Forensic Financial Analyst, Medicaid Fraud, Chicago, 23-E-08

Illinois Attorney General (IL); Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The Forensic Financial Analyst position at the Illinois Attorney General's office provides analysis and support to financial crime investigations, helping to identify fraud and related offenses. You will compile, analyze, audit complex financial records and liaise with financial institutions for records requests.

The role also involves preparing affidavits, subpoenas, testifying in court, maintaining databases, and producing analytic reports, charts, and exhibits to support prosecutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in accounting, criminal justice, finance, economics, applied statistics or related field.
• Three years of related work experience in a law enforcement setting, financial analysis, and/or auditing.
• Strong written and oral communication skills; ability to testify in court.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and audit complex financial records to support investigations and prosecutions.
• liaise with financial institutions to obtain records requests and productions; build financial profiles to identify offenses.
• Prepare affidavits, subpoenas, and testify in court; maintain databases and create analytic charts and reports.

Skills

Leadership

Judgment

Problem-solving

Criminal intelligence analysis

Open-source research

Education

Bachelor’s or advanced degree in accounting, criminal justice, finance, economics, applied statistics or related field

Tools

i2 Analyst's Notebook

Bank Scan

Microsoft Office suite

Job description

Under the direction of the Director and Chief of Investigations, a Forensic Financial Analyst will provide analysis and support to financial crime investigations that help identify fraud and related criminal offenses. The Forensic Financial Analyst will compile, analyze, and/or audit complex financial records to support investigations and prosecutions. They will act as a liaison with financial institutions to facilitate records requests and productions; be responsible for reviewing and analyzing multiple sources of information and data; conduct open-source searches to obtain necessary information and records; build financial profiles to identify criminal offenses, trends, and patterns; document investigation activities; and compile and analyze data material, including but not limited to financial and tax records, invoices, complaint data, digital media, contracts, and grant related information.

The Forensic Financial Analyst will provide input to affidavits and subpoenas, recommend possible investigative steps, and testify in court regarding financial examination of records. Additionally, they will maintain databases, prepare summary exhibits, and reports in support of their testimony; participate in strategic planning sessions with investigators, fraud investigative groups, and task forces; and be responsible for creating analytic reports, summaries, graphs and charts for use in investigations.

This position requires a Bachelor’s or an advanced degree in accounting, criminal justice, finance, economics, applied statistics or related field and three years of related work experience in a law enforcement setting, financial analysis, and/or auditing. A Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) Certification or studying towards, is preferred. The ability to demonstrate strong leadership, judgment, and problem-solving skills is required. This position also requires a working knowledge of i2 Analyst’s Notebook, Bank Scan, and Microsoft products; an ability to demonstrate criminal intelligence analysis; and strong technological skills. Attendance, flexibility, outstanding written and communication skills, and the ability to build and maintain satisfactory working relationships with other agencies and OAG employees is required.

Preferred Skills

Knowledge of the health care industry and medical coding concepts (CPT, ICD-9/10, DRGs, HCPCS) and/or experience analyzing health care claims data.

This position requires in office attendance.