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Criminal Investigator (Special Agent) - Internal Revenue Service - La Plata Maryland
Company: Internal Revenue Service Location: La Plata, Maryland
Posted On: 04/26/2024
Use your criminal investigative and financial experience or your bachelor's degree or higher with accounting and related coursework to qualify for an entry-level IRS Criminal Investigator (Special Agent) employment opportunity. Nationwide opportunities exist.As a Special Agent, you will combine your accounting skills with law enforcement skills to investigate financial crimes. Special Agents are known for their financial investigative expertise in areas such as tax fraud, public corruption, cybercrimes, narcotics, terrorism, and much more. Today's sophisticated schemes demand the analytical ability of financial investigators to trace transactions through complex financial records.As an IRS employee, you'll enjoy all the rights and benefits of federal employment and, as a Special Agent, you'll use your skills and knowledge to conduct investigations relative to criminal statutes of tax administration, financial crimes, and other related offenses, which vary in levels of complexity and scope. At the same time, you'll have that sense of public service, knowing that your investigative tax-related responsibilities contribute to everything from funding domestic programs to the defense of our nation.At the IRS, you will be provided with career development and advancement opportunities so your career can grow with your aspirations.Duties:Your financial investigative work will include: - Indirect accounting methods to establish evidence
- Precedent-setting legal or investigative questions
- Highly complex or unusual accounting problems
- Information obtained from diversified sources gathered over a wide section of the country
- Interrelationship of facts and evidence that are difficult to identify because of numerous holding companies, entities, etc.
- A mixture of legal and illegal activitiesYou will also perform other investigative and enforcement duties such as:
- Testifying as a government witness
- Assisting the U.S. attorney during the preparation of case for trial
- Conducting collateral inquiries
- Providing protection to persons and propertyIn addition, you will:
- Obtain, evaluate, integrate, and recommend actions on information items to identify larger areas of noncompliance.
- Possibly serve as a team leader and/or expert consultant in the information-gathering function.
- Conduct or participate in surveillance, armed escorts, dignitary protection, undercover operations, execution of search and arrest warrants, seizures, etc.Qualifications:Federal experience is not required to qualify for either of the two grade levels identified below. You will qualify for one of the following opportunities based on your specialized experience and/or education.Specialized experience for the GS-7 grade level:You must have one (1) year of specialized experience. Specialized experience includes experience in the investigation of criminal violations (e.g., suspected crimes or alleged fraud) that provided the specific knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the IRS Special Agent.Experience must have included: (1) the exercise of tact, initiative, ingenuity, resourcefulness, and judgment in collecting, assembling, and developing facts, evidence, and other pertinent data through investigative techniques, which included personal interview; (2) the ability to make oral and written reports and presentations of personally conducted or personally directed investigations, examinations, or inspections; AND (3) the ability to analyze and evaluate evidence and arrive at sound conclusions. To be qualifying, this experience must have been acquired in investigative work related to the accounting or auditing of business or commercial practices of subjects investigated.OR,You may substitute education for specialized experience at the GS-7 grade level as follows:
- You must be able to show Superior Academic Achievement by having a bachelor's degree with one of the following:
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