Financial Analyst/Exploiter

About the role

BAE Systems is seeking analysts with financial backgrounds to support a client's operational requirements in a challenging, dynamic setting located in the Washington Metropolitan Area. Successful candidates will work well in a team environment and will be capable of operating independently with minimal supervision. Candidates will be expected to effectively interact with customer personnel at all levels within the customer organization. The positions require prior experience with analyzing financial data and familiarity with the Intelligence Community and its objectives.

Responsibilities

• Conduct intelligence research and all-source analysis of data in order to produce/draft intelligence products, briefings, assessments on threat financiers, facilitators, and financial operations and networks associated with nation state adversaries
• Map and perform analysis of financial data from formal banking system, financial reports, and informal systems for moving money
• Extract and fuse transactional data from all sources to provide value-added analysis and products to support operations and policymakers

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

• BA or BS Degree in business, economics, finance, or accounting
• Experience exploiting large scale financial databases or data sets to conduct economic or financial analysis
• Demonstrate an understanding of global finance through experience or knowledge in the following areas: threat finance, international economics, global money transfer mechanisms, financial data, and financial institutions
• Familiar with mobile money, digital currencies, and emerging technology/services in financial industry
• Skills using software and technologies to view and manipulate financial data (MS Excel including pivot tables, MS Access, SQL)

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to apply data organization skills
• Strong demonstrated communication skills – written, oral, verbal
• Strong interpersonal skills with both junior and senior staff
• Demonstrated ability to work well with teams and independently
• Self-motivated and able to manage daily priorities with minimal oversight or direction

Pay

Full-Time Salary Range: $132,962 - $226,035. Individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including business considerations, local market conditions, internal equity, and candidate qualifications such as skills, education, and experience.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Health savings accounts
• 401(k) savings plan
• Disability coverage
• Life and accident insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Legal plan
• Discounts on home, auto, and pet insurance
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• Paid parental, military, and bereavement leave
• Applicable federal and state sick leave
• Company recognition program with monetary or non-monetary awards
• Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics

About BAE Systems Intelligence & Security

BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Intelligence & Security (I&S), based in McLean, Virginia, designs and delivers advanced defense, intelligence, and security solutions that support the important missions of our customers. Our pride and dedication shows in everything we do—from intelligence analysis, cyber operations and IT expertise to systems development, systems integration, and operations and maintenance services. Knowing that our work enables the U.S. military and government to recognize, manage and defeat threats inspires us to push ourselves and our technologies to new levels.