Become part of the team that safeguards the financial system from the abuses of financial crime. At the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), we are at the forefront in preventing and detecting terrorist financing, money laundering, and other financial crime. Serve at the nation's financial intelligence unit and protect the United States financial system from criminals and terrorist financiers.

Duties

The following are the duties of this position at the GS-13. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties and will receive training to help you grow in this position. Maintain and manage a portfolio of civil law enforcement investigations of varying complexity into violations of the BSA committed by a range of financial institutions and non-financial trades or businesses. Serve as the primary investigator, or provides support to senior enforcement personnel, to advance and finalize all cases and assignments. Develop and utilize knowledge of FinCEN authorities and investigative techniques to collect information and documentation to identify and evaluate violations of the BSA. Apply advanced knowledge of specific financial industry operations, products, and services when evaluating violations of the BSA and regulatory requirements.

Requirements

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Specialized Experience: For the GS-13, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at the GS-12 level or its equivalent in the public or private sector. Typically, experience of this nature is gained at or above the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service, or its equivalent with state or local government, in the private sector (e.g., as an attorney/lawyer at a law firm), or nongovernmental organizations.Specialized experience is defined as the following: Assisting senior team members with the assessment, implementation, or imposition of Anti-Money Laundering / Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) compliance programs (also commonly referred to as Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) compliance programs), Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) filing obligations, or other laws and regulations involving financial crimes, including but not limited to similar laws and regulations such as laws involving white collar / financial crimes enforced by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), or related AML/CFT laws supervised by the Federal functional regulators: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), National Credit Union Association (NCUA), U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), or Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); AND Providing advice and guidance to stakeholders regarding BSA compliance, BSA enforcement, or white collar / financial crimes investigations; AND Assisting senior team members with the building of or defending against administrative, civil, or criminal investigations involving white collar / financial crimes, including but not limited to: obtaining and analyzing evidence, conducting witness interviews/depositions, applying legal factors to evidence, drafting memoranda summarizing investigations; drafting public-facing legal documents; negotiating with government attorneys/lawyers or defense counsel, or coordinating parallel investigations with law enforcement (DOJ) or other regulatory agencies. Specialized experience for the GS-12: You must have at least one year of specialized experience at the GS-11 level or its equivalent in the public or private sector. Typically, experience of this nature is gained at or above the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service, or its equivalent with state or local government, in the private sector (e.g., as an attorney/lawyer at a law firm), or nongovernmental organizations. Specialized experience is defined as the following: Providing advice and guidance to stakeholders regarding BSA compliance, BSA enforcement, or white collar / financial crimes investigations; AND Assisting senior team members with the building of or defending against administrative, civil, or criminal investigations involving financial crime, including but not limited to: obtaining and analyzing evidence, conducting witness interviews/depositions, applying legal factors to evidence, drafting memoranda summarizing investigations; drafting public-facing legal documents; negotiating with government attorneys/lawyers or defense counsel, or coordinating parallel investigations with law enforcement (e.g., U.S. Department of Justice) or other regulatory agencies. Specialized experience for the GS-11: You must have at least one year of specialized experience at the GS-09 level or its equivalent in the public or private sector. Typically, experience of this nature is gained at or above the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service, or its equivalent with state or local government, in the private sector (e.g., as an attorney/lawyer at a law firm), or nongovernmental organizations. Specialized experience is defined as the following: Assisting senior team members with the building of or defending against administrative, civil, or criminal investigations involving financial crime, including but not limited to: obtaining and analyzing evidence, conducting witness interviews/depositions, applying legal factors to evidence, drafting memoranda summarizing investigations; drafting public-facing legal documents; negotiating with government attorneys/lawyers or defense counsel, or coordinating parallel investigations with law enforcement (e.g., U.S. Department of Justice) or other regulatory agencies. OR You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree; OR 3 full academic years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree; OR A LL.M., if related; OR You may qualify on a combination of education and experience. To combine education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the requirement must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 36 semester hours (54 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 résumé.

Education

Education Requirements: The education generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. If you are qualifying based on foreign education, you must submit proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency. Refer to the OPM instructions.

Contacts

• Address OFFICE OF THE WHISTLE BLOWER Administrative Resource Center Parkersburg, WV 26101 US
• Name: Applicant Call Center
• Phone: 304-480-7300
• Email: [email protected]