Company

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Federal Reserve Financial Services (FRFS) delivers a suite of payments services to financial institutions via FedLine® Solutions, Fedwire® Funds and Securities, the National Settlement Service (NSS), FedCash®1, FedACH®, Check Services, and the FedNow® Service. FRFS operates as a fully integrated organization with groups dedicated to operations, technology, product and industry engagement, enterprise services, and one focused on the ongoing growth and development of the FedNow instant payment service. Our strategy defines our future direction, seeking to offer a fully integrated product suite that provides speed, resilience, and choice in meeting the payments needs of financial institutions across the United States. Through our Enterprise structure, we strive to meet the needs of the marketplace for new products and services with speed and agility, seek to provide a robust and unified customer experience, and work to create career growth opportunities for FRFS staff.

We seek leaders to set the vision, strategy, values, and priorities that enable FRFS to achieve its mission. Our leaders must demonstrate a strategic, action-oriented mindset focused on intellectual curiosity, agility, accountability, and the ability to drive innovation through experimentation. To achieve our vision for a people-focused organization with a strong collaborative and innovative culture, we expect our leaders to champion an inclusive environment and demonstrate our values in how we work and interact with each other and our broader community.

Onsite Work Expectations:
The Bank believes in flexibility to balance the demands of work and life while also recognizing the necessity of connecting and collaborating with our colleagues in person. Onsite work is an essential function of this position, and you are required to be onsite according to the schedule set by your management.

The hours of coverage can vary but core business hours are 7:30 AM ET to 5:30 PM ET with some after hour needs.  Additionally, these positions are hybrid working arrangements and will require regular on-site attendance based on specific district policies. The specific requirements will be based upon your district at time of application. 

Responsibilities:

• Use fundamental knowledge of technology (programming, SQL queries, Cloud computing concepts, process automation, monitoring, quantitative/qualitative data analytic techniques) to provide strategic guidance and consultation to clients and leaders on highly complex technology-based solutions.
• Assist with moderately complex designs, data flows and processing, environment administration, and process improvement opportunities.
• Anticipate client needs by establishing partnerships and building relationships with all clients.
• Advise and collaborate with client groups on best practices and how to implement the necessary changes to address business technology needs.
• Facilitate/Lead IT process improvement and long-term technology-based solution discussions and present outcomes to senior management.
• Facilitate/Lead in project development surrounding new technologies; develop communications of these changes to impacted clients.
• Research and recommend improvements to increase efficiency of infrastructure and automation processes based on industry best practices.
• Ability to recognize relationships and impacts between strategic and tactical components of project and business activities

Other Requirements:

• May require extended work hours.
• Occasional travel including overnight stays may be necessary.

Qualifications:

• BA/BS preferred or equivalent work experience
• Prior work experience supporting testing initiatives and environments

Our total rewards program offers benefits that are the best fit for you at every stage of your career:

• Comprehensive healthcare options (Medical, Dental, and Vision)
• 401K match, and a fully funded pension plan
• Paid vacation and holidays; flexible work environment
• Generously subsidized public transportation
• Education Assistance Program
• Professional development programs, training and conferences
• And more…

 

Additional Requirements:

• This position will require at minimum fingerprinting for a criminal background check, education and employment verification, along with potential additional screening requirements due to the information accessed while performing the job. Any offer of employment is contingent upon satisfactory results of any required background screening. These screenings would be initiated at the time of offer acceptance and can take up to approximately 8 weeks to be completed. The screening covers areas such as education/employment verification, criminal history, credit history, and reaches out to your references and people that know you well.
  • For Law Enforcement positions, physical, psychological, drug, stress/EKG, and attending an academy will be required.
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

• Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta employees must comply with the Bank’s ethics rules. These rules generally prohibit employees, their spouses/domestic partners, and minor children from holding financial interests (such as common stock and corporate bonds) issued by financial institutions. This prohibition also applies to investment funds that focus on investing in the financial sector. If you, your spouse/domestic partner, or minor child own such securities, you will generally be asked to divest them if you accept an offer of Bank employment. If you have concerns about this prohibition, you should raise the issue with the recruiter for this posting early in the process.

 

 

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, performance standards or requirements, efforts, skills or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change (e.g. emergencies, rush jobs, change in workload or technological developments).

 

The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta is an equal opportunity employer.

 

Full Time / Part Time

Full time

Regular / Temporary

Regular

Job Exempt (Yes / No)

Yes

Job Category

Information Technology Family Group

Work Shift

First (United States of America)

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