Counter Threat Finance Analyst

ROLE RESPONSIBILTIES

• Provide intelligence analysis services pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 284 and Section 1022 of the NDAA for F.Y. 2004, as amended.
• Provide CTF/TFI analysis that contributes to DoD strategic, operational, and tactical support to law enforcement agencies. Analysts may contribute to developing theater-wide T.F.I. analytical products to support CTF activities.
• Provide CTF/TFI analysis to identify, detect, and provide targeting and interdiction recommendations for CD/CTOC/CT activities. This support may include researching and analyzing A.O.R. issues relevant to strategic effects planning.
• Support the planning, organizing, and coordinating of CTF activities in respective CCMD AORs/A.O.I.s and other DoD Components' efforts to support law enforcement agencies. Support DoD CTF program reporting requirements by drafting correspondence and briefings for DoD and U.S.G. law enforcement agency personnel.
• Monitor and provide CTF/TFI-related advice on finance-oriented assessments that contribute to DoD's support to law enforcement agencies' development of case files, evidentiary material, and designation packages to include actionable intelligence. Analyze, develop courses of action, and provide specific operational alternatives to DoD Component leadership in support of DoD's responses to law enforcement agencies' requests.
• Provide briefings to DoD Component leadership and analytical products to support DoD briefings to law enforcement agency personnel.
• Assist in the development of T.F.I. analysis-derived action plans, papers, reports, and target packages described below, as required:
• Action Plans: Narrative or briefing products that may include the following:
• (1) descriptions of strategic, operational, or tactical objectives against an adversary's financial network.
• (2) lists of interagency operations, activities, and actions (O.A.A.s) to be pursued to support an objective.
• (3) lists of interagency intelligence analysis activities that may help illuminate an adversary's financial vulnerabilities.
• (4) lists of interagency O.A.A.s that can synchronize with military operations to increase impact against an adversary network.
• Papers: Narrative products that highlight:
• (1) an adversary's financial network (e.g., financial assets, storage methods, processes for financial transfer).
• (2) the vulnerabilities in an adversary's financial network and interagency capabilities that can exploit those vulnerabilities.
• Reports: Narrative and briefing products that provide updates to O.A.A.s; describe lessons learned from O.A.A.s; and summarize ongoing O.A.A.s or intelligence analysis support
• Target Packages: Combinations of narrative and briefing products that may describe a specific target, the significance of the target to the network in which they operate, the target's centers of gravity and vulnerabilities, the effect on the network if the target's activities are disrupted, and community reporting on the target. (The term "Target Packages" is used in the Law Enforcement sense, such as the target of an investigation.)
• Provide program and policy support including, but not limited to:
• Support CTF-focused conferences, including planning, set-up, execution, removal, and follow-on support related to conference activities.
• Assist in drafting guidance and provide expertise on matters related to implementing DoD CD/CTOC/CTF policy and DoD efforts to support law enforcement agencies' CD/CTOC/CTF/CT-related programs.
• Assist in the development of strategic documents, DoD Directives and Instructions, and other DoD policy issuances that affect DoD activities to counter-threat finance challenges to U.S. national security
• Assist DoD's work with the law enforcement and intelligence communities and other Federal departments and agencies to support law enforcement agencies on CTF/CTOC/CD/CT issues.
• Analyze highly complex strategic, policy, and program issues and provide analysis to DoD components as part of DoD's support to law enforcement agencies.
• Receive and analyze T.F.I. information disseminated by DoD Components or elements of the Intelligence Community, including Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI)
• Other duties as assigned.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Must possess an active DoD TS/SCI security clearance. 
• A Bachelor's degree relevant to the subject area of this contract from a college or university accredited by a body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education
• 12+ years of specialized experience in the required area of expertise.
• Must be proficient in using different technologies such as computers and other tools and systems pertinent to the position.
• Experience conducting meta-data analysis exploitation is typically found in analysts who have experience supporting operational units and require a foundational understanding of using open-source intelligence software tools. 
• Experience with cryptocurrency analysis is highly desired.
• Analytical experience identifying/detecting, targeting, and interdicting terrorist or criminal finance activities and networks.   
• Experience shall include CTF or T.F.I. and may consist of human intelligence and signals reporting, criminal and regulatory investigations, cases for designation, and experience with Bank Secrecy Act reporting mechanisms such as Suspicious Activity Reports (S.A.R.). Also, experience providing support to law enforcement agencies. 
• Additional certification, such as CAMS (Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist) or C.F.E. (Certified Fraud Examiner), is preferred.
• Be competent in utilizing Specialized Intelligence Analysis tools (i.e., Proton, FIRESHIP, DataXplorer, and Voltron Suite);
• Be competent in utilizing Intelligence Report Aggregators/Automated Message Handling System search tools (i.e., T.A.C., R.M.T., and N.G.T., Horizon);
• Be competent in utilizing Intelligence Data Visualization Tools (i.e., Google Earth and, Analyst Notebook, Target Cop);
• Be proficient in utilizing the Microsoft Office suite applications;
• Be proficient in utilizing existing and new analytical tools to effectively exploit raw financial data, business registry, Block Chain, and corporate company data
• Be skilled at implementing and utilizing best practices, proper tradecraft, and determining the relevancy of information disseminated against the standards set forth by the U.S.G.;
• Possess experience with reviewing, prioritizing, and managing submitted requests; 
• Understand interagency restrictions and sensitivities on sharing certain types of data, as well as the steps necessary amongst the interagency to share said data;
• Understand relevant DoD intelligence and intelligence oversight policies, procedures, and requirements;  

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

• Active Passport.
• Ability to travel up to 30%, both CONUS and OCONUS.  OCONUS locations include: 
• Germany and UK
• In rare/some occasions, overnight travel may be required. 

PHYSICAL

ENVIRONMENT AND WORKING CONDITIONS

• Must be able to work in an office environment, sitting at a desk, looking at a computer for most of the workday. 
• Work is physically comfortable; the employee has discretion about sitting, walking, standing, etc.
• May be required to travel short distances to offices/conference rooms and buildings on site.   

BENEFITS

AND PERKS

• Medical, dental, vision, Life/AD&D/STD/LTD insurance 
• 401(k) matching and immediate vesting 
• Paid time off and holidays 
• Generous tuition & training assistance program 
• Relocation assistance 
• Sign-on bonuses 
• Referral bonuses 
• Performance-based bonuses 
• Community involvement & outreach 
• Wellness program 
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) 
• Tickets at Work 

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