Regulatory Policy Project Officer

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.

This job does not have an education qualification requirement. The following are the duties of this position at the GS-14 Regulatory and Strategic Affairs Division, Office of Regulatory Policy. 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.

• Serve as a focal point for assigned project or functional responsibilities, participating in program planning discussions to establish objects, milestones, and reporting mechanisms and to determine resources.
• Participate in the planning of Office activities to provide a structured approach to the review and analysis of regulatory policy development and implementation activities.
• Conduct or lead projects or studies of major initiatives associated with the development and implementation of information related to Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) regulatory policy to identify and describe issues that need consideration and resolution, develop approaches to enhance FinCEN's effectiveness in policy outreach, provide guidance and/or training customized to the variety of organizations concerned, assess the effectiveness of regulatory policy and program efforts, develop alternatives for achieving regulatory policy goals, respond to a variety of external urgings and proposals concerning critical regulatory policy matters, and other activities to accomplish Office mandates.
• Provide expert guidance and interpretation to representatives of regulated industries or institutions, federal and state regulatory partners, or internal staff and officials on complex regulatory and policy issues and the roles, perspectives, and objectives of FinCEN and the Department of Treasury.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution. You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. 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 résumé.


For the GS-14, you must have one year (full 52 weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as:

1. Analyzing statutes and regulations related to the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), anti-money laundering (AML), countering the financing of terrorism (CFT), financial crimes, or similar laws;OR

2. Reviewing, interpreting, or writing regulations or regulatory guidance related to the BSA, AML, CFT, financial crimes, or similar laws for an organization; AND

(YOU MAY MEET EITHER #1 OR #2, BUT MUST MEET #3)

3. Coordinating and implementing various programs, policies and operations related to the BSA, AML, CFT, financial crimes, or similar laws to protect the U.S. financial system.


For the GS-13, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes:
- Analyzing statutes and regulations related to the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), anti-money laundering (AML), countering the financing of terrorism (CFT), financial crimes, or similar laws; OR
- Reviewing, interpreting, or writing regulations or regulatory guidance related to the BSA, AML, CFT, financial crimes, or similar laws for an organization.

For the required proficiency levels and competency definitions, please see the following link: Competency-Based Qualification Standard for the Information Technology Management Series, 2210