Financial examiners make sure that financial institutions and transactions meet legal requirements. They review balance sheets, evaluate the risk level of loans, and assess bank management.
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- Financial Examiners
Government and Public Administration
What do they typically do
- Review balance sheets, operating income and expense accounts, and loan documentation to check an institution's assets and liabilities
- Prepare reports, exhibits and other supporting schedules that show an institution's financial soundness, compliance with regulations, and recommended solutions
- Teach other examiners how to perform financial examinations
- Direct and participate in meetings with bank directors, trustees, senior management, lawyers, and outside accountants and consultants to gather information and discuss findings
- Review audit reports to monitor whether reports are adequate or to find specific weaknesses in business routines
- Solve problems about banking institutions' financial integrity, including problems with loan investment portfolios, capital, earnings, and specific or large troubled accounts
- Plan, supervise, and review work of workers that they oversee
- Recommend actions to make sure that institutions follow laws and regulations or to protect their financial situation
Number of Jobs
Average Annual
Job Growth +1.5%
Job Opening 409
Education & Training
- Education Most require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.Associated Programs or MajorsLicense
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