Financial Intelligence Scientist

Barone Consulting LLC; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Barone Consulting LLC is seeking a SETA Support Specialist to support a government research organization focused on advancing high-risk, high-payoff research for national security. You will assist program managers across the lifecycle, review deliverables, coordinate cross-agency teams, prepare briefs for senior leadership, and help ensure program management best practices and IV&V standards are followed.

The role emphasizes geoeconomics, supply chain analysis, sanctions regimes, and foreign

Qualifications

• Advanced academic training (M.A. or Ph.D.) with 2+ years experience in international economics, finance, political science, or quantitative social sciences.
• Experience in geoeconomics including supply chain analysis, sanctions regimes, FDI, and economic coercion.
• Expertise in financial intelligence methodologies and data analytics.
• Experience with quantitative modeling and analytic methods relevant to economic security.
• Experience in the Intelligence Community or national security context.

Responsibilities

• Support program managers in coordination, monitoring, communication, and integration of all technical aspects across the program lifecycle.
• Coordinate across government, academic, and industry research teams.
• Review and assess technical deliverables, milestones, and evaluation results.
• Track risks, dependencies, and integration issues across performers.
• Prepare reports and briefings for senior leadership; liaise between performers and government transitions.
• Provide support for systems integration, modeling, data analytics, and architecture design.
• Stay current on advances in technologies relevant to the programs.

Skills

Geoeconomics

R&D programmatic reviews

IV&V coordination

Financial intelligence methods

Network analysis

Econometrics

Machine learning for anomaly detection

CFT/AML missions

Data analytics

Education

Advanced degree (M.A./Ph.D.)

Job description

We are seeking a Scientific, Engineering, and Technical Assistance (SETA) Support Specialist to join our team in support of a government research organization dedicated to investing in high-risk, high-payoff research programs to tackle some of the most difficult challenges of national security.

The successful candidate will support the government program managers in the execution of the lifecycle of various research programs to include development of source selection materials, execution assistance, closeout, and transition. The SETA should be competent in Research and Development (R&D) programmatic reviews and procedures. The candidate will also be responsible for ensuring that project management best practices are followed by the individual programs to include performers, independent verification and validation (IV&V) entities, and within the government research organization itself.

The research programs you would support focus on developing advanced Financial Intelligence capabilities and methods.

The successful candidate will have subject matter expertise in geoeconomics, including: supply chain analysis, strategic trade flows, sanctions regimes, foreign direct investment, state backed economic coercion.

Responsibilities:

Support the program managers in coordination, monitoring, communication, and integration of all technical aspects of the Program lifecycle that includes:

Coordinate across government, academic, and industry research teams.

Review and assess technical deliverables, milestones, and evaluation results.

Track risks, dependencies, and integration issues across performers.

Prepare reports, technical summaries, and briefings for senior leadership.

Serve as a liaison between performers, Test & Evaluation contributors, government and transition partners;

Provide support for program related requirements for systems integration, design, development, modeling and simulation, data analytics and architecture design;

Stay current on advances in technologies relevant to the research programs and perform technical studies as requested on topics of interest to the program managers.

Provide technical support and expertise on new concepts relevant to the program managers.

Support the evaluation of Seedling concepts

Qualifications

Required:

Advanced academic training (M.A. or Ph.D.) with 2+ years experience in international economics, finance, political science, or quantitative social sciences, with the ability to translate concepts into actionable technical insights for R&D

Applied experience in geoeconomics, including: supply chain analysis, strategic trade flows, sanctions regimes, foreign direct investment, state backed economic coercion

Expertise in financial intelligence methodologies, including: network analysis, beneficial ownership mapping, corporate registry exploitation, trade based money laundering detection, financial data fusion

Experience with quantitative modeling and analytic methods relevant to economic security, including: network analysis, econometrics, statistical inference, Monte Carlo methods, machine learning for anomaly detection

Direct experience supporting CFT/AML missions across government or the national security community, with familiarity in: emerging typologies, cross border capital movement patterns, illicit finance risk assessment frameworks

Working knowledge of statutory and regulatory regimes, including: BSA/AML, OFAC sanctions, export controls (ITAR/EAR), CFIUS, authorities used in economic statecraft and foreign influence mitigation

Strong analytic experience integrating heterogeneous data sources, including: financial records, trade data, customs and shipping data, open source economic indicators, corporate registries and datasets, alternative/nontraditional data, anomalous pattern identification, adversarial behavior detection

Understanding of emerging digital assets ecosystems and architectures, including: CBDCs, stablecoins, blockchain analytics, cross border payments infrastructure, relevance for sanctions evasion and AML

Background in scenario design, wargaming, or red team analysis, with focus on: geoeconomic competition, economic shocks, sanctions escalation, critical resource disruption

1 year managing multi-disciplinary research or test/evaluation programs

1 year creating program plans, WBS structures, milestone schedules

1 year using technical evaluation and assessment techniques

Experience in the Intelligence Community (IC), including requirements, CONOPS, and transition

Experience managing a multi-disciplinary R&D or T&E team

Experience as a Project Manager or Deputy Project Manager

Experience editing scientific articles, papers, and presentations for a wide range of audiences

Why Join Us?

This role offers the opportunity to be part of mission-critical programs advancing collection technologies and national security. You will collaborate with leading universities, research labs, and industry partners on groundbreaking research and technologies.