Overview
Location: Remote (Occasional Travel May Be Required)
Clearance: Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust
This role involves supporting complex financial investigations related to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement impacting federal benefit programs and other government funding initiatives. The Senior Forensic Accountant will perform advanced financial analysis to trace funds, identify fraudulent activity, support investigative case development, and assist oversight organizations in uncovering complex fraud schemes.
Responsibilities
- Conduct complex forensic accounting analyses to trace fraud proceeds through financial transactions, bank records, business records, and other documentation.
- Analyze financial records to detect fraudulent transactions, money laundering, asset concealment, and other financial misconduct.
- Support investigations involving federal benefit programs, grants, loans, financial assistance programs, emergency relief funding, and other government programs.
- Perform detailed tracing and analysis of funds across multiple financial institutions, business entities, and related parties.
- Review bank records, financial statements, payment transactions, accounting records, and other financial documents to identify suspicious activity.
- Prepare clear, well-documented financial analyses, investigative summaries, and evidentiary work products suitable for investigative, civil, and criminal proceedings.
- Collaborate with investigative analysts, data scientists, graph data scientists, and government investigators to integrate financial findings with broader intelligence.
- Utilize commercial databases, public records, financial intelligence resources, and other investigative tools to support financial investigations.
- Present investigative findings and financial analyses to government stakeholders, oversight organizations, and law enforcement partners.
- Maintain detailed documentation supporting investigative conclusions while ensuring analytical accuracy, objectivity, and defensibility.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of five (5) years of experience supporting complex financial investigations involving tracing fraud proceeds.
- At least five (5) years of forensic accounting experience specializing in financial investigations with emphasis on money laundering, asset tracing, and asset forfeiture.
- Demonstrated experience tracing and analyzing financial transactions, including detailed review of bank records and other financial documentation.
- Experience supporting large-scale forensic accounting investigations involving criminal or civil fraud matters.
- Working knowledge of current financial investigative techniques, commercial databases, and investigative data sources.
- Expert-level proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and other Microsoft Office applications.
- Strong analytical, investigative, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Current certification as one of the following:
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
- Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE/ACFE)
- Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS/ACAMS)
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting investigations involving federal benefit programs, pandemic relief programs, emergency assistance, grants, loans, unemployment insurance, healthcare programs, disaster relief funding, or other large-scale public-sector financial assistance programs.
- Experience working with Offices of Inspector General (OIGs), federal law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, financial intelligence units, or other government oversight organizations.
- Expertise tracing complex financial transactions involving shell companies, nominee entities, layered transactions, beneficial ownership structures, money laundering schemes, or concealed assets.
- Experience supporting civil or criminal litigation involving fraud, financial crimes, asset forfeiture, or government program fraud.
- Proficiency utilizing commercial financial investigative databases, public records, corporate records, sanctions databases, and other financial intelligence resources.
- Ability to identify fraud indicators associated with identity fraud, synthetic identities, organized fraud rings, financial statement fraud, procurement fraud, grant fraud, loan fraud, or other financial crimes.
- Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary investigative teams including data scientists, investigative analysts, intelligence analysts, graph data scientists, and digital forensic specialists.
- Skilled in preparing financial analyses, investigative summaries, exhibits, and evidentiary documentation suitable for law enforcement referral or judicial proceedings.
- Familiarity with data analytics, visualization tools, or financial analysis software to identify complex financial patterns and support investigative decision-making.
- Specialized training or certifications related to money laundering investigations, federal benefit program fraud, financial crimes, or asset forfeiture.
Compensation & Benefits
Details regarding compensation and benefits are not specified in this listing.
Location
This is a remote position with occasional travel requirements.
Additional Information
Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
US Citizenship is required.