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O*NET-SOC 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.

From O*NET 30.3

Tasks

From O*NET 30.3, by importance, as O*NET OnLine lists them

Free · O*NET 30.3
  1. 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.Core7324
  2. Recommend actions to ensure compliance with laws and regulations, or to protect solvency of institutions.Core7317
  3. 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.Core7319
  4. Resolve problems concerning the overall financial integrity of banking institutions including loan investment portfolios, capital, earnings, and specific or large troubled accounts.Core7327
  5. Investigate activities of institutions to enforce laws and regulations and to ensure legality of transactions and operations or financial solvency.Core7314
  6. Review balance sheets, operating income and expense accounts, and loan documentation to confirm institution assets and liabilities.Core7320
  7. Plan, supervise, and review work of assigned subordinates.Core7316
  8. Review audit reports of internal and external auditors to monitor adequacy of scope of reports or to discover specific weaknesses in internal routines.Core7321
  9. Examine the minutes of meetings of directors, stockholders, and committees to investigate the specific authority extended at various levels of management.Core7318
  10. Train other examiners in the financial examination process.Core7322
  11. Establish guidelines for procedures and policies that comply with new and revised regulations and direct their implementation.Core7323
  12. Review and analyze new, proposed, or revised laws, regulations, policies, and procedures to interpret their meaning and determine their impact.Core7315
  13. Provide regulatory compliance training to employees.Core20190
  14. Evaluate data processing applications for institutions under examination to develop recommendations for coordinating existing systems with examination procedures.Core7328
  15. 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.Core7326
  16. Verify and inspect cash reserves, assigned collateral, and bank-owned securities to check internal control procedures.Core7325
  17. Confer with officials of real estate, securities, or financial institution industries to exchange views and discuss issues or pending cases.Supplemental7329

Technology Skills

From O*NET 30.3, 27 examples in 16 categories, 13 Hot Technology

Free · O*NET 30.3

Financial analysis software

  • ACL Analytics
  • Auditing software
  • Financial transaction analysis software
  • General Examination System GENESYS
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers TeamMate

Compliance software

  • Financial compliance software
  • NILS INSource
  • ODEN Insurance Services State Rules & Regulations
  • Oversight Insights On Demand
  • System for Electronic Rate and Form Filing SERFF

Project management software

  • Investigation management software
  • Microsoft ProjectHot Technology

Information retrieval or search software

  • LexisNexis
  • Thomson Reuters Westlaw Edge

Data base user interface and query software

  • Microsoft AccessHot Technology
  • Structured query language SQLHot Technology

Spreadsheet software

  • Microsoft ExcelHot TechnologyIn Demand

Office suite software

  • Microsoft Office softwareHot TechnologyIn Demand

Electronic mail software

  • Microsoft OutlookHot TechnologyIn Demand

Presentation software

  • Microsoft PowerPointHot TechnologyIn Demand

Document management software

  • Microsoft SharePointHot Technology

Process mapping and design software

  • Microsoft VisioHot Technology

Operating system software

  • Microsoft WindowsHot Technology

Word processing software

  • Microsoft WordHot TechnologyIn Demand

Object or component oriented development software

  • RHot Technology

Enterprise resource planning ERP software

  • SAP softwareHot Technology

Internet browser software

  • Web browser software

Detailed Work Activities

From O*NET 30.3, under their work activities; open one for the AI skills Workforce Automation maps to it

Free · O*NET 30.3

Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings

  • Monitor organizational processes.
    WFA · Part of the paid plan when accounts open

    WFA (Workforce Automation) analysis: 0 of 0 AI skills mapped to this activity, by automation level

    • No tools yet
    • Not mapped yet
  • Monitor financial indicators.
    WFA · Part of the paid plan when accounts open

    WFA (Workforce Automation) analysis: 5 of 9 AI skills mapped to this activity, by automation level

    • Replaces 1
    • Augments 2
    • Supports 1
    • Informs 5

Processing Information

  • Verify accuracy of financial information.
    WFA · Part of the paid plan when accounts open

    WFA (Workforce Automation) analysis: 0 of 0 AI skills mapped to this activity, by automation level

    • No tools yet
    • Not mapped yet

Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards

  • Review license or permit applications.
    WFA · Part of the paid plan when accounts open

    WFA (Workforce Automation) analysis: 0 of 0 AI skills mapped to this activity, by automation level

    • No tools yet
    • Not mapped yet
  • Examine financial records.
    WFA · Part of the paid plan when accounts open

    WFA (Workforce Automation) analysis: 0 of 0 AI skills mapped to this activity, by automation level

    • No tools yet
    • Not mapped yet
  • Examine financial records or processes.
    WFA · Part of the paid plan when accounts open

    WFA (Workforce Automation) analysis: 0 of 0 AI skills mapped to this activity, by automation level

    • No tools yet
    • Not mapped yet

Analyzing Data or Information

  • Evaluate applicable laws and regulations to determine impact on organizational activities.
    WFA · Part of the paid plan when accounts open

    WFA (Workforce Automation) analysis: 0 of 0 AI skills mapped to this activity, by automation level

    • No tools yet
    • Not mapped yet

Making Decisions and Solving Problems

  • Implement financial decisions.
    WFA · Part of the paid plan when accounts open

    WFA (Workforce Automation) analysis: 0 of 0 AI skills mapped to this activity, by automation level

    • No tools yet
    • Not mapped yet

Developing Objectives and Strategies

  • Establish organizational guidelines or policies.
    WFA · Part of the paid plan when accounts open

    WFA (Workforce Automation) analysis: 0 of 0 AI skills mapped to this activity, by automation level

    • No tools yet
    • Not mapped yet

Documenting/Recording Information

  • Prepare operational reports.
    WFA · Part of the paid plan when accounts open

    WFA (Workforce Automation) analysis: 0 of 0 AI skills mapped to this activity, by automation level

    • No tools yet
    • Not mapped yet

Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others

  • Coordinate with external parties to exchange information.
    WFA · Part of the paid plan when accounts open

    WFA (Workforce Automation) analysis: 0 of 0 AI skills mapped to this activity, by automation level

    • No tools yet
    • Not mapped yet
  • Confer with others about financial matters.
    WFA · Part of the paid plan when accounts open

    WFA (Workforce Automation) analysis: 4 of 4 AI skills mapped to this activity, by automation level

    • Supports 3
    • Informs 1

Training and Teaching Others

  • Train personnel to enhance job skills.
    WFA · Part of the paid plan when accounts open

    WFA (Workforce Automation) analysis: 0 of 0 AI skills mapped to this activity, by automation level

    • No tools yet
    • Not mapped yet
  • Train personnel in organizational or compliance procedures.
    WFA · Part of the paid plan when accounts open

    WFA (Workforce Automation) analysis: 0 of 0 AI skills mapped to this activity, by automation level

    • No tools yet
    • Not mapped yet

Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates

  • Supervise employees.
    WFA · Part of the paid plan when accounts open

    WFA (Workforce Automation) analysis: 0 of 0 AI skills mapped to this activity, by automation level

    • No tools yet
    • Not mapped yet

Providing Consultation and Advice to Others

  • Advise others on legal or regulatory compliance matters.
    WFA · Part of the paid plan when accounts open

    WFA (Workforce Automation) analysis: 0 of 0 AI skills mapped to this activity, by automation level

    • No tools yet
    • Not mapped yet

Job Zone

From O*NET 30.3

Free · O*NET 30.3

Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed

Workforce Automation analysis, not part of the source

WFA coverage: AI skills for this job

WFA · Part of the paid plan when accounts open

Pilot mapping: these skill links come from our seed list and haven’t been reviewed yet. Expect them to change as each one is checked.

DWAs covered by an AI skill2 of 16
Distinct tools12
Level mix
  • Replaces 1
  • Augments 2
  • Supports 3
  • Informs 6

Equivalents

NICE work roles, with their DCWF equivalents

Mapped to this job by the ETO-CSET NICE/O*NET crosswalk (2024); roles from NICE Framework Components v2.2.0, DCWF equivalents from DoD DCWF Tool v5.3 (2026-09-25)

Free · NICE Framework Components v2.2.0 and DoD DCWF Tool v5.3 (2026-09-25)

No NICE work role maps to this job.