Financial Analyst

About the role

Serve Texas with private-sector urgency and public-sector purpose. Every dollar the State of Texas collects, holds, or spends runs through the Comptroller's Office. We are the state's chief tax collector, accountant, revenue estimator, treasurer, and purchasing manager. We write the checks and keep the books for the multi-billion-dollar business of state government, and we serve virtually every Texan while doing it. Texans trust us with their money. We earn that trust every day by safeguarding taxpayer dollars, cutting waste, and finding better, faster, more efficient ways to get the job done. This is not a place to coast. The work is demanding, the pace is fast, and the standards are high. We want people who take ownership, question the status quo, and think creatively seeing beyond the obvious to solve the problems facing Texans. We measure ourselves by results. If you're driven by the idea that government can work better, and willing to work hard to prove it, you'll fit in here. You'll get real responsibility, meaningful work, and the chance to build your career alongside sharp, mission-focused professionals. We invest in people who invest in the job, with on-the-job training, professional development, and room to grow as fast as your performance allows. Public service is a calling. If you're ready to make every taxpayer dollar count, we want to hear from you.

Join Criminal Investigation as a Financial Analyst. This position under minimal supervision performs professional forensic financial analysis in support of white-collar and fraud related criminal cases. Work involves independently gathering and analyzing financial data and records, verifying the accuracy of financial records, conducting investigative research and presenting results in the form of written reports and/or verbal presentations in preparation for arrest warrants, search warrants, grand jury, and trial. Conducts forensic analysis to determine whether or not an offense has occurred, the methodology used to commit the offense, and the total financial loss to the victim. It blends accounting, auditing, and investigative techniques to identify irregularities, trace money flow, and support criminal cases. Incumbents typically perform a range of complex professional financial analysis duties that require the application of standard financial theories, principles and techniques, and require the appropriate skill levels including intermediate skill levels in computer, analytical and communication skills. Duties require a substantial degree of initiative and independent judgment. This classification may require a flexible work schedule in order to meet the needs of the agency.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes allegations and identifies key issues, actual and potential suspects and the type of evidence needed to prove the allegations.
• Sets relevant objectives and completes forensic financial analysis within the confines of prosecutorial time limitations.
• Reviews, evaluates and analyzes voluminous financial records of individuals and businesses, including restructuring partial or missing information.
• Analyzes computer records and other information stored in an electronic medium.
• Sets out leads that may be beneficial to case disposition.
• Prepares necessary information to support subpoenas or search warrants.
• Assists in the service or execution and the seizure or gathering of the relevant information sought.
• Prepares verbal and written reports, summarizing the significant facts and results of analysis, using various formats, for use by investigative and legal personnel in preparation for trial.
• Works with prosecutors in the preparation of clear and concise testimony and trial exhibits.
• Provides sworn testimony as a subject-matter expert before the Grand Jury, trial jury or other legal entity, regarding the information obtained, chain of custody of evidence, and conclusions of work and analysis completed.
• Addresses questions related to the procedures used in the analysis.
• Reviews financial statements, bank records, and transaction histories.
• Identifies patterns that may indicate embezzlement, money laundering, tax evasion, or asset concealment