Affirmative Civil Enforcement; ACE Investigator

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$51,435.30/yr - $66,131.10/yr

Employment Type:

Full-Time, Experienced

Department:
Legal Services

CGS is seeking an experienced ACE Investigator with extensive knowledge and skills in investigative techniques and fraud detection to provide assistance for a large Federal agency initiative. CGS brings motivated, highly skilled, and creative people together to solve the government’s most dynamic problems with cutting-edge technology. To carry out our mission, we are seeking candidates who are excited to contribute to government innovation, appreciate collaboration, and can anticipate the needs of others.

Here at CGS, we offer an environment in which our employees feel supported, and we encourage professional growth through various learning opportunities.

• Generate new investigations and continue ongoing investigations and civil actions involving fraud in areas such as healthcare, contracting, and grants, as well as other fraud and abuse of federal public funds and programs.
• Regularly meet with the ACE attorneys and designated agency personnel for the purpose of generating fraud investigations.
• Perform a variety of ancillary investigation‑related services in direct support of any assigned fraud.
• Utilize electronic databases such as public records, property records, business records, and other government‑maintained databases to identify documents, witnesses and other physical evidence.
• Prepare reports on progress of investigations for use by AUSAs and supervisory attorneys, including findings, analyses, presentations and recommendations.
• Examine books, ledgers, payrolls, cost reports, billing statements, invoices, correspondence, computer data, and other records pertaining to the transactions, events, or allegations under investigation.
• Perform sophisticated analyses of large‑scale hard‑copy and electronic data, such as health care claims data, financial transaction data, accounting records, or bank records to develop investigative leads and determine their potential relevance to the allegations at issue.
• Gather and analyze facts including witness statements, timelines, and scientific or technical data to advance investigative objectives.
• Develop and analyze evidence, and collect information relating to such evidence or other legal matters to determine patterns of operations and recommend approaches to the AUSAs or investigative team.
• Assist ACE AUSAs with in‑person and/or telephonic interviews of witnesses, depositions, and sworn witness examinations.
• Assist with the preparation and service of subpoenas for documentary materials, interrogatory answers, or witness testimony in connection with ACE investigations.
• Develop an understanding of all applicable federal, state, or local laws to make sound decisions on direction and scope of investigations.
• Assist with determining the most efficacious methods for planning, scheduling, and conducting investigations, and identify any required resources.
• Perform other related ACE investigator duties as assigned and within scope.
• Attend meetings and trainings as required and appropriate.

• Computer
  
  Skills:
  
  Ability to use MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, MS Access, and other databases as well as Adobe Acrobat Professional. Experience with document review/management platforms such as Relativity, analyzing spreadsheets of claims data, and utilizing docketing software is a plus.
• Ability to review and understand the import of a wide variety of documents, both legal and non‑legal, including Motions and Briefs.
• Ability to think independently and to develop investigative strategies in response to the needs of a specific case.
• Strong communication skills; work and interact professionally and effectively with all levels of staff.
• Ability to meet established deadlines and work as a team player in a professional office.
• Skill in meeting and dealing with people in a…