TS-Cleared Financial Investigations Data Analyst

Guidehouse; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 113,000 - 188,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Company Holidays

Bonus Eligible

401(k)

Life Insurance

FSAs

Disability Insurance

Student Loan PayDown

Job summary

Guidehouse seeks an experienced analyst to provide strategic data analysis support for U.S. Government financial crime investigations, handling large datasets on money laundering and illicit finance.

You will cleanse, structure, and validate data from diverse sources to ensure quality and usability. Responsibilities include identifying patterns and investigative leads, translating results into clear findings and visualizations, and collaborating with investigators to align analytics with mission

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., data analytics, statistics, economics, finance, computer science, intelligence studies, or related discipline).
• Demonstrated experience performing data analysis in large data environments, particularly those involving financial transactions or other complex structured data.
• Experience using advanced analytics tools or programming languages (e.g., Python, R, Jupyter Notebooks, or comparable data analysis environments).
• Experience with data cleaning, mapping, validation, and quality assurance, ensuring analytical accuracy and completeness.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze large data sets to identify patterns, trends, relationships, and anomalies relevant to investigative or analytical questions.
• Experience applying quantitative and qualitative analytical techniques (e.g., link analysis, trend analysis, social network analysis, statistical analysis, or similar methods).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain analytical findings to non-technical audiences.
• Ability to work in a detail-oriented, fast-paced, classified environment, manage multiple priorities, and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, analyze, and interpret large financial and investigative datasets related to illicit activity.
• Identify patterns, trends, typologies, and investigative leads in illicit finance.
• Integrate BSA-derived data with open-source, financial data, and government sources to enhance insights.
• Document and reproduce analytical workflows with clearly recorded methods and outputs.
• Translate analytic results into written findings, visualizations, or briefing materials for investigations and policy decisions.
• Use government-provided tools to query, analyze, and visualize financial transaction data.
• Maintain documentation of analytical work and support quality control of deliverables.
• Collaborate with investigators and government partners to align analysis with priorities.

Skills

Data analytics

Python

R

Jupyter Notebooks

Data cleaning

Statistical analysis

Data visualization

Communication

Attention to detail

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Python

R

Jupyter Notebooks

Job description

Guidehouse seeks an experienced analyst to provide strategic data analysis support for U.S. Government financial crime investigations, handling large datasets on money laundering and illicit finance.

You will cleanse, structure, and validate data from diverse sources to ensure quality and usability. Responsibilities include identifying patterns and investigative leads, translating results into clear findings and visualizations, and collaborating with investigators to align analytics with mission