Junior Forensic Accountant

at  Firebird AST

Firebird AST is seeking a Junior Forensic Accountant to support the Homeland Security Investigations’ (HSI) Financial Crimes Unit (FCU) in Washington, D.C. This is a hybrid role and some travel will be required.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ATTRIBUTES

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical journals, reports, policy, legal documents, etc.
• Ability to prepare reports and presentations to company management and customer(s).
• Demonstrated leadership ability, strategic and innovative thinker, and passion for the mission.
• Ability to identify and solve problems.
• Excellent organization and time management skills.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university in accounting, finance, economics, criminal justice, or a related discipline.

• Use financial forensic skill sets to investigate and analyze all components of the financial infrastructure of Money Laundering Organizations (MLO), Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTO), and TCOs syndicates, their methods of criminal money movements, and the professional money laundering infrastructure facilitating these movements.
• Participate in strategic planning sessions with financial investigative groups and task forces.
• Assist HSI with conducting interviews during the course of the financial investigation.
• Conduct analysis during the course of investigation support on financial transactions in order to accurately identify all parties involved in the criminal activity.
• Conduct analysis and audit complex financial and business records to support Federal investigations and prosecutions.
• Obtain raw criminal intelligence from various database resources and correlate the data, culminating in a full analysis of the information.
• Input all researched and analyzed data into various professional products (i.e., Excel charts, reports, PowerPoint presentations, infographics, link charts) for statistical analysis data, and intelligence summaries for law enforcement use.
• May serve as a factual witness during Federal prosecutions.