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Associate Director - Enforcement & Compliance Division
Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network · Posted 56 days ago
Hybrid Washington, DC $152K – $228K Apply by Aug 4, 2026 Miscellaneous Administration And Program ENTJESFJESTJISTJ
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Become part of the team that safeguards the financial system from the abuses of financial crime. At the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), we are at the forefront in preventing and detecting terrorist financing, money laundering, and other financial crime. Serve at the nation's financial intelligence unit and protect the United States financial system from criminals and terrorist financiers.
What You'll Do
- →As a/an Associate Director - Enforcement & Compliance Division, you will: Conceptualize and oversee implementation of compliance and enforcement strategies that have industry-wide, national, and/or international impact, including those related to the BSA and national security.
- →Create, amend, and/or maintain policies, procedures, and processes for compliance, enforcement, and whistleblower programs across ECD.
- →Establish priorities, allocate resources, develop guidelines or strategies, and communicates division-wide goals and objectives effectively to managers and staff.
- →Develop and manage a sizeable staff of managers, supervisors, investigators, and industry specialists, identify objectives and set division-wide practices for effectively evaluating and advancing a large caseload of diverse matters.
- →Provide overall direction and strategic guidance on all civil law enforcement investigations, compliance initiatives, public and private-sector collaboration or engagement, regulatory examinations, and whistleblower matters.
- →Direct the managers and staff in developing and implementing enforcement targeting based on specific, risk-based criteria, develop and implement investigative plans, apply facts to law, assessing the strength of investigative findings, and determine appropriate administrative action or use of FinCEN authorities in response to instances of non-compliance with the BSA.
- →Direct the managers and staff in conceptualizing, planning, drafting, and revising FinCEN enforcement actions and supporting memoranda, and ensure that all such work-products are accurate, clear, concise, and consistent.
Requirements
- ✓Security Clearance: This position has been designated National Security Level IV, Special Sensitive and requires the incumbent to obtain and maintain eligibility for a Top Secret (TS) clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access.
- ✓Applicant must meet and continue to adhere to the requirements of a Tier 5 level background investigation.
- ✓Failure to successfully meet these requirements will be grounds for termination.
- ✓Continued employment with FinCEN is contingent upon satisfactory completion of the Tier 5 level background investigation, the results of which fully meet the FinCEN's special employment criteria.
- ✓All employees are subject to satisfactory completion of periodic reinvestigation and a continuing life style in conformity with applicable national and FinCEN directives.
- ✓Any unfavorable information developed during an investigation or other official inquiry may result in termination of employment in accordance with established security policies and procedures.
- ✓This position requires that the successful candidate undergo personnel vetting, which includes a background investigation and enrollment upon onboarding into "Continuous Vetting." Enrollment in Continuous Vetting will result in automated record checks being conducted throughout one's employment with Treasury.
- ✓The successful candidate will also be enrolled into FBI's Rap Back service, which will allow Treasury to receive notification from the FBI of criminal matters (e.g., arrests, charges, convictions) involving enrolled individuals in near real-time.
- ✓There are three key documents that contain important information about your rights and obligations.
Benefits
- ★FinCEN offers flexible work schedules, 11 paid holidays, financial subsidies to employees who use public transportation to commute, in-house training, fitness center reimbursement, telework opportunities, and eligibility for performance awards.
- ★FinCEN also offers attractive health, life, and long-term care insurance programs, and the employees' health insurance contributions are out of pre-tax dollars.
- ★Newer employees are covered by a three-tier retirement plan that includes a pre-tax retirement contribution program with matching funds or, as applicable, continuance in the Civil Service Retirement System.
- ★Learn more about Federal benefits programs at: https://www.usajobs.gov/help/working-in-government/benefits/
Personality Fit
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