Assistant General Counsel

4 weeks ago


Washington, United States Treasury, Departmental Offices Full time

While assignments among Assistant General Counsels are flexible and the General Counsel changes duties from time to time, the assignments of this Assistant General Counsel presently include the following:

Responsibility for the direction of all legal activities of the Office of General Counsel in the areas of: all aspects of the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI), which includes the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the Office of Intelligence and Analysis (OIA), the Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes (TFFC), and Treasury's Executive Office for Asset Forfeiture (TEOAF). The work of TFI includes efforts to protect the U.S. and global financial systems against illicit use and to combat rogue nations, terrorist facilitators, weapons of mass destruction proliferators, money launderers, narcotics traffickers, and other national security threats through the administration of economic sanctions under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), among other laws, and implementation of the Bank Secrecy Act.

Additionally, the work of TFI also includes OIA, an intelligence community element, and TEOAF, which administers certain proceeds of asset forfeiture. Finally, the incumbent supervises and directs legal support for all Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) matters.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The duties normally performed in carrying out these assignments include:
Working with and making recommendations directly to the Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI), the Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes (TFFC), the Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis (OIA), the Director of TEOAF, and Director of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB);
Supervising the provision of legal advice to TFI and TTB through the Chief Counsels of OFAC, FinCEN, and TTB, and the Legal Counsels of OIA and TEOAF.
Setting up or directing broad legal programs (and not merely the adjudication of individual cases);
Coordinating the legal activities of the office within Treasury and with other Departments and Agencies;
Formulating recommendations for legislation, rulemakings, enforcement actions, and guidance; and
Making decisions on legal matters involving the exercise of judgment and discretion as well as the legal analysis of issues.



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