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Financial Examiners

Part of Government & Public Administration, in the Governance pathway.

Bright outlookJob zone 4: considerable preparationO*NET 13-2061.00

What the work is

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.

On a typical day

  • 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.

What it pays

$73,080
Median pay per year, San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro
New workers start near $54,250
Experienced workers reach $114,450
  1. $54k10th
  2. $63k25th
  3. $73kMedian
  4. $85k75th
  5. $114k90th
Wage percentiles: 10th $54,250, 25th $63,450, Median $73,080, 75th $84,800, 90th $114,450

About 760 people do this job in the San Antonio area.

Job outlook

Alamo region (Bexar and 12 surrounding counties), Texas Workforce Commission projection 2024 to 2034. U.S. figures from the BLS for comparison.

+38.1%

employment change in the Alamo region, 839 to 1,159 jobs · U.S. +19%

95

openings a year in the Alamo region, from growth and people leaving · U.S. 5,700

839

employed in the Alamo region in 2024 · U.S. 65,100

Typical entry education: Bachelor's degree · Training: Long-term on-the-job training

Skills this career uses

The skills O*NET rates most important for the job, with how much of each the work needs on a 1 to 7 scale.

  1. Critical Thinking4.5
  2. Reading Comprehension4.3
  3. Active Listening4.1
  4. Speaking4.1
  5. Writing4.0
  6. Monitoring4.3
  7. Judgment and Decision Making4.1
  8. Complex Problem Solving4.0

Education people in this job have

Share of workers by highest education, from O*NET surveys. It shows what others did, not what you must do.

  1. Bachelor's degree96%
  2. Master's degree4%

Job zone 4, considerable preparation: Usually a bachelor's degree, sometimes a strong associate plus experience.

Alamo programs that lead here

  • Northwest Vista
  • Palo Alto
  1. Accounting

    Transfer pre-major · Business & Entrepreneurship

  2. Accounting

    Degree · Transfer pre-major · Public Service

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