Junior Forensic Accountant

Firebird AST is seeking a Junior Forensic Accountant to support the Homeland Security Investigations’ (HSI) Financial Crimes Unit (FCU) in Crystal City, VA. This is a hybrid role and some local travel will be required.

RESPONSIBILITIES
• Use financial forensic skill sets to investigate and analyze all components of the financial infrastructure of Money Laundering Organizations (MLO), Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTO), and TCOs syndicates, their methods of criminal money movements, and the professional money laundering infrastructure facilitating these movements.
• Participate in strategic planning sessions with financial investigative groups and task forces.
• Assist HSI with conducting interviews during the course of the financial investigation.
• Conduct analysis during the course of investigation support on financial transactions in order to accurately identify all parties involved in the criminal activity.
• Conduct analysis and audit complex financial and business records to support Federal investigations and prosecutions.
• Obtain raw criminal intelligence from various database resources and correlate the data, culminating in a full analysis of the information.
• Input all researched and analyzed data into various professional products (i.e., Excel charts, reports, PowerPoint presentations, infographics, link charts) for statistical analysis data, and intelligence summaries for law enforcement use.
• May serve as a factual witness during Federal prosecutions.

REQUIRED
• A minimum 1 year of prior relevant experience.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university in accounting, finance, economics, criminal justice, or a related discipline.
• Current passport; some travel may be required CONUS (Continental U.S.) and OCONUS (Outside Continental U.S.)
• Knowledge of procedures and techniques as generally prescribed under American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) disciplines.
• Knowledge of accounting procedures and have experience in evaluating controls associated with complex business processes.
• Experience conducting analysis of financial and business records to support federal investigations and prosecutions by using criminal investigative tools and other client-owned databases.
• Knowledge to the enforcement of Title 18, Title 31 and other applicable statutes of the Federal Criminal Code, and the seizure and forfeiture of illegally derived property.
• Experience in conducting research and analysis using open-source information, national and international databases, and corporate record filings to correlate and summarize data into a finished professional product.

PREFERRED
• General knowledge of HSI FCU.
• Strong working knowledge of task forces and financial investigative groups and have experience in and exposure to investigations involving civil and criminal forfeitures, domestic and transnational organized crime, white collar crime, money laundering, drug trafficking offenses, illicit trade finance, and other related areas of activity.
• Strong understanding and working knowledge of general and complex financial crimes including, but not limited to: domestic and international money laundering methods, Black Market Peso Exchange (BMPE), Third-Party Money Laundering (3PML), Trade-Based Money Laundering (TBML), cryptocurrency, funnel accounts, shell companies, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations, government program frauds including, but not limited to: elder/romance/confidence frauds/other financial frauds, and financial crimes involving the utilization of cryptocurrency and digital payment platforms.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ATTRIBUTES
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical journals, reports, policy, legal documents, etc.
• Ability to prepare reports and presentations to company management and customer(s).
• Demonstrated leadership ability, strategic and innovative thinker, and passion for the mission.
• Ability to identify and solve problems.
• Excellent organization and time management skills.

EDUCATION
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university in accounting, finance, economics, criminal justice, or a related discipline.

CLEARANCE
• Public Trust

About Firebird AST:
Firebird AST is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) based in Northern Virginia and a market-recognized leader within the IC, Department of Defense, Homeland Security, and Law Enforcement. We maintain a corporate culture deeply rooted in the US Military core values that gave us our start - honor, integrity, commitment, and selfless service. For this reason, our customers' needs and missions always comes first. We seek hard working, highly experienced, extremely motivated, professionally proven subject matter experts, trainers, leaders, innovators, and technical experts to serve on our team. Firebird AST has a firm understanding that our employees are our greatest asset and that, accordingly, they are to be provided the greatest level of respect and care possible.
Firebird AST is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.