Forensic Financial Analyst (Medicaid Fraud) 23-E-32, Springfield

Summary Of Duties And Responsibilities

The Forensic Financial Analyst will provide analysis and support to financial crime investigations that help identify fraud and related criminal offenses. Key responsibilities include:

• Compile, analyze, and/or audit complex financial records to support investigations and prosecutions.
• Act as a liaison with financial institutions to facilitate records requests and productions.
• Review and analyze multiple sources of information and data.
• Conduct open-source searches to obtain necessary information and records.
• Build financial profiles to identify criminal offenses, trends, and patterns.
• Document investigation activities.
• Compile and analyze data material, including but not limited to financial and tax records, invoices, complaint data, digital media, contracts, and grant related information.
• Provide input to affidavits and subpoenas, recommend possible investigative steps, and testify in court regarding financial examination of records.
• Maintain databases, prepare summary exhibits, and reports in support of their testimony.
• Participate in strategic planning sessions with investigators, fraud investigative groups, and task forces.
• Create analytic reports, summaries, graphs and charts for use in investigations.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s or an advanced degree in accounting, criminal justice, finance, economics, applied statistics or related field.
• Three years of related work experience in a law enforcement setting, financial analysis, and/or auditing.
• A Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) Certification or studying towards, is preferred.
• Strong leadership, judgment, and problem-solving skills.
• A working knowledge of i2 Analyst’s Notebook, Bank Scan, and Microsoft products.
• An ability to demonstrate criminal intelligence analysis.
• Strong technological skills.
• Attendance, flexibility, outstanding written and communication skills, and the ability to build and maintain satisfactory working relationships with other agencies and OAG employees.

Preferred Skills

• Knowledge of the health care industry and medical coding concepts (CPT, ICD-9/10, DRGs, HCPCS) and/or experience analyzing health care claims data.