Financial Sanctions Investigator

US Treasury, Departmental Offices; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

US Treasury, Departmental Offices, is hiring a Financial Sanctions Investigator to conduct investigations of sanctions targets, including international terrorist organizations, and to decide delisting or maintenance actions. You will process reconsideration requests and coordinate with multiple teams across the interagency to ensure accurate, timely results.

The role requires handling complex open-source and financial information, preparing analytical products, and presenting findings to

Qualifications

• Graduate or professional education requirements are stated for GS-9/11/12/13 levels.
• Education combinations may be used to qualify in lieu of experience as noted.
• Experience spans investigations, analysis, and briefing on complex financial topics.

Responsibilities

• Conduct investigations and analysis of sanctions targets and related financial information.
• Prepare written products describing economic activities of criminals, terrorists, or organizations.
• Present briefings to supervisors on assignment status and technical matters.
• Coordinate projects across multiple teams or interagency partners.

Education

Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree

3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree

LL.M., if related to the position

Master's or equivalent graduate degree in a field related to the position

2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree

LL.B. or J.D., if related to the position

Job description

This position is located at Departmental Offices, Terrorist and Financial Intelligence, OFAC. As a Financial Sanctions Investigator, you will conduct investigations of sanctions targets, including international terrorist organizations, weapons of mass destruction proliferators, International Corruption and perpetrators of Serious Human Rights Abuse targets and other targets, process requests for reconsideration, and decide whether the target of an investigation should be delisted or maintained.

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Specialized experience for the GS-13:

• - Conducting investigations and analysis of law enforcement, Intelligence Community, open-source, or financial institution information on, but not limited to, sanctions evasion, illicit finance, illicit use of virtual currency, money laundering, or terrorist financing; AND
• - Preparing written products based on research describing economic activities of criminals or terrorists and their organizations, sanctioned countries/regimes, or individuals or entities involved in illicit activities, illicit trade, narcotics trafficking, international corruption, serious human rights abuses, or proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. An example of this could include but is not limited to conducting open-source research on the activities of terrorists, sanctioned countries/regimes, or other illicit activity/actors that may be used to inform policymaking, enforcement, intelligence or compliance matters; AND
• - Independently presenting briefings to supervisors to keep them informed of assignment status, technical information, or of possible controversial matters; AND
• - Managing and coordinating projects across multiple teams or the interagency.

Specialized experience for the GS-12:

• - Conducting investigations of law enforcement, Intelligence Community, open-source, or financial institution information on, but not limited to, sanctions evasion, illicit finance, illicit use of virtual currency, money laundering, or terrorist financing; AND
• - Working on a team or assisting in preparing written products based on research describing business activities of criminal or terrorist organizations, sanctioned countries/regimes, or individuals or entities involved in illicit financial activities, illicit trade, narcotics trafficking, international corruption, serious human rights abuses, or proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. An example of this could include but is not limited to conducting open-source research on the activities of terrorists, sanctioned countries/regimes, or other illicit activity/actors; AND
• - Presenting briefings to supervisors to keep them informed of assignment status, technical information, or of possible controversial matters; AND
• - Working on teams engaged in projects with multiple stakeholders, to include interagency partners.

Specialized experience for the GS-11:

• - Assisting in researching and writing multi-sourced analytical products that demonstrate sound investigative judgement; AND
• - Assisting in preparing briefings to keep others informed of assignment status or possible controversial matters; AND
• - Balancing multiple workflows and priorities to meet deadlines.

• Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in a field related to the position;
• 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree;
• LL.M., if related to the position.

You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. 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:

• - Experience in applying laws and regulations to inspection, investigation, enforcement, or compliance work; OR
• - Experience analyzing sanctions or international economics.
• OR Master's or equivalent graduate degree in a field related to the position;
• - 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree; OR
• - LL.B. or J.D., if related to the position.

You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 18 semester hours (27 quarter hours) may be combined to be considered for qualifying education.

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 resumé.