San Francisco CA

The Financial Analyst will support the work of Assistant United States Attorneys for the United States Department of Justice, United States Attorney’s Office, Northern District of California, located in San Francisco, CA, Specifically, the individual will support the criminal and civil debt collection investigations, working in conjunction with AUSAs, other financial analysts, paralegals, and debt collection agents in the FLP. The contractor will assist in conducting investigations involving criminal and civil debts. The services will include the analysis of documents as-sociated with a complex transaction or series of transactions; as well as obtaining and analyzing financial, banking, accounting, and tax records in order to trace the movement of funds, identify assets to pursue for collection or to assess a debtor’s ability to make payments. The contractor will be expected to work in partnership with AUSAs and other members of the FLP.

TASKS/SERVICES:

In coordination with FLP AUSAs and FLP staff, the Financial Analyst will:

  1. Plan and conduct financial analyses of individual, partnership and corporate judgment debtors. Will perform detailed review of relevant financial information, including finan-cial statements, credit reports, tax returns, insurance information, real property escrow and lending materials, bank statements and loan applications to third parties, with a view to determining the collectability of assets.
  2. Prepare detailed reports of financial analysis for FLP AUSAs and FLP staff, making clear conclusions regarding the collectability of debts. Reports should give particular emphasis to assets readily available to pay judgments, assets that could be recovered under Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act, and recommendations regarding further investigatory work.
  3. Draft written discovery (interrogatories, requests for production of documents and sub-poenas) to obtain information to support financial analyses. Sources of discovery include the defendant, defendant’s family members, defendant’s businesses, banks, brokerages, title insurers and lenders.
  4. Obtain and meaningfully evaluate the results of computerized database searches, public record information, judgment and lien information, Secretary of State records, and pub-licly filed financial information available from entities such as the Securities and Ex-change Commission.
  5. Provides a variety of ancillary office support functions.


Degree/Certifications:
4-year degree in accounting, business, economics, finance, or related field of study.

Experience:
Three years of Accounting/Financial Management experience. Experience in Accounting/Financial Management in a Federal Government environment preferred.

Knowledge and Skills Required.

  1. Must be able to assess products and procedures for compliance with government stand-ards, accounting principles and multi-tiered system application standards.
  2. Knowledge of financial analysis for individuals, companies and partnerships, including review of financial statements, tax returns, bank records, escrow and real property rec-ords.
  3. Possesses an understanding of the budget allocation, execution, and administration pro-cess.
  4. Knowledge of typical business forms such as corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, family trusts, and estate planning-related trusts.
  5. Knowledge of debt collection techniques, including garnishment, execution, and appoint-ment of receivers.
  6. Able to monitor and track obligation and expenditure of funds, detect, reconcile and rem-edy fiscal discrepancies, and provide cost effective, insightful reporting to decision mak-ers.
  7. Familiarity with activity based costing, business case analysis and outsourcing require-ments.
  8. Cognizant of interrelationships between financial management requirements and auto-mated solutions, considering the current system environment and the potential integration of added systems concurrently or later.
  9. Ability to develop work breakdown structures and prepare charts, tables, graphs, and diagrams to assist in analyzing problems.
  10. Familiarity with computer systems and demonstrated proficiency with on line computer databases, EXCEL and ACCESS, and similar commercial database programs.