Data Scientist / Data Analyst (OIG)

Culmen International LLC • Washington, DC

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Culmen International is seeking a Data Scientist / Data Analyst (OIG) to support the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) Office of Inspector General (OIG). This role provides advanced analytics in support of audits, evaluations, inspections, and investigative/law‑enforcement activities. The position is full‑time, on‑site in Washington, DC, with occasional ad‑hoc telework authorized by the COR.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in data science, statistics, mathematics, computer science, information systems, accounting, finance, economics, operations research, business analytics, or a closely related field
• Minimum 8 years of specialized experience in: data analytics, audit analytics, investigative analytics, fraud detection, forensic financial analysis, or similar fields
• Demonstrated ability to collect, clean, validate, integrate, and analyze complex datasets
• Demonstrated ability to develop dashboards, visualizations, and written analytic products
• Demonstrated ability to communicate methods, assumptions, and results clearly to stakeholders
• U.S. Citizenship
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance
• Ability to work on‑site at DFC Headquarters in Washington, DC (occasional ad‑hoc telework allowed)

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting a Federal Office of Inspector General, federal law enforcement, or audit organization
• Experience with investigations, hotline analysis, fraud‑risk modeling
• Experience with transaction tracing, anomaly detection, link analysis, entity resolution, timeline analysis
• Experience handling sensitive, nonpublic, or law‑enforcement‑sensitive information
• Advanced degree in a relevant field
• Professional certifications such as: CFE, CPA, CIA, CISA, CFF, or analytics/BI platform certifications

Responsibilities

• Receive and clarify analytic task requests from OIG stakeholders
• Define objectives, data needs, assumptions, and timelines
• Track milestones, deliverables, and risks
• Collect data from government systems and approved external sources
• Clean, normalize, validate, and transform structured and unstructured datasets
• Perform entity resolution, record linkage, and dataset integration
• Maintain documentation for reproducibility and defensibility
• Conduct risk‑based analytics, trend analysis, exception testing, and sampling support
• Prepare charts, tables, dashboards, and workpaper‑ready analytic products
• Perform financial/transactional analysis, tracing, anomaly detection, and link analysis
• Build timelines, geospatial analysis (when authorized), and investigative visualizations
• Prepare analytical summaries for case development, affidavits, subpoenas, and prosecution support
• Apply statistical methods, classification, clustering, forecasting, and anomaly detection
• Develop and validate machine learning models (when approved)
• Conduct NLP, document analytics, and graph/network analysis
• Develop dashboards for audit risk monitoring, investigative trends, hotline analytics, and oversight metrics
• Produce heat maps, link diagrams, geospatial maps, and executive briefings
• Work with law‑enforcement sensitive, procurement‑sensitive, and controlled unclassified information
• Follow all DFC OIT security and privacy requirements
• Document scripts, workflows, and model logic
• Provide training, demonstrations, and user guides

Benefits

• Exceptional Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance, premiums for employees are 100% paid by Culmen, and dependent coverage is available at a nominal rate (including same or opposite sex domestic partners)
• 401k – Vested immediately and 4% match
• Life insurance and disability paid by the company
• Supplemental Insurance Available
• Opportunities for Training and Continuing Education
• 12 Paid Holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior