Illicit Finance Policy Advisor

Summary

This position is located at Departmental Offices, Terrorism and Financial Intelligence - Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes. As an Illicit Finance Policy Advisor, you will be responsible for Treasury's anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) programs, sanctions efforts, and other critical national security issues such as anti-kleptocracy, counter-proliferation financing and counter-insurgency financing initiatives.

Duties

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. Develop and lead implementation of policies and strategies to counter terrorist financing, money laundering, proliferation financing, sanctions evasion, and other financial crime threats using the full range of Treasury tools and authorities. Implement counter illicit finance strategies with external stakeholders, including USG interagency partners, foreign government officials, private sector, and civil society/non-profit organization partners. Draft high-quality policy papers, briefing materials, reports, public remarks, and/or testimony for senior Treasury officials. Draft and coordinate Congressionally mandated reports and reports for international initiatives in support of AML/CFT policy objectives. Review and analyze relevant legislative or policy initiatives. Develop strategies to implement laws and policies. Engage private sector and foreign government counterparts in support of senior Treasury officials, as the sole U.S. Treasury representative, or as the head of U.S. delegation.

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: For the GS-14, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes ALL of the following: - Monitoring developments on illicit activities such as anti-money laundering/counter-financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) and financial issues; AND - Independently creating policies or strategies on illicit financial threats to the U.S; AND - Communicating results of research and analysis and making policy recommendations to senior decision makers; AND - Engaging with the public, international organizations, or foreign governments on policy issues. For the GS-13, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes ALL of the following: - Monitoring developments in illicit financial activities including anti-money laundering/counter-financing of terrorism (AML/CFT); AND - Creating policies or strategies on illicit financial threats to the U.S with some supervisory input or oversight; AND - Communicating results of research and analysis; AND - Engaging with the public, international organizations, or foreign governments on policy issues. 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 resumé.