Senior Enforcement Officer

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 (full 52 weeks) 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 in evaluating, developing, or enforcing compliance programs designed to prevent financial crimes, including Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (CFT).

This includes ensuring adherence to requirements for reporting suspicious activities and applying laws, regulations, and policies related to financial crime prevention within regulated industries; OR - Providing advice and guidance to stakeholders regarding BSA compliance, BSA enforcement, or white collar/financial/emerging technology violations investigations, including but not limited to banks and depository institutions, virtual asset service providers (including blockchain analytics and distributed ledger technology), money service businesses, broker-dealers and issuers of securities, and/or other non-bank financial institutions; OR - Building or defending against administrative, civil, or criminal investigations involving white collar/financial violations, including but not limited to: obtaining and analyzing evidence, conducting witness interviews/depositions, applying legal factors to evidence, drafting memoranda summarizing investigations; drafting public-facing legal documents; negotiating with government attorneys/lawyers or defense counsel, or coordinating parallel investigations with law enforcement (e.g., DOJ) or other regulatory agencies.

Major Duties:

This position is located in our Enforcement and Compliance Division (ECD).

As a/an Senior Enforcement Officer, you will: Serve as the primary investigator on a vast array of complex civil law enforcement investigations to advance the ECD's and FinCEN's mission.

Maintain and manage a portfolio of complex civil law enforcement investigations into violations of the BSA committed by a wide variety of financial institutions and non-financial trades or businesses.

Utilize expert knowledge of FinCEN authorities and investigative techniques to collect information and documentation to assess instances of non-compliance with the BSA.