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Conducts outreach focused on protecting critical infrastructure from risk of chemical terrorism attack (CFATS program) through collaboration with the critical infrastructure community, including private sector, State, local, tribal, and territorial officials, and other Federal agencies. Writes technical rulemaking notices for publication in Federal Register.Conducts long-range planning and analysis of new substantive CISA programs where precedents are scarce or nonexistent (implementation of Ammonium Nitrate Security Program).Serves as an authoritative source of consultation for other program specialists, managers and management officials.

Vienna, Virginia, United States

Strategic Program Development and Anti Money Laundering: Develop and implement strategic program plans that advance policy objectives related to anti-money laundering and combatting the financing of terrorism in a portfolio of 30+ global jurisdictions. Strategic Initiatives: Prepare strategic and tactical proposals for multiyear initiatives with funding allocations of $100K–$1M.International Policy and Stakeholder Engagement: Monitor, research, analyze, and provide recommendations (both verbally and in writing) on domestic and international policy developments impacting the strategic goals of stakeholders in the United States, Europe, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and other G7 countries. Diplomatically communicate with international and domestic stakeholders on sensitive topics. Relationship Building: Build and maintain strong working relationships with 300+ contacts at international and domestic governmental/nongovernmental organizations that bolster global anti-money laundering and combatting the financing of terrorism policy initiatives.Organizing Meetings: Annually organize ~50 meetings with international and domestic partners that further multilateral information-sharing. Prepare briefing packets, memos, and talking points to support meeting goals. Strategic Collaboration: Assist counterparts in foreign government agencies with issues and requests, collaborating internally and externally to resolve questions in ways that align with strategic goals.Policy Analysis: Served on 8-member team to assess the efficacy of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s anti-money laundering and combatting the financing of terrorism policies. Provided high-level policy guidance that was included in a 200-page report.Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) and Cross-Functional Collaborations: Collaborated cross-functionally to propose, draft, and implement new standard operating procedures for handling high-level information requests, reducing processing time 50%.

Vienna, Virginia, United States

Financial Crimes Investigations: In support of federal, state, local, and international law enforcement agencies, researched suspicious financial activities to detect and deter financial crimes, such as money laundering.Data Analysis: Synthesized large amounts of information from multiple databases, systematically analyzing relevant commercial, financial, and law enforcement intelligence to draw appropriate conclusions.Analytical Skills: Using sound judgement and analytical skills, ascertained how seemingly disparate information related to other information and to the case objectives. Law Enforcement Intelligence: Developed concise and compelling written intelligence reports that clearly presented research findings.Federal Government Relations: Built cooperative working relationships with law enforcement and federal financial regulatory agency representatives, maintaining frequent communication to expedite case progress.Implementation Of Policies: Led 9-member team to implement requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act’s Section 314(a), which strengthens cooperation between organizations to identify and prevent money laundering activities. Standard Operating Procedure (SOP): Developed standard operating procedures, spreadsheets, submission templates for financial institutions, and other materials needed to ensure program success.Training Materials: Created instructional materials and trained analysts on all aspects of the 314(a) project.