Description
As an FBI Forensic Accountant, you will apply your expansive knowledge of financial processes to plan, coordinate, and direct the financial aspects of investigations in conjunction with Special Agents, prosecuting attorneys, and other law enforcement agencies. Forensic Accounting is one of the most sought-after FBI careers. You will investigate financial crimes including corporate, healthcare, mortgage securities, and commodities fraud. Your expertise will also apply to counterintelligence, counterterrorism, cybercrime, organized crime, and public corruption investigations.
Like Special Agents, Forensic Accountants tackle complex challenges with every assignment; however, you are not required to be a certain age, carry a firearm, or meet specific fitness and mobility requirements.
SALARY LEVEL
Pay level for this position:
GS Level 11-12: $87,133 – $135,773
Salary is also commensurate to professional experience.
DUTIES
- Provide knowledge of accounting and financial practices, securities, banking laws and systems, conventional and nonconventional financial institutions, and profit/nonprofit businesses. Develop or assist with developing new forensic accounting techniques applicable to various financial investigations.
- Independently conduct forensic analysis of financial data. Conduct and coordinate the examination of financial aspects of the investigation in cooperation with case agents, prosecuting attorneys, and others.
- Assess the value of financial evidence and unravel sophisticated techniques for moving funds and shielding illegal activity. Provide financial profiles of individuals and groups. Compile detailed financial findings and conclusions to prepare in-depth forensic accounting reports.
- Use various computer applications to review and interpret implications on a vast number and variety of financial transactions, and other corporate, business, and financial processes, associations, and recordkeeping systems.
- Produce detailed financial investigative reports and exhibits. May participate in subject and key witness interviews and testify as needed as a fact and/or expert witness in judicial proceedings.
Requirements
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENTIAL REQUIREMENTS
EDUCATION
- Candidates must have a bachelor’s degree or higher from a U.S.-accredited college or university in Accounting or a related field, such as Business Administration, Finance, or Forensic Accounting, that included or was supplemented by 24 semester hours in Accounting. The 24 hours may include up to six hours in Business Law.
NOTE: The FBI Forensic Accountant program is specifically seeking professionals with several years of post-collegiate work experience in the following fields: Public Accounting (Audit), Forensic Accounting, and/or Internal Audit.
All degrees must be verified by submitting college transcripts.
CERTIFICATIONS
- Most FBI Forensic Accountants actively hold certifications, such as Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), or Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF).
OTHER KEY REQUIREMENTS
- Must be a U.S. citizen.
- Must be able to obtain a Top Secret Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) Clearance.
- Must have at least 3-5+ years of full-time professional work experience in the areas detailed in the Education section above.
- Meet the FBI’s Employment Eligibility requirements.
- Must be in compliance with the FBI Employment Drug Policy.
- Must never have been convicted of a felony.
Refer to www.fbijobs.gov/eligibility for further information.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
- Selectees are required to attend a mandatory five-week Forensic Accountant Core Training Session (FACTS) held at the FBI Academy in Quantico, VA. The FBI will notify employees of establishing training dates in advance.
