Counter Threat Finance Analyst
Position Type: Full Time - Exempt - Contingent Upon Award
Work Location: Tampa, FL; NCR; Suitland, MD; New York, NY; Colorado Springs, CO; Manama, Bahrain; Amman, Jordan; Huntingdon, England; London, England; Stuttgart, Germany; Camp Smith, HI; Panama City, Panama; Bogota, Colombia; Doral, FL; El Paso, TX; Houston, TX
Clearance: TS/SCI
Patriot Group International Inc. (PGI), a Virginia-based company voted #1 Best Place to Work by Virginia Business Magazine and the Best Companies Group, offers an unrivaled hybrid of specialized services by combining security and risk management disciplines with an unequaled special operations and intelligence perspective.
We seek exceptional professionals from the Counter Threat Finance (CTF) and Threat Finance Intelligence (T.F.I.) communities to join our team as a Counter Threat Finance Analyst.
As a Counter Threat Finance Analyst, you will provide CTF/TFI analysis and support to P.G.I. and our U.S. Government clients. The focus of your efforts includes adversary financial networks that fuel violent extremist organizations operating in assigned regions across the globe. This position reports to the Program Manager.
The Counter Threat Finance Analyst will be responsible for the following:
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:
This position is available in the following experience levels:
Expert - 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 and at least 12 years of specialized experience in the required area of expertise. Experience in lieu of Education: For this requirement, individuals at this level of expertise shall have a minimum of 10 years' experience regardless of education level (i.e., Master's degrees still require at least 10 years' experience).
Experienced - High School Graduate or G.E.D. with ten (10) years of specialized experience in the required area of expertise. Experience in lieu of education: For this requirement, individuals at this level of expertise shall have a minimum of 5 years experience regardless of education level (i.e., Master's degrees still require at least five years' experience).
Junior - High School Graduate or G.E.D. with five (5) years of specialized experience in the required area of expertise. Experience in lieu of education: For this requirement, individuals at this level of expertise shall have a minimum of 3 years' experience regardless of education level (i.e., Bachelor's and Master's degrees still require at least three years' experience).
U.S. Citizenship
Must possess a valid U.S. Driver's License
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.
If required, Must be willing to deploy to austere locations.
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;
Candidates must provide DD-214 (Member 4 or Service 2) covering all active service periods.
Other duties as assigned.
Specific Experience (EXPERIENCED & EXPERT only):
Individuals shall be able to show an expert level of skill in working with U.S. government Departments and Agencies (other than DoD) in areas such as policy formulation, finance, law enforcement, and disrupting and degrading the national security threats posed by drug trafficking, transnational organized crime, and threat finance networks. In all cases, the specialized knowledge and experience shall directly support the technical requirements of this contract.
Other Specific Experience:
USCENTCOM Position B35: Experience working in a Federal Law Enforcement Agency or U.S. Attorney's Office. In order to provide CTF-related support at this level, additional experience with the substantive portions of court documents, including Orders for email metadata, Orders for bank account information, Orders for online service providers to not disclose requests from U.S. Law Enforcement, and other Orders to support enforcement of money laundering statutes, including 18 U.S.C. 1956 and 1960.
Positions E9 and G3:Shall have experience with cyber capabilities and cyber operations is required as an additional skill set:
Working knowledge of the cyber environment as it relates to the financial landscape;
Working knowledge of cyber vulnerabilities and anti-money laundering techniques;
Working knowledge of cryptocurrency monitoring and regulations.
Position E20: Shall have experience working with blockchain analytical tool for federal law enforcement:
Working knowledge of Chainalysis Reactor or TRM Labs cryptocurrency capability;
Successful completion of Chainalysis Cryptocurrency Fundamental Certification or TRM Labs Academy Crypto Fundamentals Certification within 60 days from start.
Shall have experience working with federal law enforcement investigations in an investigative or analytical capacity:
Working knowledge of preserving law enforcement evidence, chain of custody, and identifying relevant financial data.
Required Security Clearance:
Possess and maintain an active TS/SCI Security Clearance for the duration of this effort and
Be willing to sit for a CI Polygraph if required.
Physical Requirements:
Must be able to pass initial and annual drug tests.
Able to lift up to 20 pounds
Able to walk throughout the job site to meet with employees
And able to use standard office equipment including computer and copier
Patriot Group International Inc. is a global mission support service provider with expeditionary capabilities, providing services to select clients within the intelligence, defense, and private sectors. P.G.I. is a veteran-owned and privately operated company that conducts business in over 30 countries on six continents, including austere and high-threat environments. P.G.I. has continuously ranked in the Top 3 of The Virginia Business Magazine Best Places to Work for the last six years.
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