Also called: OFAC Analyst, FinCEN Analyst
Tracks money flowing to terrorists, drug cartels, and hostile governments and helps freeze it.
Financial intelligence analysts at the Treasury Department follow suspicious bank transfers and shell companies, then recommend who should be sanctioned. Banks also hire many to screen transactions.
Federal GS or agency pay scale; DC-area locality pay is higher.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in finance, economics, or international relations.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Finance, Economics, International Relations, Accounting.
Growing about average. Approximate.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI screens transactions and links shell companies; building legal cases to freeze assets stays human.
Classes: AP Macroeconomics, Accounting class, A foreign language.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-2099.
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