Job opening: Futures Trading Investigator
Salary: $142 599 - 209 458 per year
Published at: Mar 04 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is located in the Division of Enforcement (DOE) and the incumbent serves as a Futures Trading Investigator responsible for conducting reviews and analysis of possible violations of the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC regulations, including price manipulation, illegal trade practices on any contract market regulated by the Commission. This position is located in Chicago, IL.
Duties
As a Futures Trading Investigator within the Division of Enforcement, at the full performance level, the incumbent performs a variety of investigative, analytical, and forensic duties in support of the Commission's enforcement program. Responsibilities include planning and conducting selected investigations into possible violations of the Act and Commission Regulations, such as manipulation, fraud, and illegal trade practices involving futures contracts, leverage contracts, off-exchange foreign currency contracts, options, swaps, and digital assets; drafting memoranda and detailed investigative reports concerning possible violations of the Act and Regulations; and providing technical assistance to enforcement attorneys in the prosecution of administrative and civil enforcement actions.
Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship
- Background/Security Investigation
- Males born after 12-31-1959 must be registered for Selective Service
Qualifications
Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience at the next lower grade level equivalent to CT/GS-12 in the Federal service, or comparable experience. Specialized experience is defined:
Experience investigating derivatives, digital assets, securities, and/or physical commodities or participants who regularly use such products;
Experience auditing derivatives, digital assets, securities, and/or physical commodities or participants who regularly use such products; or
Experience regulating derivatives, digital assets, securities, and/or physical commodities or participants who regularly use such products.
Selections will be made at the CT-13 grade level with promotion potential to CT-14.
Education
Equivalent combinations of education and experience are qualifying for all grade levels for which both education and experience are acceptable.
Contacts
- Address Commodity Futures Trading Commission
CFTC
Three Lafayette Centre
1155 21st Street, NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20581
United States
- Name: Tiffany Williford
- Phone: 202-418-5804
- Email: [email protected]
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