Senior Financial Investigator

About the role

The contractor will support FBI financial investigations by introducing and applying specialized tools and techniques to analyze financial information, develop forfeiture aspects of ongoing cases, and assist the Government in tracing, documenting, and perfecting interests in illicit assets.

Key Responsibilities

• Support processes and procedures associated with financial investigations, including the introduction of specific analytical tools and techniques.
• Develop and support the forfeiture components of ongoing investigations.
• Analyze financial records obtained by FBI case teams through internal and external databases and submit detailed reports of findings.
• Review bank statements, deposits, debit transactions, checks, letters of credit, Currency Transaction Reports (CTRs), loan applications, and related records obtained via federal and state subpoenas and search warrants.
• Identify hidden assets and false statements used to conceal illicit assets and make them appear legitimate.
• Process and analyze information to determine forfeiture amounts, identify and trace assets, and assist the Government in perfecting its interest in property.
• Repatriate assets subject to forfeiture.
• Identify individuals and entities making deposits and trace related bank accounts, properties, investments, and other assets.
• Maintain detailed case documentation and database files of financial investigative research to trace proceeds of criminal activity and investigative interests in targeted property.
• Research and analyze information from a variety of investigative and business‑related automated systems.
• Analyze and document ownership interests of targeted properties.
• Trace proceeds of criminal violations to their current form through financial record analysis.
• Create databases from financial records to document sources of targeted property.
• Prepare seizure warrants, civil complaints, forfeiture counts, and related exhibits.
• Document and catalogue evidence on the source and ownership of targeted property.
• Identify, analyze, and document potential substitute assets.
• Ingest, process, and analyze varied datasets acquired during investigations using existing government toolsets.
• Collaborate with government data scientists, system engineers, and software developers to extract insight from proprietary data.
• Parse dialed‑number strings to identify values and property subject to forfeiture and to perfect the Government’s interest.
• Conduct detailed examinations of information generated during complex criminal/civil investigations and alternative sources for financial analyses of personal and business assets.
• Assist in developing probable cause to enable the Government to pursue seizure warrants, temporary restraining orders, civil complaints, and forfeiture counts.
• Provide investigative support with coordinated planning to mitigate excessive risks in seizing targeted property, including assessing community impacts.
• Prepare documents and catalog case exhibits on the source and ownership of targeted properties.
• Perform analytical research to identify and record potential substitute assets.
• Identify witnesses and subjects and assist case agents/attorneys during interviews and courtroom proceedings regarding ownership and source of targeted property.
• Conduct detailed link analyses specific to forfeiture, utilizing financial analysis results and other investigative techniques such as Title III surveillance to determine relationships between subjects and events.
• Provide courtroom testimony and depositions regarding investigative analysis and identification of assets derived from unlawful activities.

Tools and Systems Utilized

• Choice Point
• Autotrack
• TECS
• FINCEN
• CLEAR
• THREADS
• Accurint
• ISYS
• Lexis‑Nexis
• PACER
• CourtLink
• Westlaw
• NADA
• UsedPrice.com
• Other law‑enforcement databases providing forfeiture‑specific case support