Audit & Information Access Specialist

As an Audit and Information Access Specialist you will serve as a key liaison between FinCEN and its law enforcement intelligence and regulatory partners as well as other customers. You work to ensure that the nations experts on anti-money laundering countering the financing of terrorism and other financial crime have access to key financial intelligence through the origination negotiation and supervision of the agencys memoranda of understanding and other interagency agreements. You will also ensure that those who have access to this financial intelligence are held to the highest standard of care through audits and inspections. This position will require regular travel and frequent collaboration with law enforcement intelligence agencies federal and state regulators and others. It further requires drafting and working with supervisors and counsel in generating operative legal documents as well as being able to distill complex issues for agency leadership.

The following are the duties of this position at the GS-14. If you are selected at a lower grade level you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties and will receive training to help you grow in this position.

• Advises senior leadership on issues of non-compliance including potential actions to address misuse or unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information.
• Implements and develops FinCENs processes for approving or rejecting external requests for access to FinCENs Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) databases.
• Partners with FinCENs Office of Chief Counsel (OCC) to draft negotiate and establish memoranda of understanding (MOUs) between FinCEN and the agencies and private sector entities approved to access FinCENs BSA and/or BOI databases ensuring that the articulated purposes for which the external entity will access the BSA and/or BOI databases are consistent with both the external partys authorities and the legislative purposes of the BSA and/or CTA and their implementing regulations.
• Works closely on a day-to-day basis with external users designated agency or company coordinators and internal stakeholders to administer access to the BSA and BOI databases and promote the proper use and safeguarding of BSA information and BOI.
• Oversees and assures external agencies and private sector users compliance with the terms of their Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for access to the BSA and/or BOI databases and the security of the data in those databases including through the creation and maintenance of standard operating procedures (SOPs) for oversight and by carrying out oversight in the form of monitoring and compliance activities annual reviews and audits of external agencies or private sector entities authorized to access the databases.
• Applies risk management and understanding of security protocols to ensure compliance with internal standards and regulatory requirements and as needed directs corrective mitigative actions to enhance security measures.

Security Clearance: This position has been designated National Security Level IV Special Sensitive and requires the incumbent to obtain and maintain eligibility for a Top Secret (TS) clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access. Applicant must meet and continue to adhere to the requirements of a Tier 5 level background investigation. Failure to successfully meet these requirements will be grounds for termination. Continued employment with FinCEN is contingent upon satisfactory completion of the Tier 5 level background investigation the results of which fully meet the FinCENs special employment criteria. All employees are subject to satisfactory completion of periodic reinvestigation and a continuing life style in conformity with applicable national and FinCEN directives. Any unfavorable information developed during an investigation or other official inquiry may result in termination of employment in accordance with established security policies and procedures.

This position requires that the successful candidate undergo personnel vetting which includes a background investigation and enrollment upon onboarding into Continuous Vetting. Enrollment in Continuous Vetting will result in automated record checks being conducted throughout ones employment with Treasury. The successful candidate will also be enrolled into FBIs Rap Back service which will allow Treasury to receive notification from the FBI of criminal matters (e.g. arrests charges convictions) involving enrolled individuals in near real-time.

1. Noncriminal Justice Applicants Privacy Rights for those who undergo an FBI fingerprint-based criminal history record check for personnel vetting which includes Rap Back
2. FD-258 Privacy Act Statement - FBI (this is the same statement used when your fingerprints are submitted as part of your background investigation) and
3. () (applicable to those who hold a sensitive position or have eligibility for access to classified information).

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3. Must be U.S. Citizen or U.S. National.

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. The experience may have been gained in either the public private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year and indicate number of hours worked per week on your résumé.

Specialized experience for the GS-14: You must have at least 52 weeks of experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 grade level which is directly related to the position and which has equipped the candidate with the particular knowledge skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience for this position is defined as experience in ALL of the following:

• Promoting compliance among government or private sector stakeholders with policies regulations or other measures; AND
• Serving as a subject matter expert or liaison with state local or federal agencies; AND
• Performing or overseeing inspections or audits involving regulatory compliance or security controls; OR
• Developing and implementing approaches for evaluating the effectiveness of compliance security or oversight programs.