Assistant Deputy Superintendent for Consumer Examinations Unit (Assistant Deputy Superintendent, NS)

Job Description

The New York State Department of Financial Services seeks to build an equitable, transparent, and resilient financial system that benefits individuals and supports business. Through engagement, data-driven regulation and policy, and operational excellence, the Department and its employees are responsible for empowering consumers and protecting them from financial harm; ensuring the health of the entities we regulate; driving economic growth in New York through responsible innovation; and preserving the stability of the global financial system.
The Department of Financial Services is seeking candidates for the position of Assistant Deputy Superintendent for Consumer Examination Unit in the Consumer Examination Unit. Duties include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Manages and advises on legal matters arising out of Department consumer protection supervision, including advising on potential violations of laws and regulations, licensing applicants, drafting original examination materials, and resolving change of control requests;
• Researches and advises on legal issues arising out of Consumer Compliance & Fair Lending examinations, Community Reinvestment Act evaluations, and student loan servicer examinations;
• Reviews reports on examination;
• Recommends and executes policy priorities;
• Drafts and implements regulations and legislation affecting the Department;
• Drafts DFS comments on proposed federal regulations;
• Conducts statistical analysis of mortgage lending for Department redlining investigation;
• Trains Department examiners; and
• Supervises summer Consumer Examinations legal interns, and
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications
• At least 11 years of relevant work experience, of which two years of experience must have been at a managerial level.
o Substitutions: Associate degree may substitute for two years of specialized experience; bachelor's degree may substitute for four years of specialized experience; master's degree may substitute for five years of specialized experience; J.D. may substitute for six years of specialized experience; Ph.D. may substitute for seven years of specialized experience.
Appointment Method:
This is an appointment to a position in the exempt jurisdictional class. As such, the incumbent of this position would serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority.

Requirements

Preferred Qualifications
• At least 11 years of relevant work experience, of which two years of experience must have been at a managerial level.
o Substitutions: Associate degree may substitute for two years of specialized experience; bachelor's degree may substitute for four years of specialized experience; master's degree may substitute for five years of specialized experience; J.D. may substitute for six years of specialized experience; Ph.D. may substitute for seven years of specialized experience.
Appointment Method:
This is an appointment to a position in the exempt jurisdictional class. As such, the incumbent of this position would serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority.