Associate Examiner

At FCA you will find:

• Job Stability
• Competitive salaries
• Work-Life Harmonization
• Recognition
• The best coworkers around

If you have a passion for agriculture and finance, or are interested in learning more about where they intersect, the Farm Credit Administration may be the place for you. As an FCA bank examiner, you can help keep agriculture strong by working to ensure a dependable source of affordable credit for agriculture and rural America. Headquartered near our nation's capital in McLean, VA, FCA is a small Federal agency with 4 field offices in Bloomington, MN; Greenwood Village, CO; Irving, TX; and, Sacramento, CA. We regulate and examine the Farm Credit System, a nationwide network of financial institutions providing credit and related services to farmers, ranchers, and their cooperatives.

Position: Associate FCA Examiner

Open through October 23, 2026, Individuals who have graduated from an accredited educational institute or certificate program within the last 2 years or 6 years for Veterans.

Duty Locations: McLean, VA; Bloomington, MN; Greenwood Village, CO; Irving, TX; or Sacramento, CA.

Base Salary : Recent graduates starting salary:

VH-34 Starting base salary $53,909

VH-35: Starting base salary $58,871

Locality pay is added to base salaries using one the following locality rates: Bloomington, MN, 28.12%; Irving, TX, 27.76%; McLean, VA, 33.94%; Greenwood Village, CO, 31.02%; Sacramento, CA, 30.26%. Locality rates are subject to change.

Recruitment Bonus: Selectees may be eligible for a $10,000 recruitment bonus.

3 . Promotion Potential and Conversion: These positions are being filled at the VH-34 (GS-07 equivalent) and VH-35 (GS-09 equivalent) band levels with promotion potential to the VH-39 band level (equivalent to the GS-13). If converted from the Recent Graduate program, you may be eligible for noncompetitive conversion to a term or permanent competitive service position.

Current students who have a planned graduation date not earlier than August 2027 and no later than June 2028 are encouraged to apply to our Pathways Internship announcement. Please see vacancy announcement VA-26-0043-INT-TR.

Duties

As an Associate FCA Examiner, you will perform analytical assignments and receive on-the-job and extensive formal training designed to provide practical experience in evaluating an institution's financial and lending operations, management, information technology, and compliance with federal regulations. You will:

• Work in a team environment to gather (research and investigate), organize, and analyze (draw conclusions and support the conclusions with facts) institution data (e.g., loan portfolio management, financial condition, policies and procedures).
• Determine institution compliance with laws and regulations as well as sound business practices, prepare written reports, and recommend corrective action.
• Conduct interviews with institution personnel to obtain relevant information.
• Monitor and analyze the financial condition and performance of assigned institutions for emerging risks and issues that could impact operations, condition, and performance.
• Use electronic and computer databases extensively.
• Participate in an intensive, four-year, on-the-job and formal classroom training to learn oversight and examination procedures and practices as well as knowledge of the Farm Credit System.

If selected, you will travel (during the weekday) up to 50% of the time and undertake a rigorous 4-5-year training program consisting of proficiency exams during the first 2 years and culminating with a Commissioning Test. You will spend the majority of the time analyzing the financial condition and performance of the financial institutions FCA regulates as well as evaluating individual credit risk, board governance, and management effectiveness. You will document all analytical work with supporting facts and write external reports and present examination findings and conclusions to external parties.

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