Examination Director

Essential Job Functions:

• Directs examination activities to achieve strategic initiatives for the department and serves as a primary point of contact for internal stakeholders for examination activities.

• Manages a team of examiners and empowers them to make decisions relating to the completion of exams. Builds and integrates the culture of intelligence integrity collaboration and initiative into team goals and decisions.

• Provide strategic guidance advice and support to Member Supervision leadership.

• Provides guidance to staff management and external parties on high-level issues.

• Manages operational aspects of the exam including but not limited to budget performance workflow and compliance. Ensures that all aspects of the exams achieve goals within established timelines and budgets as well as broader organizational strategic goals.

• Collaborates and regularly coordinates with Risk Monitoring counterparts to ensure strategic focuses are addressed accordingly.

• Develops relationships with other Examination leaders and Risk Monitoring counterparts to provide feedback share trends and patterns and identify opportunities for program improvements.

• Accountable for effectively managing performance and prioritizing meaningful development conversations.

• Ensures that the Program serves FINRAs mission in an efficient and effective manner.

• Presents at conferences and participates in outreach to member firms and investors.

• Demonstration of FINRAs values.

• Collaboration both in-person and virtually in furtherance of FINRAs mission of investor protection and market integrity.

Other Responsibilities:

• Assist as needed with scheduling and staffing of exams while ensuring that policies and procedures are followed during exams.

• Other duties as assigned.

Education/Experience Requirements:

• Bachelors Degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience required. Major in Accounting Finance Economics Business Administration or related fields preferred.

• MBA JD other graduate degree and/or relevant industry certification(s) preferred

• Significant securities compliance or financial regulatory experience

• Significant experience managing projects and/or people

Knowledge Requirements:

• Advanced knowledge of FINRAs risk fundamentals

• Advanced knowledge of securities rules and regulations

• Advanced knowledge of firm business models business lines customer bases products and services

• Advanced knowledge of rule changes and interpretations

• Advanced knowledge of industry wide events and trends affecting FINRAs exam program

• Advanced knowledge of FINRA departments and their mandates

Skill Requirement:

• Proficient in optimizing resource allocation

• Expert ability to recognize and understand the relationship and impact between regulatory areas

• Expert ability to manage time effectively and complete examination plans within the budgeted time frames

• Expert ability to effectively liaise with internal and external parties

• Expert ability to identify and prioritize risk

• Expert ability to develop inspire and motivate direct reports

• Expert ability in talent recognition and coaching

• Expert relationship building skills

• Expert ability to make timely decisions

Working Conditions:

• Hybrid work environment with defined in-person presence requirements

For work that is performed in CA CO FL TX IL PA MA MD VA Washington DC NY and NJ please refer to the chart below for the salary range for the corresponding addition to location actual compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to the candidates skill set level of experience education and internal peer compensation comparisons.

CA: Minimum Salary $150600 Maximum Salary $305000

CO/FL/TX: Minimum Salary $131100 Maximum Salary $254000

IL*/PA: Minimum Salary $144000 Maximum Salary $279500

MA/MD/VA/Washington DC: Minimum Salary $150600 Maximum Salary $292300

NY*/NJ: Minimum Salary $150600 Maximum Salary $305000

*Including positions performed outside the state but reporting to an office or manager in that state.

Candidates can expect salary offers that range from the minimum to the mid-point of the salary range. FINRA provides full pay ranges so that the candidate can consider their growth potential while at FINRA.

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To be considered for this position please submit an application. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.

The information provided above has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work of the position. It is not a comprehensive inventory of all duties responsibilities and qualifications required.

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Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Non-exempt employees are also eligible for overtime pay in accordance with federal state or local law. As part of its dedication to employee wellness FINRA provides comprehensive health dental and vision insurance. Additional insurance includes basic life accidental death and dismemberment supplemental life spouse/domestic partner and dependent life and spouse/domestic partner and dependent accidental death and dismemberment short- and long-term disability long-term care business travel accident disability and legal. FINRA offers immediate participation and vesting in a 401(k) plan with company match and eligibility for participation in an additional FINRA-funded retirement contribution tuition reimbursement commuter benefits and other benefits that support employee wellness such as adoption assistance backup family care surrogacy benefits employee assistance and wellness programs.

Time Off and Paid Leave*

FINRA encourages its employees to focus on their health and wellness in many ways including through a generous time-off program of 15 days of paid time off 5 personal days and 9 sick days unless otherwise required by law (all pro-rated in the first year). Additionally we are proud to support our communities by providing two volunteer service days (based on full-time schedule). Other paid leave includes military leave jury duty leave bereavement leave voting and election official leave for federal state or local primary and general elections care of a family member leave (available after 90 days of employment); and childbirth and parental leave (available after 90 days of employment). Full-time employees receive nine paid holidays.

*Based on full-time schedule

Important Information

FINRAs Code of Conduct imposes restrictions on employees investments and requires financial disclosures that are uniquely related to our role as a securities regulator. FINRA employees are required to disclose to FINRA all brokerage accounts that they maintain and those in which they control trading or have a financial interest (including any trust account of which they are a trustee or beneficiary and all accounts of a spouse domestic partner or minor child who lives with the employee) and to authorize their broker-dealers to provide FINRA with duplicate statements for all of those accounts. All of those accounts are subject to the Codes investment and securities account restrictions and new employees must comply with those investment restrictionsincluding disposing of any security issued by a company on FINRAs Prohibited Company List or obtaining a written waiver from their Executive Vice Presidentby the date they begin employment with FINRA. Employees may only maintain securities accounts that must be disclosed to FINRA at one or more securities firms that provide an electronic feed (e-feed) of data to FINRA and must move securities accounts from other securities firms to a firm that provides an e-feed within three months of beginning employment.

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As standard practice employees must also execute FINRAs Employee Confidentiality and Invention Assignment Agreement without qualification or modification and comply with the companys policy on nepotism.

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