Financial Investigations Data Analyst

Responsibilities

• Support investigations by preparing, cleansing, structuring, and validating large financial and investigative data sets collected through special authorities and other sources to ensure data quality, integrity, and usability.
• Perform data analysis to identify patterns, trends, typologies, and investigative leads related to illicit finance, supporting both known targets and the identification of new investigative targets.
• Pair and integrate BSA-derived data with other data sources, including open-source information, financial data, and information provided by government or law enforcement partners, to enhance analytical insight.
• Conduct documented and repeatable analytical workflows, ensuring methods, assumptions, and outputs are clearly recorded and reproducible by others.
• Support investigators by translating analytical results into clear written findings, visualizations, or briefing materials in support of investigative and policy decisions.
• Utilize government-provided analytical tools and environments to query, analyze, and visualize financial transaction data.
• Maintain accurate documentation of analytical work, support tracking and reporting requirements, and contribute to quality control processes for analytical deliverables.
• Collaborate closely with investigators and government counterparts to align analytical efforts with investigative priorities and mission needs.

Requirements

• ACTIVE and CURRENT Top Secret clearance with eligibility for SCI.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., data analytics, statistics, economics, finance, computer science, intelligence studies, or a 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.

Qualifications

• Experience analyzing Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) data, including SARs, CTRs, wire transfer data, or similar financial transaction data.
• Familiarity with financial crime, illicit finance, AML, counter-threat finance, or cyber-enabled financial crime investigative contexts.
• Experience creating data visualizations or analytical summaries that support investigative or policy decision-making.
• Prior experience supporting federal law enforcement, regulatory, or national security organizations.

Benefits

The annual salary range for this position is $113,000.00-$188,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

About the Role

Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation. Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco. If you have visited our website for information about employment opportunities, or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Guidehouse Recruiting at 1-571-633-1711 or via email at RecruitingAccommodation@guidehouse.com. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodation. All communication regarding recruitment for a Guidehouse position will be sent from Guidehouse email domains including @guidehouse.com or guidehouse@myworkday.com. Correspondence received by an applicant from any other domain should be considered unauthorized and will not be honored by Guidehouse. Note that Guidehouse will never charge a fee or require a money transfer at any stage of the recruitment process and does not collect fees from educational institutions for participation in a recruitment event. Never provide your banking information to a third party purporting to need that information to proceed in the hiring process. If any person or organization demands money related to a job opportunity with Guidehouse, please report the matter to Guidehouse’s Ethics Hotline. If you want to check the validity of correspondence you have received, please contact recruiting@guidehouse.com. Guidehouse is not responsible for losses incurred (monetary or otherwise) from an applicant’s dealings with unauthorized third parties. Guidehouse does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Guidehouse and Guidehouse will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.

Schedule

Travel Required Up to 10%

Pay

The annual salary range for this position is $113,000.00-$188,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

Skills

• Active and current Top Secret clearance with eligibility for SCI.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., data analytics, statistics, economics, finance, computer science, intelligence studies, or a related discipline).
• 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.
• 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.

Benefits

The annual salary range for this position is $113,000.00-$188,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.