Employee Benefits Investigator
What you'd do
EBSA plays a vital role in protecting the retirement, health, and other job-based benefits of America's workers, retirees, and their families. We issue effective regulations, offer comprehensive education and assistance to workers, plan sponsors, fiduciaries, and service providers, and rigorously enforce the law. We serve workers, families, and the broader employee benefits community by protecting the security and integrity of the nation's benefit systems.
Major duties
The Investigator supports senior investigators and management by conducting policy, program, and case-related research, and by gathering and analyzing data relevant to assigned matters. The role is responsible for planning, directing, and administering an enforcement program designed to ensure compliance with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and applicable criminal provisions of the United States Code as they relate to employee benefit plans. Major duties for this position include but are not limited to: Plan, lead, and conduct technical civil and criminal investigations involving employee benefit plans, service providers, fiduciaries, financial institutions, and related entities to assess compliance with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and related laws. Determine investigative scope, objectives, strategies, evidence needs, applicable statutory provisions, records to review, interviews to conduct, and whether subpoenas or other investigative tools are needed. Review and analyze plan operations, financial controls, transactions, investments, records, and fiduciary conduct to identify violations, assess impact on plan participants, and determine appropriate enforcement actions. Prepare comprehensive investigative reports, work papers, findings, legal/regulatory analyses, and recommendations for voluntary compliance, civil litigation, criminal prosecution, penalties, settlement, or case closure. For a specific office address, please see EBSA Offices. The advertised salary reflects the minimum and maximum pay for the listed locations. Upon selection, the salary will be set in accordance with the selectee's assigned duty location.
What you need to qualify
You must meet the Specialized Experience to qualify for the Employee Benefits Investigator position, as described below. Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, GS-12 in the Federal Service. Specialized Experience is the experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform the duties of the position successfully, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level. Qualifying specialized experience for this GS-13 position includes (applicants must meet three out of the five statements): Experience planning, leading, and conducting civil and/or criminal investigations involving employee benefit plans, fiduciaries, service providers, financial institutions, or related entities. Experience applying and interpreting ERISA and related federal or state civil/criminal laws, regulations, advisory opinions, exemptions, court decisions, and rules of evidence. Experience reviewing and analyzing plan operations, financial records, accounting systems, transactions, investments, reporting/disclosure documents, and internal controls to identify violations or fiduciary breaches. Experience preparing well-documented investigative reports, work papers, evidentiary materials, analyses, findings, and recommendations for corrective action, litigation, prosecution, penalties, settlement, or case closure. Experience coordinating investigations with attorneys, prosecutors, law enforcement or regulatory agencies, and negotiating with plan officials, fiduciaries, attorneys, or other representatives to obtain compliance or remedial action.
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