Salary Range
$25,000 to $100,000+Overview
Bank examiners, also known as financial examiners, investigate financial institutions to ensure their safety and soundness and to enforce federal and state laws. They arrange audits, review policies and procedures, study documents, and interview managers and employees. They prepare detailed reports that can be used to strengthen banks.
A bank examiner's fundamental duty is to make sure people do not lose the money they have entrusted to banks. Bank examiners protect account holders. They also protect the federal and state governments that are responsible for insuring financial institutions. There are approximately 60,900 financial examiners employed in the United States.
Minimum Education Level
Bachelor's DegreeCertification/License
RequiredOutlook
Faster than the AveragePersonality Traits
Enterprising
Organized
Realistic
Career Ladder
Bank Examiner Supervisor or Banking Consultant or Federal or State Government Banking Regulator
Commissioned Examiner
Bank Examiner
Assistant or Associate Examiner
Related Professions
- Accountants
- Actuaries
- Agricultural Consultants
- Ambassadors
- Audit and Assurance Accountants
- Auditors
- Automatic Teller Machine Servicers
- Aviation Safety Inspectors
- Bailiffs
- Bank Branch Managers
- Billing Clerks
- Bookkeeping and Accounting Clerks
- Border Patrol Agents
- Business Intelligence Analysts
- Business Managers
- Campaign Workers
- Chief Financial Officers
- City Managers
- Civil Engineers
- Commodities Brokers
- Compliance Managers
- Congressional Aides
- Construction Inspectors
- Corporate Climate Strategists
- Cost Estimators
- Credit Analysts
- Cryptographic Technicians
- Customer Success Managers
- Customs Officials
- Demographers
- Deputy U.S. Marshals
- Economists
- Energy Consultants
- Environmental Consultants
- Environmental Economists
- EPA Special Agents
- FBI Agents
- Federal and State Officials
- Financial Analysts
- Financial Consultants
- Financial Institution Officers and Managers
- Financial Institution Tellers, Clerks, and Related Workers
- Financial Planners
- Financial Quantitative Analysts
- Financial Services Brokers
- Fish and Game Wardens
- Foreign Service Officers
- Forensic Accountants and Auditors
- Fraud Examiners, Investigators, and Analysts
- Futurists
- Health and Regulatory Inspectors
- Health Care Consultants
- Human Resources Consultants
- Information Security Analysts
- Information Technology Consultants
- Information Technology Security Consultants
- Intelligence Officers
- Internet Consultants
- Internet Marketing and Advertising Consultants
- Interpreters
- Investment Fund Managers
- Investment Professionals
- Investment Underwriters
- Land Trust or Preserve Managers
- Loan Processors
- Loan Underwriters
- Lobbyists
- Management Analysts and Consultants
- Market Research Analysts
- Marketing Consultants
- Military Recruiters
- Military Workers, Enlisted
- Mortgage Bankers
- National Park Service Employees
- Occupational Safety and Health Workers
- Park Rangers
- Policy Analysts
- Political Consultants
- Political Scientists
- Press Secretaries
- Private Bankers
- Purchasing Agents
- Recycling Coordinators
- Regional and Local Officials
- Regulatory Affairs Managers
- Regulatory Affairs Specialists
- Secret Service Special Agents
- Security Consultants
- Security Guards
- Statisticians
- Strategy Managers
- Tax Accountants
- Tax Preparers
- Traffic Engineers
- Translators
- Transportation Planners
- Urban and Regional Planners
Featured Companies
