Criminal Investigator (Special Agent) Direct Hire

## IRS Special Agent

Join the Internal Revenue Service as a Special Agent, investigating complex criminal violations related to financial and business practices.

### Core Responsibilities:

• Conduct criminal investigations into suspected fraud and other financial crimes.
• Collect, assemble, and develop facts, evidence, and pertinent data using various investigative techniques, including personal interviews.
• Analyze and evaluate evidence to draw sound conclusions.
• Prepare comprehensive oral and written investigative reports and presentations.
• Investigate and analyze accounting or auditing of business and commercial practices.
• (GL-09 level adds): Gather intelligence, analyze raw data, investigate complex claims, potentially appear in court, and investigate computerized business/accounting systems.

### Qualification Requirements: Experience may be gained in the public sector, private sector, or through volunteer service.

• *GL-07 Level:**
• **Experience:** One year of specialized experience (equivalent to GL-05 federal service) in criminal investigations. This includes exercising tact, initiative, judgment in collecting evidence, conducting interviews, writing reports, analyzing evidence, *with a focus on accounting/auditing of business practices*.
• **Education (substitute for experience):**

* One full year of graduate-level education (must have Bachelor's degree) or * Bachelor's degree with Superior Academic Achievement (SAA). * Both education options require: At least 15 semester/23 quarter hours in accounting PLUS an additional 9 semester/14 quarter hours from fields like business law, economics, finance, tax law, or money and banking.

• *GL-09 Level:**
• **Experience:** One year of specialized experience (equivalent to GL-07 federal service) in criminal investigations. This experience must be sufficient to demonstrate the ability to gather intelligence, analyze raw data, prepare comprehensive reports, and investigate *complex* claims involving suspected crimes or fraud, *with a focus on accounting/auditing of business practices*.
• **Education (substitute for experience):**

* Two full years of progressively higher-level graduate education, a Master's degree, or equivalent graduate degree (e.g., LLB or JD). * Requires: At least 15 semester/23 quarter hours in accounting PLUS an additional 9 semester/14 quarter hours from fields like finance, economics, money and banking, tax law, or business law.

• *Combination:** You may qualify based on a combination of experience and education.

### Special Requirements:

• **Maximum Entry Age:** Must be referred for selection by the date immediately preceding your 37th birthday (exceptions for prior federal law enforcement or preference-eligible veterans).
• **Physical:** Pass a medical examination. This role involves moderate to arduous physical exertion, use of firearms, exposure to weather, and requires manual dexterity and full function of arms, hands, legs, and feet.
• **Vision:** Specific requirements for near, distant, depth, peripheral vision, and color distinction. Refractive surgery requires specific documentation.
• **Hearing:** Hearing loss must not exceed 30 decibels in either ear across key frequencies; must hear whispered voice at 15 feet without aid.
• **Other Medical:** Must possess emotional and mental stability. All medical requirements must be met at the initial examination/test.

Further details on qualification standards are available via OPM.