Job 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.

Job Description

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.