Junior Forensic Accountant

Firebird AST; Virginia Beach (VA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits

Job summary

Firebird AST is seeking an onsite Junior Forensic Accountant to support the Homeland Security Investigations’ Financial Crimes Unit in Crystal City, VA. Some local travel will be required and candidates must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance (active preferred).

Salary ranges from $85,000 to $90,000 plus benefits. The role involves using forensic accounting skills to analyze financial infrastructures of money laundering organizations, drug trafficking groups, and other criminal networks,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, economics, criminal justice, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 1 year of relevant experience.
• Public Trust clearance or ability to obtain one; travel may be required.
• Knowledge of procedures under AICPA disciplines.
• Experience analyzing financial records for federal investigations.

Responsibilities

• Investigate and analyze financial infrastructures of ML0s, DTOs, and TCOs.
• Participate in strategic planning sessions with investigative groups.
• Assist during interviews in financial investigations.
• Analyze financial transactions to identify involved parties.
• Audit complex financial records to support investigations and prosecutions.
• Obtain and correlate data from databases for intelligence summaries.
• Present findings in professional products (Excel, reports, infographics).
• May serve as a factual witness in prosecutions.

Skills

Forensic accounting

Financial analysis

Open-source research

Criminal investigations

AICPA standards

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance/criminal justice

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Case management databases

Job description

Firebird AST is seeking for an onsite Junior Forensic Accountant to support the Homeland Security Investigations’ (HSI) Financial Crimes Unit (FCU) in Crystal City, VA. Some local travel will be required. Must be able to obtain a Public Trust (active Public Trust preferred).Salary: 85K-90K plus benefits.

Responsibilities

• Use financial forensic skill sets to investigate and analyze all components of the financial infrastructure of Money Laundering Organizations (MLO), Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTO), and TCOs syndicates, their methods of criminal money movements, and the professional money laundering infrastructure facilitating these movements.
• Participate in strategic planning sessions with financial investigative groups and task forces.
• Assist HSI with conducting interviews during the course of the financial investigation.
• Conduct analysis during the course of investigation support on financial transactions in order to accurately identify all parties involved in the criminal activity.
• Conduct analysis and audit complex financial and business records to support Federal investigations and prosecutions.
• Obtain raw criminal intelligence from various database resources and correlate the data, culminating in a full analysis of the information.
• Input all researched and analyzed data into various professional products (i.e., Excel charts, reports, PowerPoint presentations, infographics, link charts) for statistical analysis data, and intelligence summaries for law enforcement use.
• May serve as a factual witness during Federal prosecutions.

Required

• A minimum 1 year of prior relevant experience.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university in accounting, finance, economics, criminal justice, or a related discipline.
• Current passport; some travel may be required CONUS (Continental U.S.) and OCONUS (Outside Continental U.S.).
• Knowledge of procedures and techniques as generally prescribed under American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) disciplines.
• Knowledge of accounting procedures and have experience in evaluating controls associated with complex business processes.
• Experience conducting analysis of financial and business records to support federal investigations and prosecutions by using criminal investigative tools and other client-owned databases.
• Knowledge to the enforcement of Title 18, Title 31 and other applicable statutes of the Federal Criminal Code, and the seizure and forfeiture of illegally derived property.
• Experience in conducting research and analysis using open-source information, national and international databases, and corporate record filings to correlate and summarize data into a finished professional product.
• General knowledge of HSI FCU.
• Strong working knowledge of task forces and financial investigative groups and have experience in and exposure to investigations involving civil and criminal forfeitures, domestic and transnational organized crime, white collar crime, money laundering, drug trafficking offenses, illicit trade finance, and other related areas of activity.
• Strong understanding and working knowledge of general and complex financial crimes including, but not limited to: domestic and international money laundering methods, Black Market Peso Exchange (BMPE), Third-Party Money Laundering (3PML), Trade-Based Money Laundering (TBML), cryptocurrency, funnel accounts, shell companies, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations, government program frauds including, but not limited to: elder/romance/confidence frauds/other financial frauds, and financial crimes involving the utilization of cryptocurrency and digital payment platforms.

Knowledge, Skills, and Attributes

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical journals, reports, policy, legal documents, etc.
• Ability to prepare reports and presentations to company management and customer(s).
• Demonstrated leadership ability, strategic and innovative thinker, and passion for the mission.
• Ability to identify and solve problems.
• Excellent organization and time management skills.

Education

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university in accounting, finance, economics, criminal justice, or a related discipline.

Clearance

Public Trust

About Firebird AST

Firebird AST is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) based in Northern Virginia and a market-recognized leader within the IC, Department of Defense, Homeland Security, and Law Enforcement. We maintain a corporate culture deeply rooted in the US Military core values that gave us our start - honor, integrity, commitment, and selfless service. For this reason, our customers' needs and missions always comes first. We seek hard working, highly experienced, extremely motivated, professionally proven subject matter experts, trainers, leaders, innovators, and technical experts to serve on our team. Firebird AST has a firm understanding that our employees are our greatest asset and that, accordingly, they are to be provided the greatest level of respect and care possible. Firebird AST is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.