Occupation Profile

Financial Examiners

(SOC Code : 13-2061)

in California

Enforce or ensure compliance with laws and regulations governing financial and securities institutions and financial and real estate transactions. May examine, verify correctness of, or establish authenticity of records.

Employers are usually looking for candidates with a Bachelor's degree .

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Area	Year	Period	Hourly Mean	Hourly by Percentile
				25th	Median	75th
California	2012	1st Qtr	$42.44	$29.50	$37.68	$52.61

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Number of Employers in State of California

Percent of Total
Employment for Occupation in State of California

Depository Credit Intermediation

9,651

16.1%

Management of Companies and Enterprises

914

12.9%

Other Financial Investment Activities

18,151

6.8%

Security & Commodity Investment Activity

1,563

4.8%

Nondepository Credit Intermediation

14,062

3.8%

Insurance Carriers

4,763

2.3%

Activities Rel to Credit Intermediation

2,371

2.1%

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Top Tasks (Specific duties and responsibilities of this job.)

Investigate activities of institutions to enforce laws and regulations and to ensure legality of transactions and operations or financial solvency.

Review and analyze new, proposed, or revised laws, regulations, policies, and procedures to interpret their meaning and determine their impact.

Plan, supervise, and review work of assigned subordinates.

Recommend actions to ensure compliance with laws and regulations, or to protect solvency of institutions.

Examine the minutes of meetings of directors, stockholders and committees to investigate the specific authority extended at various levels of management.

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.

Review balance sheets, operating income and expense accounts, and loan documentation to confirm institution assets and liabilities.

Review audit reports of internal and external auditors to monitor adequacy of scope of reports or to discover specific weaknesses in internal routines.

Train other examiners in the financial examination process.

Establish guidelines for procedures and policies that comply with new and revised regulations and direct their implementation.

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Top Skills used in this Job

Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

Instructing - Teaching others how to do something.

Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

Time Management - Managing one`s own time and the time of others.

Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others` actions.

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Top Abilities (Attributes of the person that influence performance in this job.)

Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.

Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).

Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.

Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

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Top Work Values (Aspects of this job that create satisfaction.)

Independence - Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions.

Relationships - Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment.

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Top Interests (The types of activities someone in this job would like.)

Enterprising - Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.

Conventional - Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

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