Summary

This position is located at Departmental Offices, Terrorism and Financial Intelligence - Terrorist Financing. As an Economist, you will be responsible for policy analysis for all aspects of 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.

As an Economist, you will:

• Draft and inform high-quality policy analysis papers, briefing materials, reports, major special studies or continuous projects for management and senior leadership.
• Lead and support detailed analyses and systematic appraisals of current and future regulatory policies, proposed legislation, 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.
• Research AML/CFT legislation, regulation, policies, and international standards to identify improvements in the regimes of the United States and key partner jurisdictions.
• Perform research to locate new sources of data, analyze and interpret pertinent information, draw conclusions for use in research studies.
  

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

Key Requirements:

• Must be U.S. Citizen or U.S. National.
• A one-year probationary period may be required.
• Must successfully complete a background investigation.
• All new hires will be required to comply with federal ethics laws. A review of financial or other interests may be conducted to determine if they create any real or apparent conflict of interests with official Treasury duties.
• Complete a to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency.
• Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer.
• If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify that you have registered with the or are exempt from having to do so.
• Go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the . Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S.
• Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel.
• Please refer to the "Additional Information" section for additional Conditions of Employment.

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Specialized Experience for the GS-14 level: 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 demonstrated experience in ALL of the following:

- Experience independently conducting economic or financial analysis with a focus on money laundering, combatting the financing of terrorism, or other illicit finance topics; OR experience independently conducting Regulatory Impact Analyses, including but not limited to experience determining the expected effects of regulatory actions, an analysis on regulatory flexibility, or information collection requirements.; AND
- Experience independently gathering, analyzing, and interpreting financial and economic information, particularly as it relates to AML/CFT.; AND
- Experience independently communicating complex information, both orally and written, regarding relevant economic issues or legislation to senior leadership or high-ranking officials.




Specialized Experience for the GS-13 level: 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 demonstrated experience in ALL of the following:

- Experience independently conducting economic or financial analysis with a focus on macroeconomic trends and developments, banking or financial markets, international trade or investment, sanctions, development finance, climate finance, multilateral development, money laundering, combatting the financing of terrorism, or other illicit finance topics; OR experience assisting with Regulatory Impact Analyses, including but not limited to experience determining the expected effects of regulatory actions, an analysis on regulatory flexibility, or information collection requirements,; AND
- Experience resolving analytical, technical, and operational issues.; AND
- Experience gathering, analyzing, and interpreting financial and economic information.; AND
- Experience communicating information, both orally and written, regarding relevant economic issues or legislation.



Specialized Experience for the GS-12 level: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized experience for this position includes demonstrated experience in ALL of the following:

- Experience working on a team focused on conducting economic or financial analysis with a focus on macroeconomic trends and developments, banking or financial markets, international trade or investment, sanctions, development finance, climate finance or multilateral anti-development, money laundering, combatting the financing of terrorism, or illicit finance topics.; OR experience assisting with Regulatory Impact Analyses, including but not limited to experience determining the expected effects of regulatory actions, an analysis on regulatory flexibility, or information collection requirements,; AND
- Presenting clear and concise summary and analysis, both orally and in writing, of technical information related to economic policies and initiatives to senior officials and/or non-technical audiences who lack expertise in the area




Specialized Experience for the GS-11 level: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized experience for this position includes demonstrated experience in ALL of the following:

- Experience working on a team focused on conducting economic or financial analysis with a focus on macroeconomic trends and developments, banking or financial markets, international trade or investment, sanctions, development finance, climate finance or multilateral anti-development, money laundering, combatting the financing of terrorism, or illicit finance topics; OR experience conducting cost benefit analysis or break-even analysis, AND
- Experience preparing memos, talking points, or other materials that communicate results of economic research and analysis.

OR

- 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education, directly related to the position, leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree;

OR

- You may qualify on a combination of education and experience. To combine education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the requirement must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 36 semester hours (54 quarter hours) may be combined to be considered for qualifying education.

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

This announcement is issued under the "direct-hire" authority. Consistent with 5 U.S.C. 3304(a)(3) and OPM regulations (5 CFR 337 Subpart B) on direct-hire: All candidates who meet all the qualifications and other eligibility requirements may be referred for consideration. Competitive examining rules providing for rating and ranking and veterans' preference do not apply.

Your application includes your resumé, responses to the online questions, and required supporting documents. Please be sure that your resumé includes detailed information to support your qualifications for this position; failure to provide sufficient evidence in your resumé may result in a "not qualified" determination.

Rating: Your application will be evaluated in the following areas:

Referral: All candidates who meet all the qualifications and other eligibility requirements may be referred for consideration. Competitive examining rules providing for rating and ranking and veterans' preference do not apply.

If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee (eligible for the ) you must have a score of 85 or better to be rated as "well qualified" to receive special selection priority.

Required Documents

A complete application includes:

1. A resume: All applicants are required to submit a resumé, either by creating one in USAJOBS, or uploading one of their own choosing. (Cover letters are optional.)

• Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, your resume will still be accepted, however only the first 5 pages will be reviewed and considered for qualifications and eligibility determination in whether or not the minimum qualifications for the position have been met.
• To receive full credit for relevant experience, please list the month/date/year and number of hours worked for experience listed on your resumé.
• It is suggested that you preview the entire announcement and online assessment questionnaire, to ensure that your resumé thoroughly describes how your skills and experience align to the criteria defined in the "Qualifications" section of this announcement and support your responses to the online assessment questionnaire.
• For resumé writing guidance, please visit .

2. Vacancy assessment question responses: All applicants are required to complete vacancy question responses by clicking the apply online button of this vacancy announcement.

3. Submission of any required documents identified below, if applicable: Please note that if you do not provide all required information, as specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this position (or may not receive the special consideration for which you may be eligible).

• CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN (CTAP) OR INTERAGENCY CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN (ICTAP) DOCUMENTATION: If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee, click for eligibility and a detailed list of required documents you must submit in order to be eligible.
• EDUCATION DOCUMENTATION:
  • You are not required to submit transcripts for this initial phase of the application process. Candidates will be referred for consideration based on their self-certification. If you are selected for a position which has a positive education requirement (as described in the vacancy announcement) and/or you are qualifying solely on your education, you will be required to submit official transcripts verifying your qualifications prior to a job offer being issued.
  • A college or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to . If you are qualifying based on foreign education, you must submit proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency. Refer to the .

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