience
The education level respondents say the job requires, and the most common answer for experience and training.
- Related work experience
- None (39%)
- On-site or in-plant training
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (48%)
- On-the-job training
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (52%)
Typically associated skills
All 35 O*NET skills, most important first. Importance (1–5) says how much a skill matters here; level (0–7) says how much of it the work calls for, with O*NET's example of a nearby level. Neither is a proficiency rating of a person.
- Critical ThinkingbasicImportance 4.1Level 4.5Level 4 looks like: Evaluate customer complaints and determine appropriate responses
- Reading ComprehensionbasicImportance 4.1Level 4.3Level 4 looks like: Understand an email from management describing new personnel policies
- Active ListeningbasicImportance 4.0Level 4.1Level 4 looks like: Answer inquiries regarding credit references
- SpeakingbasicImportance 4.0Level 4.1Level 4 looks like: Interview applicants to obtain personal and work history
- WritingbasicImportance 4.0Level 4.0Level 4 looks like: Write an email to staff outlining new directives
- MonitoringbasicImportance 3.9Level 4.3Level 4 looks like: Monitor a meeting and revise the agenda to ensure important topics are discussed
- Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 3.9Level 4.1Level 4 looks like: Evaluate a loan application for degree of risk
- Complex Problem SolvingImportance 3.9Level 4.0Level 4 looks like: Redesign a floor layout to take advantage of new manufacturing techniques
- Active LearningbasicImportance 3.6Level 4.1Level 4 looks like: Determine the impact of new menu changes on a restaurant's purchasing requirements
- Systems EvaluationImportance 3.6Level 4.0Level 4 looks like: Identify the reasons why a client might be unhappy with a product
- MathematicsbasicImportance 3.6Level 3.9Level 4 looks like: Calculate the square footage of a new home under construction
- Systems AnalysisImportance 3.6Level 3.9Level 4 looks like: Determine how a new piece of equipment will affect production rates
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- CoordinationImportance 3.6Level 3.6Level 4 looks like: Work with others to put a new roof on a house
- Social PerceptivenessImportance 3.6Level 3.6Level 4 looks like: Be aware of how a coworker's promotion will affect a work group
- Management of Personnel ResourcesImportance 3.5Level 3.8Level 4 looks like: Direct the activities of a road repair crew with minimal disruption of traffic flow
- Time ManagementImportance 3.5Level 3.8Level 4 looks like: Allocate the time of subordinates to projects for the coming week
- Learning StrategiesbasicImportance 3.4Level 3.9Level 4 looks like: Identify an alternative approach to help trainees who are having difficulties
- InstructingImportance 3.4Level 3.8Level 4 looks like: Instruct a coworker in how to operate a software program
- Service OrientationImportance 3.0Level 3.0Level 2 looks like: Ask customers if they would like a cup of coffee
- PersuasionImportance 2.9Level 3.1Level 4 looks like: Convince a supervisor to purchase new office equipment
- NegotiationImportance 2.9Level 3.0Level 2 looks like: Present justification to a manager for altering a work schedule
- Operations AnalysisImportance 2.9Level 3.0Level 2 looks like: Select a printer for an office
- Quality Control AnalysisImportance 2.0Level 1.9Level 2 looks like: Inspect a draft email for errors (e.g., grammar, punctuation)
- Operations MonitoringImportance 1.8Level 1.3Level 2 looks like: Monitor completion times while running a computer program
- Management of Financial ResourcesImportance 1.8Level 0.8
- ProgrammingImportance 1.6Level 1.0Level 2 looks like: Write a program to sort objects in a database
- Management of Material ResourcesImportance 1.6Level 0.6
- Technology DesignImportance 1.4Level 0.4
- Operation and ControlImportance 1.3Level —
- SciencebasicImportance 1.3Level —
- Equipment MaintenanceImportance 1.0Level —
- Equipment SelectionImportance 1.0Level —
- InstallationImportance 1.0Level —
- RepairingImportance 1.0Level —
- TroubleshootingImportance 1.0Level —
Tasks
16 core · 1 supplementalWhat people in this occupation do, as O*NET records it, core tasks first by importance (1–5).
- Recommend actions to ensure compliance with laws and regulations, or to protect solvency of institutions.Importance 4.7
- Direct and participate in formal and informal meetings with bank directors, trustees, senior management, counsels, outside accountants, and consultants to gather information and discuss findings.Importance 4.7
- Prepare reports, exhibits, and other supporting schedules that detail an institution's safety and soundness, compliance with laws and regulations, and recommended solutions to questionable financial conditions.Importance 4.5
- Investigate activities of institutions to enforce laws and regulations and to ensure legality of transactions and operations or financial solvency.Importance 4.2
- Resolve problems concerning the overall financial integrity of banking institutions including loan investment portfolios, capital, earnings, and specific or large troubled accounts.Importance 4.2
- Plan, supervise, and review work of assigned subordinates.Importance 4.1
- Review balance sheets, operating income and expense accounts, and loan documentation to confirm institution assets and liabilities.Importance 4.1
- Examine the minutes of meetings of directors, stockholders, and committees to investigate the specific authority extended at various levels of management.Importance 4.0
- Review audit reports of internal and external auditors to monitor adequacy of scope of reports or to discover specific weaknesses in internal routines.Importance 4.0
- Train other examiners in the financial examination process.Importance 3.8
- Establish guidelines for procedures and policies that comply with new and revised regulations and direct their implementation.Importance 3.8
- Review and analyze new, proposed, or revised laws, regulations, policies, and procedures to interpret their meaning and determine their impact.Importance 3.7
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- Provide regulatory compliance training to employees.Importance 3.6
- Review applications for mergers, acquisitions, establishment of new institutions, acceptance in Federal Reserve System, or registration of securities sales to determine their public interest value and conformance to regulations, and recommend acceptance or rejection.Importance 3.5
- Evaluate data processing applications for institutions under examination to develop recommendations for coordinating existing systems with examination procedures.Importance 3.5
- Verify and inspect cash reserves, assigned collateral, and bank-owned securities to check internal control procedures.Importance 3.2
- Confer with officials of real estate, securities, or financial institution industries to exchange views and discuss issues or pending cases.Importance 2.9
Knowledge
Bodies of knowledge the work draws on.
- English LanguageImportance 4.4Level 4.3Level 4 looks like: Edit an article for a news website
- Economics and AccountingImportance 4.1Level 4.6Level 4 looks like: Develop financial investment programs for individual clients
- Law and GovernmentImportance 3.2Level 3.5Level 4 looks like: Prepare documents and title papers for the purchase of a new house
- Administration and ManagementImportance 3.1Level 4.0Level 4 looks like: Monitor progress of a project to ensure timely completion
- MathematicsImportance 3.1Level 4.2Level 4 looks like: Analyze data to determine areas with the highest sales
- Computers and ElectronicsImportance 2.7Level 3.1Level 4 looks like: Use a computer to format a document
- AdministrativeImportance 2.5Level 3.3Level 4 looks like: Type 30 words per minute
- Customer and Personal ServiceImportance 2.4Level 2.7
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- Education and TrainingImportance 2.3Level 2.7
- Personnel and Human ResourcesImportance 2.3Level 2.5Level 1 looks like: Fill out a medical claim form
- Communications and MediaImportance 2.1Level 1.8Level 1 looks like: Write a thank you note
- PsychologyImportance 1.7Level 1.5Level 1 looks like: Monitor several children on a playground
- TelecommunicationsImportance 1.6Level 0.4Level 1 looks like: Send an email
- Public Safety and SecurityImportance 1.5Level 1.0Level 1 looks like: Use a seatbelt
- TransportationImportance 1.5Level 0.9Level 1 looks like: Ride a train to work
- Production and ProcessingImportance 1.4Level 0.9Level 1 looks like: Put a computer back into its packing materials
- GeographyImportance 1.3Level 0.9Level 1 looks like: Know the capital of the United States
- History and ArcheologyImportance 1.3Level 0.5Level 1 looks like: Take a class in US history
- Sales and MarketingImportance 1.3Level 0.7Level 1 looks like: Sell cakes at a bake sale
- Sociology and AnthropologyImportance 1.3Level 0.7Level 1 looks like: Identify two cultures in a story as being different
- DesignImportance 1.2Level —
- Engineering and TechnologyImportance 1.2Level —
- Philosophy and TheologyImportance 1.2Level —
- Building and ConstructionImportance 1.1Level —
- Foreign LanguageImportance 1.1Level —
- MechanicalImportance 1.1Level —
- Therapy and CounselingImportance 1.1Level —
- BiologyImportance 1.0Level —
- ChemistryImportance 1.0Level —
- Fine ArtsImportance 1.0Level —
- Food ProductionImportance 1.0Level —
- Medicine and DentistryImportance 1.0Level —
- PhysicsImportance 1.0Level —
Abilities
Enduring capacities the work calls for.
- Written ComprehensionImportance 4.3Level 4.8Level 4 looks like: Understand an apartment lease
- Deductive ReasoningImportance 4.1Level 4.6Level 5 looks like: Decide what factors to consider in selecting stocks
- Inductive ReasoningImportance 4.1Level 4.5Level 4 looks like: Determine the prime suspect based on crime scene evidence
- Oral ExpressionImportance 4.1Level 4.9Level 4 looks like: Give instructions to a lost motorist
- Near VisionImportance 4.0Level 4.1Level 5 looks like: Read the fine print of a legal document
- Oral ComprehensionImportance 4.0Level 4.6Level 4 looks like: Understand a coach's oral instructions for a sport
- Problem SensitivityImportance 4.0Level 4.3Level 4 looks like: Notice from a subtle difference in a client's mood that something is bothering them
- Written ExpressionImportance 4.0Level 4.1Level 4 looks like: Write a job recommendation for a subordinate
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- Category FlexibilityImportance 3.9Level 4.0Level 3 looks like: Classify flowers according to size, color, and smell
- Speech ClarityImportance 3.9Level 3.9Level 4 looks like: Make stadium-wide announcements during a sporting event
- Speech RecognitionImportance 3.9Level 3.9Level 4 looks like: Identify a former customer's voice over the phone
- Information OrderingImportance 3.8Level 3.9Level 2 looks like: Follow the correct steps to make change
- Mathematical ReasoningImportance 3.5Level 3.9Level 4 looks like: Decide how to calculate profits to determine the amounts of yearly bonuses
- Flexibility of ClosureImportance 3.1Level 3.1Level 4 looks like: Look for a golf ball in tall grass
- Number FacilityImportance 3.1Level 4.0Level 3 looks like: Calculate a discounted price
- Selective AttentionImportance 3.1Level 3.0Level 2 looks like: Answer a business call with coworkers talking nearby
- Fluency of IdeasImportance 3.0Level 3.4Level 4 looks like: Think of as many ideas as possible for the name of a new company
- OriginalityImportance 3.0Level 3.1Level 4 looks like: Redesign job tasks to be interesting for employees
- Perceptual SpeedImportance 3.0Level 3.0Level 2 looks like: Sort mail according to ZIP codes with no time pressure
- Speed of ClosureImportance 3.0Level 3.0Level 3 looks like: Recognize a song after hearing only the first few notes
- MemorizationImportance 2.8Level 2.9
- Far VisionImportance 2.6Level 2.8Level 2 looks like: Read a roadside billboard
- Time SharingImportance 2.4Level 2.0Level 2 looks like: Listen to music while entering numbers into a spreadsheet
- VisualizationImportance 2.4Level 2.1Level 2 looks like: Imagine how to place paper in a printer so that the letterhead comes out on top
- Visual Color DiscriminationImportance 2.0Level 1.8Level 1 looks like: Separate laundry into colors and whites
- Auditory AttentionImportance 1.9Level 1.8Level 2 looks like: Listen to a lecture while people nearby are talking
- Finger DexterityImportance 1.8Level 1.4Level 2 looks like: Put coins in a parking meter
- Hearing SensitivityImportance 1.8Level 1.4Level 2 looks like: Notice a doorbell ringing
- Trunk StrengthImportance 1.6Level 1.1Level 2 looks like: Sit up in an office chair
- Wrist-Finger SpeedImportance 1.4Level 0.5
- Depth PerceptionImportance 1.3Level —
- Arm-Hand SteadinessImportance 1.1Level —
- Manual DexterityImportance 1.1Level —
- Control PrecisionImportance 1.0Level —
- Dynamic FlexibilityImportance 1.0Level —
- Dynamic StrengthImportance 1.0Level —
- Explosive StrengthImportance 1.0Level —
- Extent FlexibilityImportance 1.0Level —
- Glare SensitivityImportance 1.0Level —
- Gross Body CoordinationImportance 1.0Level —
- Gross Body EquilibriumImportance 1.0Level —
- Multilimb CoordinationImportance 1.0Level —
- Night VisionImportance 1.0Level —
- Peripheral VisionImportance 1.0Level —
- Rate ControlImportance 1.0Level —
- Reaction TimeImportance 1.0Level —
- Response OrientationImportance 1.0Level —
- Sound LocalizationImportance 1.0Level —
- Spatial OrientationImportance 1.0Level —
- Speed of Limb MovementImportance 1.0Level —
- StaminaImportance 1.0Level —
- Static StrengthImportance 1.0Level —
Work activities
Kinds of activity the work is made of.
- Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with StandardsImportance 4.7Level 5.4Level 4 looks like: Evaluate a complicated insurance claim for compliance with policy terms
- Getting InformationImportance 4.7Level 5.3Level 4 looks like: Review a budget
- Analyzing Data or InformationImportance 4.5Level 5.5Level 4 looks like: Determine the interest cost to finance a new building
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or SubordinatesImportance 4.5Level 5.3Level 4 looks like: Report the results of a sales meeting to a supervisor
- Making Decisions and Solving ProblemsImportance 4.2Level 5.2Level 4 looks like: Select the location for a major retail store
- Communicating with People Outside the OrganizationImportance 4.1Level 5.2Level 4 looks like: Present information to potential clients about available services
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal RelationshipsImportance 4.1Level 5.1Level 4 looks like: Maintain good working relationships with almost all coworkers and clients
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing WorkImportance 4.1Level 5.2Level 4 looks like: Plan and adjust a personal to-do list according to changing demands
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- Working with ComputersImportance 4.1Level 3.2Level 4 looks like: Write software for keeping track of parts in inventory
- Documenting/Recording InformationImportance 4.0Level 4.5Level 4 looks like: Document the results of a crime scene investigation
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and EventsImportance 4.0Level 5.0Level 4 looks like: Judge the suitability of food products for an event
- Processing InformationImportance 4.0Level 5.1Level 4 looks like: Calculate the adjustments for insurance claims
- Updating and Using Relevant KnowledgeImportance 4.0Level 5.4Level 4 looks like: Keep current on changes in maintenance procedures for repairing sports cars
- Developing and Building TeamsImportance 3.7Level 4.3Level 4 looks like: Lead an assembly team in an automobile plant
- Interpreting the Meaning of Information for OthersImportance 3.7Level 4.3Level 4 looks like: Interpret how foreign tax laws apply to U.S. exports
- Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or PeopleImportance 3.7Level 4.6Level 4 looks like: Determine the value of property lost in a fire
- Coordinating the Work and Activities of OthersImportance 3.6Level 4.6Level 4 looks like: Organize the cleanup crew after a major sporting event
- Monitoring Processes, Materials, or SurroundingsImportance 3.6Level 4.1Level 4 looks like: Test electrical circuits
- Coaching and Developing OthersImportance 3.4Level 4.3Level 4 looks like: Provide on-the-job training for administrative workers
- Developing Objectives and StrategiesImportance 3.3Level 3.8Level 4 looks like: Develop the plan to complete the merger of two organizations over a 3-year period
- Guiding, Directing, and Motivating SubordinatesImportance 3.2Level 4.0Level 4 looks like: Manage a small team of employees in a dynamic workplace
- Providing Consultation and Advice to OthersImportance 3.2Level 4.0Level 4 looks like: Recommend a new software package to increase operational efficiency
- Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with OthersImportance 3.2Level 4.1Level 4 looks like: Get two subordinates to agree about vacation schedules
- Training and Teaching OthersImportance 3.2Level 3.7Level 4 looks like: Teach a social sciences course to high school students
- Performing Administrative ActivitiesImportance 2.9Level 3.4Level 4 looks like: Complete tax forms for a small business
- Scheduling Work and ActivitiesImportance 2.9Level 3.7Level 4 looks like: Prepare the work schedule for salesclerks in a large retail store
- Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or InformationImportance 2.6Level 2.2Level 1 looks like: Estimate the size of household furniture to be shipped
- Staffing Organizational UnitsImportance 2.5Level 3.0Level 4 looks like: Interview candidates for a sales position and make hiring recommendations
- Thinking CreativelyImportance 2.4Level 3.1Level 4 looks like: Adapt popular music for a high school marching band
- Selling or Influencing OthersImportance 2.3Level 2.4Level 1 looks like: Convince a coworker to assist with an assignment
- Monitoring and Controlling ResourcesImportance 2.0Level 2.2Level 1 looks like: Work as a server responsible for keeping track of utensils
- Assisting and Caring for OthersImportance 1.8Level 1.6Level 1 looks like: Help a coworker complete an assignment
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or MaterialsImportance 1.7Level 1.4Level 1 looks like: Check that doors to building are locked
- Performing for or Working Directly with the PublicImportance 1.7Level 1.4Level 1 looks like: Check tickets at a concert
- Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or EquipmentImportance 1.6Level 0.7Level 1 looks like: Drive a car
- Controlling Machines and ProcessesImportance 1.4Level —
- Handling and Moving ObjectsImportance 1.2Level —
- Performing General Physical ActivitiesImportance 1.2Level —
- Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and EquipmentImportance 1.1Level —
- Repairing and Maintaining Electronic EquipmentImportance 1.1Level —
- Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical EquipmentImportance 1.0Level —
Work context
The conditions most characteristic of the work, on O*NET's 1–5 context scale.
Technology
27 toolsSoftware used in this work. In demand: among the tools job postings for this occupation name most. Hot: often named in job postings across the economy.
In demand (5)
- Microsoft Excelhot
- Microsoft Office softwarehot
- Microsoft Outlookhot
- Microsoft PowerPointhot
- Microsoft Wordhot
Hot (8; 5 more marked hot above)
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Project
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Microsoft Visio
- Microsoft Windows
- R
- SAP software
- Structured query language SQL
Other tools (14)
- ACL Analytics
- Auditing software
- Financial compliance software
- Financial transaction analysis software
- General Examination System GENESYS
- Investigation management software
- LexisNexis
- NILS INSource
- ODEN Insurance Services State Rules & Regulations
- Oversight Insights On Demand
- PricewaterhouseCoopers TeamMate
- System for Electronic Rate and Form Filing SERFF
- Thomson Reuters Westlaw Edge
- Web browser software
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