Senior Investigative Analyst
Key Personnel
Role Title | Senior Investigative Analyst |
Reports To | Program Manager / Lead Investigator |
Type | Key Personnel — full-time for the period of performance |
Primary Outcome | Detect and map benefit-fraud and financial-crime schemes through data and link analysis, and produce referral-ready investigative products that support law-enforcement action. |
Role Summary
We are seeking a Senior Investigative Analyst to support government benefit-fraud and financial-crime investigations through rigorous data analysis, pattern detection, and investigative reporting. This role is built for an analyst who can move fluidly between structured and unstructured data, surface fraud indicators and networks that others miss, and translate complex findings into referral-ready products that stand up to law-enforcement and prosecutorial review. The person in this role applies link analysis, entity resolution, and fraud-typology expertise to identify individual bad actors and organized fraud rings operating against federal benefit programs.
The ideal candidate combines strong technical toolcraft with investigative instinct and the communication skills to brief findings directly to senior government stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
• Conduct investigative analysis supporting government benefit-fraud and financial-crime cases across administrative, civil, and criminal matters.
• Analyze structured and unstructured data from public and non-public sources to identify fraud indicators, anomalies, and patterns.
• Apply fraud-typology knowledge (identity fraud, eligibility fraud, organized fraud rings) to detect schemes relevant to government benefit programs.
• Perform link analysis, network analysis, and entity resolution to map relationships among individuals, organizations, and transactions and expose fraud networks.
• Build and query datasets using SQL and comparable tools; visualize connections and timelines to reveal hidden intelligence.
• Prepare investigative reports, referral packages, and case summaries suitable for referral to law enforcement.
• Brief findings clearly and persuasively to investigators, program leadership, and senior government stakeholders.
• Collaborate with forensic accountants, investigators, and data specialists to develop integrated analytic products.
• Document analytic methodology and maintain accuracy and evidentiary integrity across all work products.
Required Qualifications
• Minimum three (3) years of professional experience conducting investigative analysis supporting government benefit fraud and financial crimes. (mandatory)
• Minimum three (3) years of experience analyzing structured and unstructured data from public and non-public data sources to identify fraud indicators and patterns. (mandatory)
• Minimum three (3) years of hands-on experience preparing investigative reports, referral packages, and case summaries suitable for referral to law enforcement. (mandatory)
• Strong working knowledge of fraud typologies relevant to government benefit programs (e.g., identity fraud, eligibility fraud, organized fraud rings).
• Proficiency with a variety of analytic tools including SQL, Excel, Neo4j, and i2 Analyst''s Notebook (or comparable link-analysis platforms).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to brief findings to senior government stakeholders.
Preferred / Differentiators
• Bachelor''s or advanced degree in accounting, criminal justice, finance, economics, applied statistics, or a related field.
• Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) certification, or active progress toward it.
• Experience with additional analytic and investigative platforms (e.g., Palantir, Tableau, Power BI, Accurint, CLEAR, LexisNexis).
• Proficiency in Python / pandas or comparable scripting for large-dataset analysis.
• Demonstrated experience with entity resolution and graph / network analytics as a discipline.
• Track record of referral packages accepted for prosecution or resulting in indictments, recoveries, or administrative action.
• Prior experience supporting federal law enforcement or an Office of Inspector General (OIG).
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