Federal Forensic Accountant

  • Philadelphia, PA
  • Posted 1 day ago | Updated 1 day ago

Overview

On Site
$90,000 - $120,000
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 Month(s)
100% Travel

Skills

Forensic Accounting
Data Visualization
Data Analysis
Dashboard
Flow Of Funds Management
Cryptography
Customer Facing
Microsoft Power BI
Microsoft Excel
Tableau
Reporting
Financial Statements
AML
CFE
Financial Fraud Investigation
Network Analysis
Accounting
Banking
Legal
Finance
Federal Government
Public Trust
Government Security Clearance

Job Details

Forensic Accountant

This is a Full-Time (On-Site) position in Philadelphia, PA supporting a Federal Government Consulting Firm. Full benefits, PTO, and paid holidays are inclusive to this position.

Number of Available Positions: 2

Salary Target: $90K- $120K/YR (Salary is flexible based on the relevant years of professional experience and background related to the position)

Contract Term: 12/08/2025- 09/20/2026 (With possible extensions)

Requirements: ship Work Authorization Status; Active High-Level Public Trust Clearance (or higher clearance level preferred); Completed Bachelor s Degree; 4+ years of relevant professional experience including Advanced/Mastery in Microsoft Excel working with large financial data sets, familiarity with banking/financial statements, utilizing financial investigation & Data Visualization tools, analyzing money flow trends, and comfortable being in a client-facing position.

Job Description:

Project Description

Financial forensic support

The HRPT process can take up to 6 months and the selected candidate will not be able to start until cleared. (Depending on the level of active governmental security clearance the candidate has)

Work Location:

Philadelphia, PA

Will go to multiple locations per Client requirements within PA.

Required Skills:

Should be very experienced in analyzing voluminous data in Excel.

Should be able to articulate how to conduct financial data analyses to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

The independent solving of problems through the use of accounting and financial procedures; evaluating controls associated with business processes; experience conducting analysis of financial and business records; experience using investigative tools, commercial databases and/or government-operated databases; the organization, ingestion, setup and analysis of financial data; familiarity with bank statements/financial data and the ability to conduct reconciliation to confirm bank statement balances; analysis of recurring party and money flow trends; and the creation of illustrative visualizations to convey complex stories in easy-to-understand deliverables. Ability to be client-facing and comfortable working side-by-side with clients is required. Strong excel skills required. Must be able to support clients in-person in Philadelphia, PA. Must be able to obtain and maintain a High-Risk Public Trust.

Years of Experience Preferred:

4 Years of Experience.

Preferred Skills:

Experience supporting federal government agencies with forensic accounting and complex investigations. Experience working with attorneys to explain, analyze, and convey complex financial activity that occurs both in the U.S. and globally. Familiarity with both fiat and crypto monetary instruments. PowerBI/Tableau skills preferred.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

Embedded, client-facing support that involves ingestion, standardization, categorization, analysis, and reporting from disparate data to bolster and advance financial investigations.

Expected Deliverables:

Flow of funds; network analysis charts; dashboard building; creative development of legal exhibits.

Education:

Bachelor's Degree

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