Legal Collections Specialist
About The Position
We need a Legal Collections Specialist at the U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of California (USAO NDCA). The USAO NDCA's Financial Litigation Program (FLP) is responsible for the collection of criminal and civil debts owed to the United States and victims of crime. In this role, you will provide financial analysis and investigative services to support Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) and FLP staff in debt collection activities, including conducting financial investigations, analyzing complex financial records, tracing the movement of funds, identifying assets, preparing detailed reports, and drafting written discovery.
Requirements
- Three (3) years of Accounting OR Financial Management experience; Federal Government environment experience preferred
- Knowledge of financial analysis for individuals, companies, and partnerships including financial statements, tax returns, and bank records
- Knowledge of business entity structures including corporations, partnerships, LLCs, family trusts, and estate-planning trusts
- Knowledge of debt collection techniques including garnishment, execution, and appointment of receivers
- Knowledge of budget allocation, execution, and administration processes
- Ability to assess products and procedures for compliance with government standards and accounting principles
- Familiarity with activity-based costing, business case analysis, and outsourcing requirements
- Familiarity with interrelationships between financial management requirements and automated solutions
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, and online computer databases
- Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with AUSAs, staff, supervisors, and external parties
Responsibilities
- Conduct financial analyses of individual, partnership, and corporate judgment debtors
- Determine collectability of assets through detailed review of financial statements and credit reports
- Review tax returns, insurance information, real property escrow and lending materials, and bank statements
- Trace the movement of funds and identify assets available to satisfy judgments
- Assess a debtor's ability to make payments based on financial review findings
- Prepare detailed written financial analysis reports for AUSAs and FLP staff
- Draft clear conclusions regarding collectability with emphasis on assets readily available to pay judgments
- Identify assets recoverable under the Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act
- Provide recommendations regarding further investigatory action in written reports
- Draft interrogatories, requests for production of documents, and subpoenas
- Direct discovery to debtors, family members, businesses, banks, brokerages, title insurers, and lenders
- Obtain and evaluate results from computerized database searches and public records
- Review judgment and lien information, Secretary of State filings, and SEC filings
- Monitor and track obligation and expenditure of funds and detect and reconcile fiscal discrepancies
- Develop work breakdown structures and prepare charts, tables, graphs, and diagrams
- Provide verbal reports to AUSAs, support staff, and division supervisors as needed
- Prepare and deliver monthly invoices to the Project Officer and Contracting Officer via email and hard copy
- Provide ancillary office support functions in support of Financial Litigation Program operations
Benefits
- Health & Welfare benefits contribution as required under the Service Contract Act (SCA)
- Health, dental and vision insurance coverage
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
