Location: Arlington, VA (Hybrid)
Clearance Required: TS/SCI (US Citizen)
Employment Type: Full-Time
Overview: Praescient Analytics is actively seeking an experienced Counter-Threat Finance Analyst (SME), to support a contract with the Narcotics and Transnational Crime Support Center (NTC). The NTC is a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counternarcotics and Stabilization Policy (DASD CNSP) established and funded operational support activity consisting of DoD civilians, contractors and military service members responsible for providing tailored intelligence and operations support to Law Enforcement (LE) and Inter-Agency (IA) partners conducting complex, multifaceted operations and investigations. The NTC leverages authorities, resources, and capabilities of participating DoD and LE organizations to facilitate identification, targeting, disruption, and degrading of sensitive high-value TOC networks threatening US and global security interests.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• At least twelve (12) or more years supporting intelligence operations in the US Federal Government.
• At least five (5) years of analytical experience dealing with identifying / detecting, targeting, and interdicting terrorist and/or criminal finance activities, and networks. Experience shall include entity level network analysis, and may include human intelligence and signals reporting, criminal and regulatory investigations, cases for designation, and experience with Bank Secrecy Act reporting mechanisms such as Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR).
• At least five (5) years of experience providing support to law enforcement agencies in an investigative or analytical capacity, and working knowledge of preserving law enforcement evidence, chain of custody, and identifying relevant financial data.
• Experience conducting meta-data analysis exploitation, typically found in analysts who have experience supporting operational units.
• Be competent in utilizing Specialized Intelligence Analysis tools (i.e., JWICS level geospatial and communications tools and datasets);
• Be competent in utilizing Intelligence Report Aggregators/Automated Message Handling System search tools (i.e., TAC, RMT, and NGT, Horizon);
• Be competent in utilizing Intelligence Data Visualization Tools (i.e., Google Earth, and, Analyst Notebook, Target Cop);
• Be proficient in utilizing existing and new analytical tools to effectively exploit raw financial data, business registry, Block Chain, and corporate company data;
• Be skilled at implementing and utilizing best practices, proper tradecraft and determining relevancy of information disseminated against the standards set forth by the USG;
• Understand relevant DoD intelligence and intelligence oversight policies, procedures, and requirements;
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field from an Accredited University

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience with cryptocurrency analysis is highly desired
  Security Clearance Requirement: (Top Secret access) with Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) eligibility.

The role requires Subject Matter Expertise (SMEs) for the full range of professional expertise on Counternarcotic (CN), Counterterrorism (CT), Counter-Threat Finance (CTF), and Counter transnational Organized Crime (C-TOC) activities in support of the NTC mission, with particular emphasis supporting various interagency partners. The SMEs will provide support to the collaborative interagency process, supporting DoD missions, USG agencies, and/or partner nations in order to target and disrupt networks that threaten U.S. national security interests. Provides advice, subject matter expertise and makes recommendations to senior staff and leadership on current CN, CTF and CTOC developments; providing knowledge transfer with DoD and LE personnel; identifying and explaining transnational investigations targeting major illicit trafficking; narco-terrorist and other transnational criminal organizations; and emergent money laundering schemes; integrating threat finance into planning efforts; shaping action plans; and supporting implementation.