Job Description
Title: Asset Investigator
Location: Scranton, PA
Security Clearance: Public Trust
Schedule: Due to the nature of law enforcement work and operation, position may require occasional support outside of core working hours, as well as intermittent weekend support, mission dependent
**Contingent upon Award**
About KACE:
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Job Summary:
Provide investigative support within the Financial Litigation Unit (FLU). Assist AUSA’s (Assistant US Attorney) by planning and conducting asset investigations to recover assets to satisfy debts imposed in cases handled by the USAO. (US Attorney’s Office).
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
- Assist AUSAs by planning and conducting asset investigations to recover assets to satisfy debts imposed in cases handled by the USAO.
- Asset investigations for restitution include monies owed to the United States and private victims of crime. Private victims are considered to be individuals, corporations, or other non-Government entities. Typical asset investigations are considered in conjunction with federal and/or state agencies both within and outside the USAO’s geographic jurisdiction. These agencies include, without limitation, agencies that engage in the disbursement of direct loans, guaranteed loans, financial contracts, grant programs where financial responsibility is a factor, and general administrative debts such as fines, fees, overpayment, and penalties. The subjects of the investigations may be individuals or corporations.
- Perform a variety of ancillary asset investigation-related services in direct support of financial litigation, such as utilizing electronic databases to identify assets that may be recovered to satisfy debts imposed in cases handled by the USAOs documents and preparing periodic reports on progress of investigations for use by the USAO and Executive Office for United States Attorneys management staff.
- Contact and coordinate with other Government officials and private citizens as required.
- Prepare reports of findings for attorney review and use in establishing enforcement action to collect debts owed to the United States.
- Other related duties as assigned and within scope.
Minimum Qualifications & Skills:
- Minimum high school diploma
- Minimum two years of experience in a legal environment.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office software programs (i.e., Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, etc.)
- U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain adjudication for the requisite background investigation
- Experience and expertise in performing the requisite services.
Preferred:
- Bachelor’s degree in law enforcement, criminal justice, or other related field or higher
Clearance:
Applicants selected may be subject to a government background investigation and may be required to meet the following conditions of employment.
Security Requirements/Background Investigation Requirements:
- Must be a U.S Citizen.
- Favorable credit check for all cleared positions
- Successfully passing a background investigation including drug screening.
- Residency requirement - 3 consecutive years in the last 5 years.
Physical Requirements/Working Conditions:
• Ability to alternate between sitting and standing as needed.
• Ability to walk and move about to attend meetings and access file storage areas.
• Climbing/stooping/kneeling up to 10% of the time.
• Lifting/pulling/pushing up to 10% of the time; occasional lifting of boxes/files up to 25 lbs.
• Prolonged periods of computer and document review.
This job description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Management may revise duties as necessary without updating this job description.