Guidehouse

Technical SETA SME - Financial Intelligence

Guidehouse$115K — $172K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Active TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
  • Master's degree
  • 5+ years in geoeconomics and related fields
  • Experience in financial intelligence methodologies
  • Proficiency in quantitative modeling for economic security

Responsibilities

  • Provide analytical and research support for government R&D programs
  • Serve as a subject matter expert in geoeconomics and financial intelligence
  • Translate complex financial concepts into actionable insights
  • Assist sponsors through briefings and workshops
  • Integrate diverse data sources for analysis and decision-making

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Personal and family sick time and paid holidays
  • Parental leave and adoption assistance
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Tuition reimbursement and personal development opportunities
  • Short-term and long-term disability coverage
  • Emergency back-up childcare program
Full Job Description
Job Family:
Subject Matter Experts - Professional (SMP)

Travel Required:
Up to 10%

Clearance Required:
Active Top Secret SCI with Polygraph

What You Will Do:

The Technical SETA will provide analytical, economic-security, and research-support expertise across the full lifecycle of government R&D programs-from concept development and source selection through execution, evaluation, transition, and closeout. In this role, the Technical SETA will serve as a subject-matter expert in geoeconomics, financial-intelligence methodologies, and sanctions-related analytics, supporting sponsors through briefings, workshops, interagency engagements, and technical assessments. The SETA will translate complex quantitative, regulatory, and financial-intelligence concepts into actionable insights, enabling rigorous program design, strategic decision-making, and high-impact research and mission outcomes.

What You Will Need:
  • An ACTIVE and MAINTAINED TS/SCI Federal or DoD security clearance with a polygraph
  • Master's degree
  • FIVE (5) or more years of work experience including, but not be limited to:
    • Applied experience in geoeconomics, including: supply chain analysis, strategic trade flows, sanctions regimes, foreign direct investment, state backed economic coercion
    • Expertise in financial intelligence methodologies, including: network analysis, beneficial ownership mapping, corporate registry exploitation, trade based money laundering detection, financial data fusion
    • Experience with quantitative modeling and analytic methods relevant to economic security, including: network analysis, econometrics, statistical inference, Monte Carlo methods, machine learning for anomaly detection
    • Direct experience supporting CFT/AML missions across government or the national security community, with familiarity in:
      emerging typologies, cross border capital movement patterns, illicit finance risk assessment frameworks
    • Working knowledge of statutory and regulatory regimes, including: BSA/AML, OFAC sanctions, export controls (ITAR/EAR), CFIUS, authorities used in economic statecraft and foreign influence mitigation
    • Strong analytic experience integrating heterogeneous data sources, including: financial records, trade data, customs and shipping data, open source economic indicators, corporate registries and datasets, alternative/nontraditional data, anomalous pattern identification, adversarial behavior detection
    • Understanding of emerging digital assets ecosystems and architectures, including: CBDCs, stablecoins, blockchain analytics, cross border payments infrastructure, relevance for sanctions evasion and AML
    • Background in scenario design, wargaming, or red team analysis, with focus on: geoeconomic competition, economic shocks, sanctions escalation, critical resource disruption
    • Managing multi disciplinary research or test/evaluation programs
    • Creating program plans, WBS structures, milestone schedules
    • Technical evaluation and assessment techniques


What Would Be Nice to Have:
  • PhD in science, technology, engineering, mathematics or related field
  • Experience in the Intelligence Community (IC), including requirements, CONOPS, and transition
  • Experience managing a multi-disciplinary R&D or T&E team
  • Experience as a Project Manager or Deputy Project Manager
  • Experience editing scientific articles, papers, and presentations for a wide range of audiences


The annual salary range for this position is $115,200.00-$172,800.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:
  • Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
  • Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
  • Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
  • Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Basic Life & Supplemental Life
  • Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
  • Student Loan PayDown
  • Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
  • Skills Development & Certifications
  • Employee Referral Program
  • Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
  • Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
  • Mobility Stipend


About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is a management consulting firm headquartered in Washington, D.C. The firm provides consulting services to clients in the public and commercial sectors, with a focus on energy, financial services, healthcare, national security, and aerospace and defense. Guidehouse was founded in 2018 as a spin-off from PwC. The firm has over 7,000 employees and operates in more than 50 locations worldwide.
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