Financial Intelligence & Analysis Manager

Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts; Austin (TX); Presencial; USD 110.000 - 160.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Insurance

Retirement plans

Flexible work schedule

Descripción de la vacante

Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts seeks a senior leader to manage analytical operations supporting complex investigations. You will supervise financial and criminal analysts, set priorities, and ensure high-quality intelligence products for executive leadership and partner agencies.

The role emphasizes collaboration with prosecutors, law-enforcement executives, and multi-jurisdictional partners while maintaining compliance with laws and standards.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business, criminal justice, intelligence studies, or related field.
• Ten years of full-time professional experience in financial analysis, criminal intelligence analysis, or related analytical work.
• Seven years in senior or lead analytical roles directing analytical work and developing methodologies.
• Five years of supervisory or managerial experience overseeing analytical personnel.

Responsabilidades

• Performs advanced managerial work supporting complex investigations and law enforcement operations.
• Directs analytical activities, sets priorities, and ensures resources align with priorities.
• Oversees staff, mentors analysts, and ensures quality of analytical products.
• Advises executive leadership on capabilities, staffing, trends, and emerging threats.

Conocimientos

Analytical leadership

Financial analysis

Criminal intelligence analysis

Supervisory experience

Educación

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, criminal justice, intelligence studies, or closely related field

Descripción del empleo

Agency Information

Serve Texas with private-sector urgency and public-sector purpose. Every dollar the State of Texas collects, holds, or spends runs through the Comptroller's Office. We are the state's chief tax collector, accountant, revenue estimator, treasurer, and purchasing manager. We write the checks and keep the books for the multi-billion-dollar business of state government, and we serve virtually every Texan while doing it. Texans trust us with their money. We earn that trust every day by safeguarding taxpayer dollars, cutting waste, and finding better, faster, more efficient ways to get the job done. This is not a place to coast. The work is demanding, the pace is fast, and the standards are high. We want people who take ownership, question the status quo, and think creatively seeing beyond the obvious to solve the problems facing Texans. We measure ourselves by results. If you're driven by the idea that government can work better, and willing to work hard to prove it, you'll fit in here. What you'll get in return: real responsibility, meaningful work, and the chance to build your career alongside sharp, mission-focused professionals. We invest in people who invest in the job, with on-the-job training, professional development, and room to grow as fast as your performance allows. Public service is a calling. If you're ready to make every taxpayer dollar count, we want to hear from you. To stay current on your application, log in to the CAPPS portal to check for status updates. We update it as promptly as possible.

Work Hours

Monday through Friday, 40 hours a week with occasional evening, weekend hours and holidays. Hours may change based on business need.

General Description

Join Criminal Investigation as a Financial Intelligence & Analysis Manager. This position, under minimal supervision, performs highly advanced managerial, financial intelligence, and criminal analytical work administering the analytical operations that support complex criminal investigations and law enforcement initiatives. Work involves directing, planning, and coordinating analytical activities; establishing goals, priorities, standards, procedures, and quality-control expectations; overseeing the production of analytical and intelligence products; and ensuring analytical resources are effectively aligned with investigative and organizational objectives. Serves as a senior analytical resource to executive leadership, investigators, prosecutors, and partner agencies by providing expert-level financial, criminal, and intelligence analysis involving complex, sensitive, and significant investigations. Provides leadership and oversight to assigned financial analysts and criminal analysts; develops staff capabilities; and ensures compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies, and intelligence-handling standards. May involve oversight of multiple analytical functions, divisions, or major organizational initiatives.

Minimum Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, criminal justice, intelligence studies, or a closely related field.
• Ten (10) years of full-time professional experience performing financial analysis, criminal intelligence analysis, forensic accounting, complex investigations, or related analytical work in a law-enforcement, regulatory, or investigative environment.
• Seven (7) years of experience in senior-level, lead, or progressively responsible analytical roles, involving duties such as directing analytical work, producing advanced intelligence products, leading complex or sensitive investigations, or developing analytical methodologies.
• Five (5) years of supervisory or managerial experience overseeing analytical personnel, investigative support units, intelligence functions, or similar operations.

Preferred Qualification

• Experience leading multi-disciplinary analytical teams; developing analytical procedures, standards, or quality-control practices; or directing high-impact financial or criminal intelligence programs.
• Experience collaborating with prosecutors, law-enforcement executives, or multi-jurisdictional investigative partners.

Substitutions

• One additional year of experience may substitute for thirty semester hours of educational requirement with a maximum substitution of 120 semester hours (four years).

Licenses and Certifications

• Financial, auditing, fraud examination, intelligence analysis, or law-enforcement-related credentials (e.g., CPA, CFE, CIA, intelligence certifications, TLETS access requirements) are preferred.

Essential Job Duties

Analytical Operations Management

• Performs highly advanced managerial work in support of complex criminal investigations and law enforcement operations.
• Provides leadership and oversight to assigned financial analysts and criminal analysts.
• Directs and coordinates analytical activities, establishes priorities and standards, and ensures analytical resources are aligned with investigative and organizational priorities.
• Exercises considerable independent judgment and initiative in managing analytical operations and directing complex analytical assignments.
• Reviews analytical products for accuracy, quality, completeness, and investigative value.
• Establishes analytical procedures, quality-control standards, methodologies, and best practices for both financial and criminal analytical functions.
• Coordinates analytical support for major investigations, initiatives, and long-range organizational priorities.
• Supervises, develops, and evaluates analytical staff, and provides mentoring, coaching, and professional development.
• Advises executive leadership on analytical capabilities, resource needs, staffing requirements, investigative trends, and emerging threats.
• Represents the analytical function in internal meetings and collaborative efforts with local, state, and federal partners.
• Ensures compliance with applicable policies, laws, regulations, and intelligence-handling standards.
• Oversees the integration of analytical findings into investigative strategies and organizational decision-making.

Financial Intelligence Oversight & Analysis

• Conducts advanced financial intelligence and forensic analysis on complex, sensitive, or high-priority investigations.
• Identifies financial patterns, transaction flows, irregularities, and indicators of fraud, money laundering, public corruption, tax evasion, embezzlement, or asset concealment.
• Provides senior-level financial intelligence support to investigators, command staff, prosecutors, and partner agencies.
• Reviews and approves financial analytical products, including financial statements analyses, transaction reconstructions, models, summaries, and financial intelligence reports.
• Ensures that financial intelligence methodologies, data standards, and verification procedures are applied consistently across analyst work products.
• Assists investigators in developing investigative strategies based on financial findings, identifying additional investigative leads, and determining further inquiry or subpoenas.
• Identifies emerging financial-crime trends and provides strategic assessments to leadership.
• Guides analysts in reconstructing financial activity, analyzing electronic financial records, and interpreting complex data sets.
• Integrates financial intelligence into broader criminal intelligence frameworks and operational planning.

Criminal Intelligence Oversight & Analysis

• Conducts advanced criminal intelligence and analytical work in support of major investigations.
• Serves as a senior analytical resource to executive leadership, investigators, prosecutors, and law enforcement partners.
• Identifies criminal patterns, networks, associations, threat indicators, and emerging criminal trends.
• Reviews and approves criminal intelligence products, including link analyses, timelines, network diagrams, threat assessments, and strategic intelligence reports.
• Provides expert analytical guidance on identifying investigative leads and developing investigative strategies.
• Ensures that analytical work complies with intelligence standards, sensitivity protocols, and applicable laws.
• Directs analytical support efforts for cross-jurisdictional investigations, organized crime investigations, fraud schemes, and public corruption matters.
• Guides analysts in conducting research, synthesizing intelligence, and accessing or interpreting sensitive information systems.
• Leads the development and refinement of analytical tools, methods, and processes for criminal intelligence operations.
• Coordinates intelligence sharing and collaboration with federal, state, and local partners to support complex investigations.

Knowledge Of

• Local, state, and federal laws and regulations relevant to the business function, division, or department.
• Principles and practices of public administration and management.
• Financial analysis, forensic accounting, auditing principles, and financial crime indicators.
• Criminal intelligence methodologies, analytical techniques, and intelligence-sharing standards.
• Strategic planning, resource allocation, and organizational management practices applicable to senior-level managers.

Skill In

• Using logic and reasoning to evaluate alternative solutions and approaches.
• Managing the activities of a business function, division, or department.
• Conducting or directing complex financial, criminal, and intelligence analyses.
• Reviewing, evaluating, and approving analytical products for quality and investigative value.
• Using applicable computer systems, databases, and analytical software.

Ability To

• Establish goals and objectives; develop schedules, priorities, procedures, and standards; and coordinate and evaluate activities.
• Devise solutions to administrative and operational problems.
• Communicate analytical findings effectively to investigators, executives, prosecutors, and partner agencies.
• Supervise, mentor, develop, and evaluate the work of assigned analytical staff.
• Prepare and present reports and briefings, including complex analytical and investigative information.
• Exercise extensive judgment, discretion, and independent decision-making in managing analytical functions.

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Please Note

An applicant must be eligible to work in the United States to be hired at the Comptroller's office and must remain eligible, without sponsorship or any assurance of financial or other assistance from this agency, during the term of their employment.

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