Clarification from the agency

All candidates who are: Current Treasury Department employees within the local commuting area (Home or current duty station is within 50 miles of Vienna, VA) who are qualifying as Status Candidates or currently serving on a Veterans Recruitment Appointment (VRA), OR CTAP eligibles.

4-Security Clearance: This position has been designated National Security Level IV, Special Sensitive and requires the incumbent to obtain and maintain eligibility for a Top Secret (TS) clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access. Applicant must meet and continue to adhere to the requirements of a Tier 5 level background investigation. Failure to successfully meet these requirements will be grounds for termination. Continued employment with FinCEN is contingent upon satisfactory completion of the Tier 5 level background investigation, the results of which fully meet the FinCEN's special employment criteria. All employees are subject to satisfactory completion of periodic reinvestigation and a continuing life style in conformity with applicable national and FinCEN directives. Any unfavorable information developed during an investigation or other official inquiry may result in termination of employment in accordance with established security policies and procedures.

 
The following are the duties of this position at the GS-13, Intelligence Research Specialist. 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.

• The Crime and Corruption Section focuses on the analysis of organized crime groups and their financial activities abroad, financial crime trends, methods, and vulnerabilities abroad, and on international corruption and kleptocracy. This team works closely with law enforcement and other partners, and produces timely and informative assessments of organized crime networks, state corruption, and current financial crime schemes used by foreign entities and individuals.
• The Illicit Finance Methodologies Section analyses methods and techniques criminal and terrorist organizations employ to effect illicit finance and money laundering. The section also studies the misuse of traditional and emerging payment systems by criminals to support their criminal enterprises.
• The Inter-American Money Laundering Section analyses financial intelligence to produce intelligence products that inform FinCEN customers on illicit activities and threats to the U.S. financial system emerging from Latin America and the Caribbean.
• The Terrorism and Proliferation Networks Section focuses on the tactical-level analysis of individuals and networks involved in terrorist activities worldwide. This team is responsible for the identification and analysis of key individuals that may be facilitating terrorism activities, and networks that provide logistical and material support to terrorism activities. This team also is responsible for analysis of key individuals, entities, and networks that enable the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, dual-use technologies, and other items and financial means that may be sanctioned by the US Government.
• The Terrorism and Proliferation Trends and Methods Section focuses on the strategic-level analysis of terrorist groups worldwide. This team is responsible for analysis of the longer-term trends of terrorist and associated groups’ activity, including their operational patterns, financial and logistical methodologies, and vulnerabilities. This team works closely with law enforcement and other partners to provide analytic support to long-term efforts to combat terrorism. This team is responsible for analysis of WMD and other proliferation trends, including the identification of vulnerability or use of particular countries, commercial industries, or financial methodologies worldwide.

Conditions of employment

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• Must be U.S. Citizens or U.S. Nationals

If you do not meet any of the categories listed above, you may wish to apply under announcement 19-FinCEN-40-P, which is open for any U.S. citizen to apply. Please refer to that announcement for details on open period, eligibility, and how to apply.

The experience may have been gained in either the public or private sector. 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 resume

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements within 30  days of the closing date of this announcement.

Specialized experience: For the GS-13, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service.
Specialized experience for this position is defined as experience in ALL of the following:

- Independently developing research methodologies and utilizing a variety of analytical tools to evaluate large data sets, such as Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) data; AND
- Conceptualizing, conducting, and presenting analytical products to consumers; AND
- Identifying and generating financial intelligence founded on data collected from research and analysis of domestic and foreign financial crimes; AND
- Guiding research and written analytic products of junior analysts.

Specialized experience: For the GS-12, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service. 
Specialized experience for this position is defined as experience in ALL of the following:

- Representing your work unit to counterpart organizations to establish mutually cooperative working relationships, gather information, present organizational needs, and resolve issues; AND
- Independently designing and executing analytic projects using programing language and/or other analytical tools to analyze large data sets, such as Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) data; AND
- Developing research-based written products and participating in interagency working groups, meetings, or conferences.

Specialized experience: For the GS-11, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service.
Specialized experience for this position is defined as experience in ALL of the following:

- Drafting or contributing to the development of research-based written products and participating in interagency working groups, meetings, or conferences; AND
- Designing and executing analytic projects using programing language and/or other analytical tools to analyze large data sets, such as Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) data.

OR you may substitute education for specialized experience as follows:
- a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree; OR
- three (3) full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree; OR
- a LL.M. (if related);
OR you may qualify by a combination of experience and education.
Options for qualifying based on a combination will be identified in the online questions. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 36 semester hours (54 quarter hours) may be combined to be considered for qualifying education.

Specialized experience: For the GS-09, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service. 
Specialized experience for this position is defined as experience in ALL of the following:

- Assisting in designing and executing analytic projects using programing language and/or other analytical tools to analyze large data sets, such as Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) data; AND
- Working closely with senior analysts in the development of written products (e.g. proposals, reports, studies, briefings and instructional materials, and other related materials).

OR you may substitute education for specialized experience as follows:
- a Masters or equivalent graduate degree; OR
- two full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree; OR
- a LL.B. or J.D., (if related);
OR You may qualify by a combination of education and experience.
Options for qualifying based on a combination will be identified in the online questions. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 18 semester hours (27 quarter hours) may be combined to be considered for qualifying education.

In addition to the above requirements, you must meet the following time-in-grade requirement, if applicable:
For the GS-13, you must have been at the GS-12 level for 52 weeks.
For the GS-12, you must have been at the GS-11 level for 52 weeks.
For the GS-11, you must have been at the GS-09 level for 52 weeks.
For the GS-09, you must have been at the GS-07 level for 52 weeks.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Your application includes your resume, responses to the online questions, and required supporting documents. Please be sure that your resume includes detailed information to support your qualifications for this position; failure to provide sufficient evidence in your resume may result in a “not qualified” determination.

Rating: Your application will be evaluated in the following areas: Specialized experience, Communication, Analytical, and Technical. Your application will be rated and ranked among others, based on your responses to the online questions, regarding your experience, education, training, performance appraisals and awards relevant to the duties of this position.  Your rating may be lowered if your responses to the online questions are not supported by the education and/or experience described in your application.

Referral: If you are among the top qualified candidates, your application may be referred to a selecting official for consideration.  You may be required to participate in a selection interview. 

If you are a displaced or surplus Treasury Federal employee (eligible for the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)) you must receive a score of 85 or better to be rated as “well qualified" to receive special selection priority.