Threat Finance Analyst

This position is pending a contract award and requires an active TS/Sensitive Compartmental Information (SCI) clearance with the ability to obtain a Counterintelligence Polygraph. It is restricted to U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents who can provide appropriate documentation.

About the Role

Cherokee Strategic Edge is seeking a Threat Finance Analyst to support USSOCOM. The Threat Finance Analyst acts as a crucial liaison between SOF organizations and external financial capability offices to oversee and enhance financial operational effectiveness.

Responsibilities

• Support and track disbursing operations for Theater Special Operation Commands (TSOCs).
• Perform deep analysis using open-source intelligence (OSINT) and advanced data analysis tools to identify anomalous or suspicious financial activities and transactions.
• Review, process, and audit financial workbooks and documents to ensure absolute accuracy and compliance.
• Analyze complex data sets and develop actionable recommendations.
• Analyze specific foreign financial activities.
• Aggregate and fuse multi-modal transactional data and identity.
• Prepare and integrate financial data from all available sources.
• Understand payment relationships, revenue-generation, and money-laundering methods.
• Apply statistical techniques including flows analysis and visualization.
• Query, exploit, and analyze large, complex datasets from various sources, including Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) data, international wire transfers, cryptocurrency transactions, and commercial financial data.
• Identify anomalous or suspicious financial activities and transactions that indicate potential links to terrorism, proliferation, espionage, or other illicit activities.
• Utilize specialized financial intelligence tools and methodologies to process and triage vast amounts of information.
• Use financial data to identify and map the networks of threat actors, including key nodes, facilitators, front companies, and shell corporations.
• Conduct detailed "pattern of life" analysis on individuals or groups based on their financial footprint to understand their connections and activities.
• Perform link analysis to connect seemingly disparate individuals, entities, and transactions, reconstructing the financial architecture of a threat network.
• Collaborate with other intelligence disciplines (e.g., HUMINT, SIGINT) to fuse financial intelligence into a comprehensive, all-source picture of a threat.
• Brief senior leaders, law enforcement partners, and operational units on financial threats, vulnerabilities, and opportunities for disruption.
• Liaise with analysts at the Department of the Treasury, FinCEN, law enforcement agencies, and international partners to share information and coordinate on shared targets.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Current TS/SCI with the ability to obtain a Counterintelligence polygraph.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or other related field.
• 8 years of financial, accounting, or business experience to include financial support to special operations.
• Most recent 4 years of experience must have been within USSOCOM enterprise.
• Demonstrated knowledge of various USG funding mechanisms, programs, and associated fiscal policies.
• Skilled at analyzing financial documents, transaction records, and other data to identify patterns, networks, and vulnerabilities.
• Knowledgeable about various financing methods and the use of virtual currencies in conjunction with the global financial system.
• Broad familiarity with various analytical tools and databases to conduct data mining, social network analysis, and other structured analytic techniques.
• Demonstrates ability to communicate understanding from incomplete or complex information.
• Demonstrates ability to work independently with minimal oversight.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage.
• 401K retirement plan.
• Other possible benefits as provided.