Senior Financial Investigator

Ruchman and Associates; St. Louis (MO); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Ruchman and Associates, Inc. seeks a Senior Financial Investigator (SFI) with white collar crime expertise to support Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS) forfeiture tasks.

The role requires senior-level skills in analyzing financial records and providing case support to agents and prosecutors, including travel to various locations. Ideal candidates will have a minimum of 10 years in complex financial investigations, 5 years in forfeiture or related areas, and an active DoD clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• At least 10 years in law enforcement conducting complex financial investigations.
• At least 5 years in Forfeiture, White Collar Crime or related fields.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance to develop forfeiture aspects of investigations.
• Develop probable cause for seizure warrants, TROs and forfeiture actions.
• Assist in determining forfeiture amounts and tracing assets.
• Maintain case documentation and financial investigative files.
• Review and prepare financial reports to document sources of targeted property.
• Prepare information for seizure warrants and asset repatriation.
• Travel locally and long-distance as needed for asset forfeiture work.
• Testify in court regarding financial analysis in forfeiture investigations.
• Coordinate monthly with agency partners; perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Investigative experience

Oral & written communication

Financial investigations

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Job description

Description

Ruchman and Associates, Inc. is currently seeking a highly skilled Senior Financial Investigator (SFI) with white collar criminal fraud experience to support forfeiture related tasks at the Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS). The DCIS is a federal law enforcement organization whose mission is to protect America’s warfighters by conducting investigations in support of crucial National Defense priorities involving fraud, waste, and abuse.

As an SFI, you will provide support to DCIS agents in the forfeiture-related aspects of their investigations. The support will require extensive consultation with the case agent and prosecutor(s); analysis of voluminous business, financial, and other records; and complex link analysis of events and records.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide guidance to fully develop the forfeiture aspect of an investigation.
• Develop sufficient probable cause to enable the Government to pursue seizure warrants, temporary restraining order, civil complaints, and forfeiture counts against targeted property and parties.
• Assist in determining the amount to seek for forfeiture.
• Identify and trace assets during investigations. Maintain case documentation and database files of financial investigative research to trace proceeds of criminal activities and investigative interests in targeted property.
• Review, analyze, and prepare financial reports to document the source of targeted property; prepare seizure warrants.
• Assist in the location and repatriation of assets that are subject to forfeiture.
• Prepare the necessary information for presentation so that seizure warrants can be obtained.
• Traveling (local, long distance) when needed to support asset forfeiture-related work.
• Testifying in court proceedings related to the financial analysis conducted on forfeiture investigations.
• Conduct monthly liaison with agency partners.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field.
• A minimum of ten (10) years of law enforcement experience with planning, conducting, and participating in complex financial investigations
• A minimum of five (5) years in a specialized area of expertise such as Forfeiture, Organized Crime, White Collar Crime, Fraud, Drug, Money Laundering, or similar area of criminal activity is required.
• Have strong analytical and investigative experience.
• Must be able to work on client site (some telework is allowed). Travel to other locations is required.
• Must have an active DOD clearance.
• Experience working independently with minimal supervision and guidance
• Knowledge of current and anticipated banking anti-money laundering regulations and practices.
• Skilled and capable in oral and written communications.

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and will not discriminate against any application for employment on the basis of age, race, color, gender, national origin, religion, creed, disability, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military status, disability, or sex including pregnancy and childbirth or related medical condition or on any other basis prohibited by law. We participate in the E-Verify program to confirm the employment eligibility of all persons hired. This means that we will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. We will not use E-Verify to pre-screen job applicants.