Senior Mentor - Investigations & Financial Intelligence

Position Summary

The Senior Mentor - Investigations & Financial Intelligence serves as the program's lead advisor on investigations, financial intelligence, anti-money laundering, and counter terrorist financing. The Senior Mentor provides strategic guidance and operational mentorship to partner nation FIUs, investigators, prosecutors, customs authorities, and specialized law enforcement units responsible for identifying, investigating, and disrupting illicit financial networks associated with illicit gold mining and terrorist financing.

The Senior Mentor operates as both a technical expert and capability architect. Responsibilities include designing technical assistance packages, developing curricula and training materials, mentoring partner institutions, and recruiting and supervising specialized trainers, investigators, and advisors deployed in support of country interventions.

Primary Responsibilities

• Advise partner nation institutions on financial investigations, AML/CFT, and counter terrorist financing.

• Support FIU development, financial intelligence workflows, suspicious transaction analysis, and investigative methodologies.

• Design and deliver training curricula, workshops, and case-based mentoring.

• Develop operational pathways linking investigative leads to prosecutions and broader network disruption.

• Recruit and supervise specialized trainers and technical advisors.

• Support cross-border cooperation and information sharing related to illicit financial flows.

• Advise on sanctions evasion, trade-based money laundering, and emerging financial threats.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of experience in financial crimes investigations, AML/CFT, or counter threat finance.

• Experience working with FIUs, prosecutors, customs authorities, financial investigators

• Demonstrated expertise in complex criminal investigations and financial intelligence.

• Experience with trade-based money laundering, sanctions, and cryptocurrency investigations preferred.

• Experience designing and delivering technical assistance or institutional capacity-building programs.

• Demonstrated ability to translate strategic analysis into operational interventions and partner nation action plans.

• Prior service with federal law enforcement, Treasury, financial intelligence, or prosecutorial organizations strongly preferred.

• Spanish language proficiency desired but not required.

This position is contingent upon proposal award and client approval.