Candidates for the ACISE designation must provide evidence of all of the following:
- Must have achieved the designation of Certified Operations Examiner (COE) or equivalent education and experience.
- Must have completed a minimum of 12 months' experience on the job as a financial examiner and 24 months experience with examination duties covering the IS area, for a total of 36 months experience. Private sector experience may be substituted on a case-by-case basis.
- Must have participated in at least eight examinations in the IS area of the financial institutions.
- Satisfactory completion of the following course offerings or their equivalent (courses submitted for equivalency will be considered on a case-by-case basis):
o CSBS Bank Operations School or FDIC Introduction to Examinations
o CSBS Information Systems School or FDIC Fundamentals of Information Systems Examination.
- Attestation of successful job performance and mastery of appropriate job-related skills by a superior within the candidate's organization ("superior" is defined as an individual whose job classification is at the Examiner-in-Charge level or higher). All attestations shall be considered final once signed. A defined response form that outlines the necessary and appropriate skills will support attestation as to a candidate's skill. A high degree of reliance is placed on the attestation forms provided by the applicant's supervisor when granting certification. For that reason, the individual signing the form should be familiar with the applicant's experience, performance, and skills abilities and confident that the applicants meets all the requirements as noted on the form.
The attestation form addresses the following categories:
TECHNICAL - Provides effective organization to the examination process:
- Effectively adheres to examination procedures and policies,
- Effectively organizes assignments,
- Ensures pre-examination planning and requests are successfully completed in a timely manner, and
- Organizes and effectively documents workpapers according to prescribed procedures.
CONCEPTUAL - Provides effective and accurate evaluation of the Information Systems activities of financial institutions:
- Effectively follows established examination procedures to collect and analyze data
- Develops correct conclusions from collected data.
LEGAL/COMPLIANCE - Effectively demonstrates knowledge of policies, procedures, laws, rules and regulations
COMMUNICATIONS - Provides effective oral and written communications:
- Effectively and clearly communicates with financial institution personnel to obtain information
- Effectively and clearly communicates examination findings to supervisory personnel
- Effectively prepares written comments that are accurate, grammatically correct, logically arranged, and factually support any conclusions drawn.