Financial Intelligence Analyst

Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; Vienna (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

FinCEN, Treasury, seeks qualified specialists to analyze cyber-enabled financial crimes, assess emerging payment technologies, and produce actionable threat intelligence. The role requires evaluating topics for investigations, researching financial and cyber threat data, and briefing analytical findings to counter illicit activity.

Candidates should have experience at or above GS-12 level and a background in AML/FinC or related fields.

Qualifications

• One full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service.
• Specialized experience for this position is defined as: Identifying and evaluating topics for potential analysis and investigation involving illicit use of emerging payment technologies, cyber-enabled financial crimes, and related areas.
• Analyzing cyber threat intelligence, indicators of compromise, malware forensics, blockchain transactions, and emerging technologies in development of written threat intelligence products.
• Assessing developments and threats related to cyber-enabled financial crimes or emerging payment systems; OR
• Analyzing large datasets of Bank Secrecy Act information to develop written actionable findings.

Responsibilities

• Composing and briefing analytical assessments on topics such as emerging payment technologies and cyber-enabled financial crimes.
• Conducting intelligence research related to malicious cyber actors' financial networks and TTPs.
• Utilizing financial and cybersecurity threat tools and data sources to conduct research.
• For GS-11/9 levels, additional duties include producing tactical or strategic studies countering cyber-enabled financial crimes and related reports.

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-13

You must have one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized experience for this position is defined as:

• Identifying and evaluating topics for potential analysis and investigation involving illicit use of emerging payment technologies, cyber-enabled financial crimes (including cyber-enabled financial fraud); AND
• Analyzing cyber threat intelligence, indicators of compromise, malware forensics, blockchain transactions, malicious use of emerging technologies (such as artificial intelligence), law enforcement information, or other financial data in development of written threat intelligence products; AND
• Assessing developments and threats related to cyber-enabled financial crimes or emerging payment systems; OR
• Analyzing large datasets of Bank Secrecy Act information to develop written actionable findings.

Specialized Experience for the GS-12

You must have one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized experience for this position is defined as:

• Composing and briefing analytical assessments on emerging payment technologies or cyber threat topics, in particular, cyber-enabled financial crimes (including cyber-enabled financial fraud); AND
• Conducting intelligence research related to malicious cyber actors' financial networks, tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs); OR
• Utilizing financial and cybersecurity threat tools and data sources to conduct research.

Specialized Experience for the GS-11

You must have one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-9 grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized experience for this position is defined as:

• Analyzing segments of financial- or cyber- threat information (such as cyber threat intelligence, indicators of compromise, malware forensics, blockchain transactions, malicious use of emerging technologies, law enforcement information, classified intelligence, or other financial, cyber threat, or technical data) for the production of tactical or strategic studies to counter cyber-enabled financial crimes (including cyber-enabled fraud), intelligence reports, investigative memoranda, evidentiary packages, and other written materials; AND
• Experience with anti-money laundering/countering financing of terrorism, fraud, or big data analytics investigations or policies.

OR you may substitute education for specialized experience as follows:

• Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree; OR
• 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree; OR
• LL.M., if related; OR
• you may qualify on a combination of education and experience:

To combine education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the requirement must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 36 semester hours (54 quarter hours) may be combined to be considered for qualifying education.

Specialized Experience for the GS-9

You must have one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-7 grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized experience for this position is defined as:

• Analyzing segments of financial- or cyber- threat information (such as cyber threat intelligence, indicators of compromise, malware forensics, blockchain transactions, malicious use of emerging technologies, law enforcement information, classified intelligence, or other financial, cyber threat, or technical data) for the production of tactical or strategic studies to counter cyber-enabled financial crimes (including cyber-enabled fraud), intelligence reports, investigative mem