Senior Investigative Analyst

Hourly pay range: $63.93–$66.02
Employment type: Full-time
Schedule: Approximately 1,920 hours annually
Location: Primarily remote, with occasional onsite work in Washington, DC

Position Summary

The Senior Investigative Analyst will conduct complex investigative analysis involving government-benefit fraud, financial crime, identity fraud, eligibility fraud, organized fraud rings, suspicious transactions, and related program-integrity risks.

The position will transform complex public and non-public data into actionable leads, intelligence reports, referral packages, link-analysis products, case summaries, visualizations, and briefings suitable for government oversight and law-enforcement stakeholders.

Primary Responsibilities

• Analyze structured and unstructured information from public, non-public, commercial, financial, and government sources.
• Identify fraud indicators, suspicious patterns, hidden relationships, financial connections, and organized fraud activity.
• Evaluate identity fraud, eligibility fraud, synthetic identities, collusion, shared accounts, common addresses, common devices, coordinated applications, and other fraud typologies.
• Query, filter, join, reconcile, and analyze data using SQL, Microsoft Excel, Neo4j, i2 Analyst's Notebook, or comparable platforms.
• Conduct entity resolution, link analysis, network analysis, timeline analysis, transaction analysis, and pattern analysis.
• Develop investigative leads and prioritize them based on risk, available evidence, potential loss, and investigative value.
• Prepare investigative reports, intelligence products, referral packages, lead-development packages, case summaries, charts, and visualizations.
• Document analytic methods, sources, assumptions, limitations, and supporting evidence.
• Develop clear narratives describing suspected schemes, entities, transactions, relationships, and risk indicators.
• Coordinate with data scientists to develop and validate analytic rules and model outputs.
• Coordinate with graph data scientists to interpret networks and relationships.
• Coordinate with forensic accountants to understand transactions, ownership, and movement of funds.
• Brief findings to senior government stakeholders in clear, concise, accurate, and defensible terms.
• Protect public, non-public, investigative, financial, and law-enforcement-sensitive information.
• Support quality-control reviews to ensure investigative findings are accurate, traceable, relevant, and suitable for referral.
• Respond to government questions and requests for additional analysis or supporting documentation.
• Maintain organized case files, research notes, source records, analytic workpapers, and supporting evidence.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of three years of professional experience conducting investigative analysis involving government-benefit fraud or financial crimes.
• Minimum of three years of experience analyzing structured and unstructured public and non-public data.
• Minimum of three years of hands-on experience preparing investigative reports, referral packages, or case summaries suitable for law-enforcement referral.
• Strong knowledge of fraud typologies affecting government-benefit programs.
• Knowledge of identity fraud, eligibility fraud, financial crime, and organized fraud rings.
• Proficiency with SQL and Microsoft Excel.
• Proficiency with Neo4j, i2 Analyst's Notebook, or comparable graph and link-analysis platforms.
• Experience developing defensible investigative findings using multiple information sources.
• Experience documenting sources, methods, findings, limitations, and supporting evidence.
• Ability to interpret complex transactions, relationships, timelines, and patterns.
• Excellent writing, verbal communication, presentation, and briefing skills.
• Ability to explain complex findings to senior government stakeholders.
• Strong judgment, attention to detail, analytical reasoning, and information-handling discipline.
• Ability to complete federal suitability, HSPD-12/PIV credentialing, and system-access requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting a federal Office of Inspector General, federal law-enforcement agency, federal-benefit program, financial-intelligence organization, or emergency-relief oversight activity.
• Experience with graph visualizations, transaction analysis, public-record research, commercial investigative databases, or cross-program fraud analysis.
• Experience developing criminal, civil, administrative, or program-integrity referrals.
• Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist, or comparable credential.
• Degree in criminal justice, intelligence studies, accounting, finance, data analytics, public administration, or a related discipline.