FI PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR 2 - 81167

State of Tennessee; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 103,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

The Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions is seeking a Large Bank Program Administrator 2 in Nashville to plan, direct and oversee examinations of large banks with assets over $10 billion, in coordination with federal partners. The role demands strong supervisory experience and strategic risk oversight.

Responsibilities include developing annual supervisory plans, preparing leadership reports, and guiding exam teams through complex regulatory reviews, with travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Five years of supervisory, team-leading, or Examiner-in-Charge experience.
• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or a related field with bank examination experience.
• Minimum nine hours of accounting/finance coursework.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a professional license; valid driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage examination planning and oversight for large banks.
• Coordinate with federal counterparts on yearly supervisory plans.
• Prepare reports to TDFI leadership.
• Oversee special examinations (BSA/AML/CTF).
• Assess asset quality and risk across bank operations.
• Travel statewide or out-of-state as required.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Exam planning & reporting

EIC experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting

Nine hours accounting/finance coursework

Job description

Background Check

This position requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order to be considered for this position.

Executive Service

FI PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR 2

• TN DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTES
• Nashville, TN
• Annual Salary: $103,440.00 - $165,048.00
• Closing Date: 10/01/2026

Who We Are And What We Do

The Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions (TDFI) regulates banks, credit unions, trust companies, and other institutions. TDFI's primary mission is to provide citizens with a safe and sound system of banks and other institutions by ensuring safety and soundness and compliance with governing law, while giving institutions the opportunity to contribute to the economic progress of Tennessee and the nation.

How You Make a Difference In This Role

This position works collectively with federal counterparts to plan, coordinate, direct and provide continuous management, analysis, risk assessment, evaluation and oversight of the examination and regulation of large, complex banks with assets in excess of $10 billion. In coordination with others, you will develop a yearly supervisory/examination plan and serve as the key representative and technical authority responsible for planning and directing the supervisory efforts of the assigned bank. You will provide input to the Chief Administrator-Large Banks and other leadership to facilitate achievement of TDFI's mission, explore opportunities to reduce regulatory burden for banks, and apply a risk-focused approach to examinations.

Job Overview

As a Large Bank Program Administrator, you work collectively with peers, the Chief Administrator-Large Banks, and federal counterparts to plan, coordinate, direct and provide continuous monitoring of the assigned bank through the development of an annual supervisory plan, oversight of target examinations, review of bank information, and participation in management meetings to assess the bank's financial viability and compliance with regulations, while employing a fair and balanced approach and serving as a strategic partner with bank officials to promote economic development.

• You will prepare and submit reports to TDFI leadership.
• This position may serve as the Examiner-in-Charge and oversee examiners assisting with target reviews.
• Position may require extensive statewide travel and may require out-of-state travel for training and development, as well as possible examination work.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and submit reports on reviews of large, complex, and troubled banks to assess financial viability and compliance with governing regulations.
• Assess asset quality and various operational functions such as capital, earnings, liquidity, sensitivity to market risk, audit, securities, data governance, model risk management, enterprise risk management, subsidiary operations, and affiliate operations.
• Coordinate or oversee specialty examinations such as Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering /Countering the Financing of Terrorism, Trust, and Information Technology.
• In coordination with federal counterparts, develop a yearly supervisory/examination plan.
• Effectively scope each phase of the supervisory/examination plan to ensure the appropriate risks are identified.
• Develop formal plans and programs to address deficiencies and risks.
• Participate in compliance reviews and meetings facilitated by federal regulators.
• Oversee analysis of new service or branch applications to determine if risks are appropriately evaluated.
• Assist on special projects as assigned.
• Maintain in-depth knowledge and an informed position of bank operations, including economic and financial trends.

Minimum Qualifications

Required Experience

• A minimum of five years of supervisory, team leader or EIC experience.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting and/or other related field with a minimum of five years of bank examination experience with a federal or state regulator.
• A minimum of nine hours of accounting or finance required.
• Successful completion of all core bank examination schools required
• Valid motor vehicle license required.

Pursuant to the State of Tennessee's Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State's policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person's race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.