Intelligence Research Specialist

Full Job Description

Become part of the team that safeguards the financial system from the abuses of financial crime.

At the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), we are at the forefront in preventing and detecting terrorist financing, money laundering, and other financial crime.

Serve at the nation's financial intelligence unit and protect the United States financial system from criminals and terrorist financiers.

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service.

One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis.

To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your résumé.

Specialized experience for the GS-14: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized experience for this position is defined as experience: - Identifying and communicating assignments or projects for team members in line with established priorities and specializations; AND - Drafting and presenting strategic, statistical, or tactical analysis on trends and patterns (e.g., related to illicit finance threats); AND - Detecting indications of new, emerging, or recurring trends in reported illicit financial activity.

Major Duties:

This position is located in our Office of Cyber and Emerging Technologies, Research and Analysis Division.

As a Senior Intelligence Research Specialist, you will: Identify, guide, and balance workload and tasks among employees in accordance with established workflow, skill level and or occupational specialization; make adjustments to accomplish the workload in accordance with established priorities to ensure timely accomplishment of assigned team tasks; and ensure each employee has an integral role in developing the final team product.

Detect and develop financial intelligence based on the integration of data obtained from research and analysis of national and international financial crimes in assigned geographical or functional area(s) utilizing a variety of data analysis tools, techniques, and procedures, including cutting-edge software, to target complex illicit finance threats, including on a predictive basis.

Serve as a government-wide expert and authority in a broad field of research and senior resource person for the agency in major areas of financial intelligence.

Conceptualize, plan, draft, edit, and present individual FinCEN analytic products to customers and ensure that analytic products and presentations are clear, consistent, concise, timely, relevant, and accurate.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.