Payments Expert

CompanyFederal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

As an employee of the Atlanta Fed, you will help support our mission of promoting the stability and efficiency of the U.S. economy and financial system. Your work will affect the economy of the Southeast, the United States, and the world. The work we do here is important, and how we do it is just as important as what we do. We live our values of integrity, excellence, and respect every day. We do the right thing, we do things right, and we treat people right. A career at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta gives you the chance to do work that touches lives and helps communities prosper.
In addition to competitive compensation, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes tuition assistance, generous paid time off, top-notch health care benefits, child and family care leave, professional development opportunities, a 401(k) match, pension, and more. All brought together in a flexible work environment where you can truly find balance.
We are a dynamic hybrid workplace.

Position Summary:

Under minimal supervision, participates in the work of the Payments Forum to provide the payments industry, the regulatory/law enforcement community, and the Federal Reserve System with a forum for balanced, in-depth research and analysis of emerging issues affecting payments systems. Assists senior management with the acquisition, maintenance, and dissemination of state of the industry knowledge in the field. Serves as a data and information resource and subject matter expert for the Forum.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conducts complex research, analyzes public and proprietary data and prepares position papers on issues affecting the retail payments industry. Writes original articles and other forms of media work and prepares original position papers all suitable for publication in Federal Reserve and industry journals.
• May conduct applied research, business impact studies, and/or surveys related to payments.
• Independently derives in-depth qualitative and quantitative analysis of relevant information to identify and help mitigate emerging risks, issues, and trends in the payments industry, in line with the goals and mission of the Forum.
• Prepares speeches, presentations, and specialized analyses and briefings for senior Reserve Bank officials.
• Interfaces with the Federal Reserve Financial Services, Supervision & Regulation, System research economists, the Board of Governors and other Fed resources. Represents the Fed in industry meetings and Forums in discussions and presentations on research work and general retail payments risk outreach.
• Leads, organizes, hosts, and/or participates in the organization of conferences, seminars, forums, and meetings to discuss and address issues related to retail payments risk and fraud.
• Contributes to design and maintains up-to-date web-enabled tools and information sources on Forum web sites.
• May supervise one or more senior and/or junior analysts

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree; Master's Degree or 5 year’s equivalent experience preferred

Experience:

• Five to eight years preferred

Functional Knowledge Preferences

Knowledge Areas:

• Banking
• Payments
• Economics

Technical Skills:

• Quantitative data analysis
• Strong writing skills

Individual Competencies

• Demonstrates Self-Awareness
• Problem Solving
• Action-Oriented
• Collaborates
• Communicates Effectively

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
• Annual tuition reimbursement
• Professional development programs, training and conferences
• And more…

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 TimeFull time

Regular / TemporaryRegular

Job Exempt (Yes / No)Yes

Job Category

Work ShiftFirst (United States of America)

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