Intelligence Research Specialist (Intelligence Analyst) at U.S. Department of the Treasury in Washington, DC

Summary

*This is a Temporary position Not to Exceed 08/30/2025, which may be extended.

This position is located at Departmental Offices, Terrorism and Financial Intelligence-Intelligence and Analysis(OIA). As an Intelligence Research Specialist, you will conduct research and analysis and produce finished intelligence products in support of OIA's primary mission.

Duties

Pursuant to 50 USC 3024 (v), and with concurrence and consultation with the Director of National Intelligence and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, this position is being established in the excepted service as an element of the Intelligence Community within the Department of the Treasury.

The following are the duties of this position at the GS-12. 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 Intelligence Research Specialist (Intelligence Analyst), you will:

Perform a broad range of analytical and short-suspense assignments involving illicit finance, economic and all-source intelligence analysis.
Identify information gaps and intelligence requirements.
Provide verbal, written, and graphical presentation of results to Treasury, Intelligence Community, U.S. Government interagency, private sector, and foreign government audiences.
Represent the organization at Intelligence Community, private sector, and interagency meetings as an expert in the assigned functional or geographical area and may be required to travel both domestically and abroad.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

Key Requirements:

Must be U.S. Citizen or U.S. National.
A two-year trial period may be required.
Must have, or be able to obtain and maintain, a Top Secret security clearance based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI).
Must be eligible for Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access.
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, if required.
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-12: You must have one year (52 weeks) 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 AT LEAST 3 of the following:

Experience conducting research and analysis and preparing finished intelligence products on national security, intelligence, economics, sanctions, banking, financial networks, terrorism or terrorist finance topics; OR
Experience preparing intelligence-based analytical assessments and presenting research findings to senior level management; OR
Experience performing analytical assignments involving economic, financial, and all-source intelligence analysis on the structure and operations of foreign terrorist groups, WMD proliferators, criminal financial networks, or other entities posing a threat to US national security; OR
Experience researching, structuring, and integrating intelligence data with other financial and economic data to generate integrated and coherent analysis; OR
Experience conducting macroeconomic, trade, direct foreign investment, debt sustainability, exchange rate, financial, energy and/or other industry-focused analysis; OR
Experience in providing intelligence briefing and/or intelligence support to customers; OR
Experience using economic and/or financial data, in combination with forecasts and other economic and financial reporting, to generate coherent analysis.

Specialized experience for the GS-11:You must have one year (52 weeks) 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 AT LEAST 2 of the following:

Experience analyzing and interpreting data and preparing reports on financial-, banking operations- or economic-related topics; OR
Experience preparing reports on national security, intelligence, economics or sanctions-related topics; OR
Experience preparing focused analytical assessments; OR
Experience researching transactional, statistical, budgetary, or other quantitative sets and using data software programs to analyze collection results; OR
Experience researching the operations, practices and/or support structures of financial networks; OR
Experience researching terrorism, intelligence or sanctions-related topics; OR
Experience researching macroeconomics, trade, foreign direct investment, debt sustainability, exchange rate, finance, energy or other industries; OR
Experience in economic policy, international or development economics, finance or financial markets.

OR
You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, if related or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, if related or LL.M., if related, in an accredited college or university;
OR
You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. Options for qualifying based on a combination will be identified in the online questions.

Specialized experience for the GS-09: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes AT LEAST 2 of the following:

Experience analyzing and interpreting large data sets using data software programs; OR
Experience preparing focused analytical assessments, briefs or memos; OR
Experience preparing reports on national security, intelligence, economics or sanctions-related topics; OR
Experience researching transactional, statistical, budgetary, or other quantitative data; OR
Experience creating models, surveys or algorithms using data software programs to analyze data collection results; OR
Experience reading and using macroeconomic data, economic reports, and/or industry studies; OR
Experience in economic policy, international or development economics, or finance and financial markets.

OR
You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: Master's or equivalent graduate degree, if related or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, if related or LL.B. or J.D., if related.;
OR
You may qualify by a combination of experience and education. Options for qualifying based on a combination will be identified in the online questions..

The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or . 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.

(*Note: If you are qualifying using education and you are within 9 months of graduating you may tentatively qualify. However, you must graduate and/or meet all qualification requirements prior to being appointed to the position.)

How You Will Be Evaluated

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

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: Technical, Analytical and Communication.

Category rating will be used to rank and select eligible candidates. If qualified, you will be assigned to one of three quality level categories, A (highest quality category), B (middle quality category), or C (minimally qualified category) depending on your responses to the online questions, regarding your experience, education, and training related to this position. Your rating may be lowered if your responses to the online questions are not supported by the education and/or experience described in your application. Your application may be reviewed by a Subject Matter Expert.

Although the veteran's preference requirements of Title 5 do not apply to this Title 50 appointment authority, it is OIA's policy that meeting the "veterans' preference" criteria ("preference-eligible") shall be considered a positive factor in OIA's selection process. In all cases, preference-eligibles on the certificate(s) will be considered. However, preference-eligibles do not "float" to the top of the list of referred candidates nor have extra points added to any numerical score, and selection of a non-preference-eligible does not require "passover" procedures.

Referral: If you are among the top qualified candidates, your application may be referred to a selecting official for consideration. You may be required to participate in a selection interview.

Required Documents

A complete application includes:

1. A resume: All applicants are required to submit a resume 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 resume.
It is suggested that you preview the online assessment questionnaire, to ensure that your resume 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 resume 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).

VETERANS' PREFERENCE DOCUMENTATION: If you are claiming veterans preference, please see . In order to be considered for veterans preference, you must submit all required documentation as outlined in the applicant guide.
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

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from .

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.