Sanction Strategy Expert - Global Payment

Responsibilities

Team Introduction
In line with the globalization strategy and vision of the company, the Global Payments team builds a platform to provide cross-border payment solutions for all ByteDance's products and services, that are growing rapidly worldwide.

What you'll do:

Sanction Strategy:
- Collaborate with business units to understand business models and transaction patterns. Detect suspicious sanction related transactions and develop effective control strategy.
- Understand customer profiles and design customer screening strategy.
- Collaborate with data and algorithm team members to build machine learning models and large language models applied in sanction control.
- Design and maintain effectiveness metrics and dashboards to assess rule performance.
- Support the development and ongoing enhancement of policies and procedures across the sanction control lifecycle, including strategy validation, system optimization, and underlying data analysis.

Product and Project Management:
- Coordinate with regional and global teams to support the implementation and refinement of sanction control.
- Apply sound professional judgment to independently resolve most issues, with discretion to manage complex problems.
- Leverage in-depth subject matter expertise and a strong understanding of industry best practices to contribute to strategy initiatives.
- Support strategy projects through applied project management skills and effective execution.
- Conduct data interpretation and analysis with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Provide informal mentoring or on-the-job training to new or less experienced team members as needed.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience in financial compliance roles within the fintech sector, with a focus on sanction compliance.
- Strong understanding of compliance risks specific to payment service providers and their business models.
- Familiarity with sanction-related data (e.g., KYC, customer, merchant, and transaction data).
- Practical knowledge of data analysis skills and familiarity with relevant toolings (e.g. SQL, Excel).
- Experience engaging with and understanding the requirements of multiple local regulators.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent; relevant compliance certifications (e.g., CAMS) are a plus.
- Strong analytical and research skills, proven problem-solving abilities, and the capacity to work under pressure with minimal supervision.
- Strong organizational skills, able to manage competing priorities and multi-task effectively.
- Global mindset and ability to work across cultures and diverse teams.