Salary Breakdown
Financial Examiners
Average
$76,990
ANNUAL
$37.02
HOURLY
Entry Level
$49,150
ANNUAL
$23.63
HOURLY
Mid Level
$62,750
ANNUAL
$30.17
HOURLY
Expert Level
$124,310
ANNUAL
$59.77
HOURLY
Supporting Programs
Financial Examiners
Projected Jobs
Financial Examiners
1,890
Projected job openings through 2032
Top Expected Tasks
Financial Examiners
01
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.
02
Recommend actions to ensure compliance with laws and regulations, or to protect solvency of institutions.
03
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.
04
Resolve problems concerning the overall financial integrity of banking institutions including loan investment portfolios, capital, earnings, and specific or large troubled accounts.
05
Investigate activities of institutions to enforce laws and regulations and to ensure legality of transactions and operations or financial solvency.
06
Review balance sheets, operating income and expense accounts, and loan documentation to confirm institution assets and liabilities.
07
Plan, supervise, and review work of assigned subordinates.
08
Review audit reports of internal and external auditors to monitor adequacy of scope of reports or to discover specific weaknesses in internal routines.
09
Examine the minutes of meetings of directors, stockholders, and committees to investigate the specific authority extended at various levels of management.
10
Train other examiners in the financial examination process.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Financial Examiners
Common knowledge, skills & abilities needed to get a foot in the door.
KNOWLEDGE
English Language
KNOWLEDGE
Economics and Accounting
KNOWLEDGE
Law and Government
KNOWLEDGE
Mathematics
KNOWLEDGE
Administration and Management
SKILL
Critical Thinking
SKILL
Reading Comprehension
SKILL
Active Listening
SKILL
Speaking
SKILL
Writing
ABILITY
Written Comprehension
ABILITY
Deductive Reasoning
ABILITY
Inductive Reasoning
ABILITY
Oral Expression
ABILITY
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