Data Scientist / Data Analyst (OIG)

Culmen International LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Exceptional Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance

401k with 4% match

Life insurance and disability

Opportunities for Training and Continuing Education

12 Paid Holidays

Job summary

Culmen International LLC is seeking a Data Scientist / Data Analyst to support the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) Office of Inspector General (OIG). This role involves providing advanced analytics for audits, evaluations, and investigative activities on a full-time basis in Washington, DC.

The ideal candidate must have a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and at least 8 years of specialized experience in data analytics. Responsibilities include developing dashboards and conducting financial analysis to aid in investigations and audits.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of experience in data analytics or similar fields.
• Ability to collect, clean, validate, and analyze complex datasets.
• Strong communication skills to convey methods and results.

Responsibilities

• Support OIG with advanced analytics for audits and evaluations.
• Develop dashboards and visualizations for decision-making.
• Conduct financial analysis and prepare analytical reports.

Skills

Data analytics

Investigative analytics

Fraud detection

Statistical methods

Education

Bachelor’s degree in data science or related field

Job description

About the Role

Culmen International is seeking a Data Scientist / Data Analyst (OIG)

to support the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) Office of Inspector General (OIG). This role provides advanced analytics in support of audits, evaluations, inspections, and investigative/law‑enforcement activities. The position is full‑time, on‑site in Washington, DC, with occasional ad‑hoc telework authorized by the COR.

What You’ll Do in Your New Role

Program Management & Work Intake

• Receive and clarify analytic task requests from OIG stakeholders
• Define objectives, data needs, assumptions, and timelines
• Track milestones, deliverables, and risks

Data Acquisition, Preparation & Integration

• Collect data from government systems and approved external sources
• Clean, normalize, validate, and transform structured and unstructured datasets
• Perform entity resolution, record linkage, and dataset integration
• Maintain documentation for reproducibility and defensibility

Audit Analytics Support

• Conduct risk‑based analytics, trend analysis, exception testing, and sampling support
• Prepare charts, tables, dashboards, and workpaper‑ready analytic products

Investigative & Law‑Enforcement Analytics

• Perform financial/transactional analysis, tracing, anomaly detection, and link analysis
• Build timelines, geospatial analysis (when authorized), and investigative visualizations
• Prepare analytical summaries for case development, affidavits, subpoenas, and prosecution support

Advanced Analytics & Modeling

• Apply statistical methods, classification, clustering, forecasting, and anomaly detection
• Develop and validate machine learning models (when approved)
• Conduct NLP, document analytics, and graph/network analysis

Dashboarding & Visualization

• Develop dashboards for audit risk monitoring, investigative trends, hotline analytics, and oversight metrics
• Produce heat maps, link diagrams, geospatial maps, and executive briefings

Security, Privacy & Sensitive Data Handling

• Work with law‑enforcement sensitive, procurement‑sensitive, and controlled unclassified information
• Follow all DFC OIT security and privacy requirements

Knowledge Transfer

• Document scripts, workflows, and model logic
• Provide training, demonstrations, and user guides

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in data science, statistics, mathematics, computer science, information systems, accounting, finance, economics, operations research, business analytics, or a closely related field
• Minimum 8 years of specialized experience in:
  • data analytics, audit analytics, investigative analytics, fraud detection, forensic financial analysis, or similar fields
• Demonstrated ability to:
  • collect, clean, validate, integrate, and analyze complex datasets
  • develop dashboards, visualizations, and written analytic products
  • communicate methods, assumptions, and results clearly to stakeholders
• U.S. Citizenship
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance
• Ability to work on‑site at DFC Headquarters in Washington, DC (occasional ad‑hoc telework allowed

Desired Qualifications

• Experience supporting a Federal Office of Inspector General, federal law enforcement, or audit organization
• Experience with:
  • investigations, hotline analysis, fraud‑risk modeling
  • transaction tracing, anomaly detection, link analysis, entity resolution, timeline analysis
  • handling sensitive, nonpublic, or law‑enforcement‑sensitive information
• Advanced degree in a relevant field
• Professional certifications such as:
  • CFE, CPA, CIA, CISA, CFF, or analytics/BI platform certifications

About the Company

Culmen International is committed to enhancing international safety and security, strengthening homeland defense, advancing humanitarian missions, and optimizing government operations. With experience in over 150 countries, Culmen supports our clients to accomplish critical missions in challenging environments.

• Exceptional Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance, premiums for employees are 100% paid by Culmen, and dependent coverage is available at a nominal rate (including same or opposite sex domestic partners)
• 401k – Vested immediately and 4% match
• Life insurance and disability paid by the company
• Supplemental Insurance Available
• Opportunities for Training and Continuing Education
• 12 Paid Holidays

To learn more about Culmen International, please visit www.culmen.com

At Culmen International, we are committed to creating and sustaining a workplace that upholds the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO). We believe in the importance of fair treatment and equal access to opportunities for all employees and applicants. Our commitment to these principles is unwavering across all our operations worldwide.