Threat Finance Analyst - Firebird AST

Firebird AST is seeking an onsite Threat Finance Analyst with an active Top Secret clearance and with the ability to obtain a Counterintelligence polygraph to provide regular finished intelligence products on foreign financial activities to the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) in Washington, D.C. The contract is pending; anticipated award is July 2024.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conduct all-source forensic accounting analysis and production, by fusing financial / transactional data from formal banking systems, financial reports, and other forms of reporting as a layer of analysis.
• Analyze specific foreign financial activities including threat financiers, facilitators, and financial networks / operations associated with, but not limited to, terrorism, CD, narco-terrorism, counterintelligence, insurgency, proliferation, and operational activity which threatens US national security interests.
• Aggregate and fuse multi-modal transactional data and identity.
• Map and perform analysis of financial data from formal banking systems, financial reports, and informal transfer means.
• Prepare and integrate financial data from all available sources including, but not limited to, SIGINT intercepts; HUMINT; Law Enforcement Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), search warrants and subpoenas; DOMEX, and shared data such as Bank Secrecy Act, formal banking system, Suspicious Activities Reports, and informal systems.
• Payment relationships, revenue-generation, and money-laundering methods.
• Apply statistical techniques including flows analysis, visualization, and geospatial analysis tools to bulk and raw transactional data.
• Apply pattern analysis to large data sets related to large data sets.
• Apply intelligence collection requirements, essential elements of information, priority intelligence requirements, and search terms to DOMEX triage processes.
• Apply data engineering to interface with structured data and data forensics tools.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned
• Evaluate all project aspects, including design, development, execution, and implementation of chemical medical countermeasure and threat agent science research and development. Understanding capability gaps and assisting in setting project and product-level strategy and priorities, ensuring portfolios are responsive and mapped to program goals.

REQUIRED

• Active TS/SCI with ability to obtain a Counterintelligence polygraph.
• Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience.
• Working knowledge of the concepts involved in the specific functions of the Threat Finance Analyst position.
• Knowledge and ability to apply Intelligence Community (IC) and DoD classification guidelines and procedures.
• Experience in producing timely, logical, and concise analytic reports, documents, assessments, studies, and briefing materials in formats including Microsoft Office tools (e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.), electronic/ soft copy matrices and/ or web-enabled formats.
• Exceptional verbal and non-verbal communication skills and ability to work independently with minimal oversight and direction.
• Proficient in using Microsoft Office tools.
• Experience developing structured research including, but not limited to, obtaining, evaluating, organizing, and maintaining information within security and data protocols.
• Possess working knowledge using complex analytic methodologies, such as structured analytic techniques or alternative approaches, to examine biases, assumptions, and theories to eliminate uncertainty, strengthen analytic arguments, and mitigate surprise.
• Understanding of intelligence collection capabilities and limitations, to include but not limited to, technical sensors/ platforms and human intelligence sources related to the responsibilities of the Threat Finance Analyst position.
• Understanding of evaluating collected intelligence reporting, engaging with collection managers, and developing collection requirements.

PREFERRED

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• Active TS/SCI with CI Poly.

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 preferred but will consider years of experience.

CLEARANCE

• Active/current DoD Top Secret/SCI with ability to obtain CI Poly.

About Firebird AST:

Firebird AST is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) based in Northern Virginia and a market-recognized leader within the IC, Department of Defense, Homeland Security, and Law Enforcement. We maintain a corporate culture deeply rooted in the US Military core values that gave us our start - honor, integrity, commitment, and selfless service. For this reason, our customers' needs and missions always comes first. We seek hard working, highly experienced, extremely motivated, professionally proven subject matter experts, trainers, leaders, innovators, and technical experts to serve on our team. Firebird AST has a firm understanding that our employees are our greatest asset and that, accordingly, they are to be provided the greatest level of respect and care possible.

Firebird AST is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.