Investigative Analyst (Financial Analysis) - IOD

Summary

The USPS OIG is seeking a highly qualified applicant to fill our Investigative Analyst (Financial Analysis), Journey Band, position in the Office of the Office of Investigations, Investigative Operations Division (IOD), located in Arlington, VA.

The Investigative Analyst (IA) supports the U.S. Postal Service Office of the Inspector General with its various investigations by gathering pertinent data from multiple sources for analysis to streamline investigations, identifying areas of fraud, waste, and abuse within the postal service, and generating criminal leads. The Investigative Analyst (IA) authors intelligence products and is responsible for the creation of intelligence products in support of investigations that may be presented to USPS OIG management, outside agencies, the United States Attorney’s Office, in support of administrative, civil, and criminal actions.

Duties and Responsibilities

The successful candidate must be highly motivated, exhibit a high degree of leadership, and demonstrate experience supporting and assisting in complex criminal investigations.

• Analyzes financial records, assesses internal controls, applies accounting principles to factual issues, and evaluates potentially incriminating evidence uncovered through review of documents and email with limited supervision.
• Performs comprehensive data collection and analyses and uses data to analyze trends, problems or other related issues of major importance in support of administrative, civil, and criminal investigations.
• Independently researches, extracts, evaluates, and interprets, collected data and information as actionable intelligence for OIG investigator to detect, prevent, and respond to criminal activities.
• Creates a variety of analytic products, such as relational databases, summary tables, comparison graphs, temporal analysis charts, association, and link analysis charts, to display and explain information for investigators, prosecuting attorneys, and trial juries.
• Disseminates analysis and recommendations in standardized written reports and presentations with applicable criminal predicates and fact patterns for informed decision making, including detailed exhibits, schedules, and other documents.
• Designs, develops, synthesizes, and displays quantitative data using interactive reports, dashboards, and visualizations. (e.g., Excel, PowerBI, etc.).
• Develops and maintains a wide range of data products such as business intelligence reports, data visualizations, infographics, etc., by applying technical concepts, including data analytics and business intelligence software.
• Reviews and interprets complex documents such as financial documents, policies, standard operating procedures, and contracts to determine accuracy in accordance with procedures, internal directives and regulatory requirements.

Minimum Qualifications

You must meet ALL of the minimum qualifications listed below.

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
• At least three (3) years of experience in financial analysis, auditing, or data analytics in support of federal law enforcement. (Your resume must reflect where, when, and how you gained this experience.)
• Must have received a met expectations rating on your previous two performance appraisals (Fiscal Years 2023 and 2024). If a performance appraisal is not available, you must submit a written statement.

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Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $120,579.00 - $156,755.00 per year

Work Location: In person

Salary : $120,579 - $156,755