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Introduction
Expand upon your team leadership skills and apply your experience examining or analyzing the condition of financial entities and become a Financial Examiner Supervisor - Career Executive with the Department of Financial Institutions!
In this role, you will supervise and manage a team consisting of primarily Consumer Credit Examiners in the Licensed Financial Bureau within the Division of Banking.
This position offers a hybridized work schedule! This full-time permanent position will be headquartered at and required to work from the Madison Hill Farms State Office Building at 4822 Madison Yards Way Madison, WI at least 2 days per week. All employees working a hybrid work schedule are generally expected to telework from within the State of Wisconsin. This topic will be discussed more at the time of the interview.
The Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) ensures the safety and soundness of Wisconsin's financial institutions, protects consumers of financial services and facilitates economic growth. The agency regulates and licenses financial service providers who do business in Wisconsin. Find out more about DFI here !
DFI is a great place to work! In addition to meaningful and rewarding work, we offer a competitive benefits package featuring:

• Substantial leave time including at least 3.5 weeks of paid leave time to start, 9 paid holidays, and 130 hours of sick time that roll over each year.
• Excellent and affordable health, vision, and dental benefits (health plan options start at just $42/month for single plans and $104/month for family plans after two months of employment)
• A casual office atmosphere, flexible work schedules, and telework options depending on the position's requirements
• An exceptional pension plan with employer match and lifetime retirement payment, plus an optional tax advantaged 457 retirement savings plan
• Well Wisconsin Wellness Program
• A free and confidential employee assistance program that offers employees and their immediate family dependents a variety of tools, resources, and professional consultation services to support their health, goals, and overall well-being
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In addition to our generous employee benefits, we strive for inclusivity and celebrate different religious holidays and cultural observances and provide flexibility for utilizing paid time off for such celebrations.
Position Summary
As the Financial Examiner Supervisor, this position supervises and leads a team of consumer credit examiners, including managing and directing staff activities, coordinating training and development of staff, monitoring performance, and managing examining and complaint processes. As the supervisor, this position must employ excellent team building and leadership skills.
The Financial Examiner Supervisor oversees the examination, license application, renewal and complaint processes for the regulation of mortgage bankers, mortgage brokers, mortgage loan originators, money transmitters, collection agencies and adjustment service companies. This position acts as a technical expert with complex examinations, licensing applications, cybersecurity, and complaints, and recommends and prepares administrative action. As an expert and resource for the consumer credit examiners, this position reviews completed examination reports prepared by staff. This position also assists in the development of policy and acts as an industry liaison.
Salary Information
This position is in schedule-range (81-02) with an annual salary of $87,360 - $102,856 (or $42 - $49.45 per hour), plus excellent benefits . A 2-year career executive trial period is required. Pay for current state employees will be set in accordance with the Wisconsin State Compensation Plan.
This classification is eligible to receive up to a total of four sequential $1.50 per hour add-ons once criteria of each level are met.
Job Details
This position requires the ability to travel independently on an occasional basis for examinations, training, conferences, and staff meetings.
Prior to any appointments for position(s) filled from this announcement, candidates may be subject to a comprehensive criminal background check.
This state agency does not sponsor work visas. This state agency is not enrolled in USCIS E-Verify and is not eligible to employ international F-1 students seeking STEM-OPT extension. Any appointment made will be contingent on the applicant being able to prove valid status to work in the United States.
Qualifications
Qualified applicants must detail having experience in all the following in order to be considered:

• Serving in a team lead, trainer, and/or mentor role
• Analyzing financial statements and reports to identify trends or evaluate the financial stability of an entity
• Researching, interpreting and/or applying state and/or federal laws, rules and regulations relating to the financial services industries and/or examinations of them
• Performing auditing procedures or examination/analysis of records

In addition to having all the above, well qualified applicants will also have experience with one or more of the following:

• Working in two or more financial services industries (such as mortgage banking, money transmitters, collection agencies, adjustment services companies, or similar)
• Assisting with the development and implementation of a major organizational change
• Formal supervisory experience and/or experience supervising remote teams (performing duties such as recruitment, onboarding/offboarding, assessing performance, etc.)

How To Apply
Apply online! To apply, click "Apply for Job" to start the application process. Then, you will access your existing account or to create a new account if you don't have an account. Once you are logged in, click "Apply for Job." Follow the steps outlined in the application process and submit your application.
This application requires you to submit a resume and letter of qualifications. Within your resume and letter of qualifications, you should describe your education, training, and experience as it relates to items listed in the "Qualifications" section of the job announcement. Your application materials are very important parts of your application and are used during our evaluation process to determine your eligibility for the position. For instructions on how to develop and what should be included in these materials, please view the Resume and Letter of Qualifications Tips document. Please view the ensuring a fair and equitable hiring process document to find out more information on the State of WI selection process. The vast majority of applicants are able to outline their background and experience in their resume within 1-3 pages. Any resumes or letters of qualifications submitted with more than 3 pages will not be considered after page 3.
Current Wisconsin state employees with Career Executive status need only apply with a resume and letter of qualifications submitted directly to Vicki Kaul at vicki.kaul@dot.wi.gov.
The State of Wisconsin offers a special program for qualified veterans with a 30% or greater service-connected disability. If you are a qualified veteran, please visit the Veterans Employment page and review method 2 for application instructions to be considered for the Veterans Non-Competitive Appointment program.
Submitted materials will be evaluated by a panel of job experts and the most qualified applicants will be invited to participate in the next step of the selection process. For general wisc.jobs user information and if you are experiencing issues and need technical assistance, please see the wisc.jobs Frequently Asked Questions page. Questions related to obtaining the job description and details about this specific job posting can be directed to Vicki Kaul at vicki.kaul@dot.wi.gov or 608-261-6302.
Deadline to Apply
All application materials must be received by 11:59 p.m. CST on August 12th, 2026.