Investigative Analyst (Financial Analysis) - Investigative Operations Division

Please Note: The agency will accept up to 30 application packages based on a “first come, first served” basis. While you will be able to email us your application package, those received after the first 30 will not be considered.

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

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.

This position is being advertised at the Journey Band level, equivalent to a GS-13. The salary range for this position is $120,579 - $156,755. The salary figure includes locality pay.

Duties & 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.

Position Minimum Requirements

You must meet all the minimum requirements 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 stating the reason (You must submit a copy of your latest two performance appraisals).

Evaluation Factors

IMPORTANT NOTE: The below six (6) evaluation factors must be addressed in your resume/application documentation.

1. Mastery of advanced financial, mathematical or data analytics theories, principles, concepts, methods, and techniques sufficient to conduct complex analyses.
2. Advanced level skill using a variety of tools to complete financial analysis.
3. Ability to select and use appropriate data analytics methods and tools applicable to large data sets in order to analyze, interpret, and display (visualize) complex data results; and present findings/conclusions based on fact.
4. Demonstrated the ability to manage multiple priorities and strong organizational skills to gather, organize, and analyze data and complete projects on time.
5. Ability to write communications that convey concise and comprehensive information on matters of complex nature which are appropriate for the targeted audience.
6. Ability to communicate verbally and deliver presentations to convey data analysis information and issues of a complex nature, incorporating information obtained through research.

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