Sanctions Compliance Officer - Global Payment

- Provide trenched advice on onboarding decisions, transaction approvals, and exception handling; issue clear guidance and exception governance.

Training and Awareness
- Develop and deliver ongoing sanctions training programs for employees, including executives, with tailored content for different functions (compliance, product, engineering, risk, and operations).
- Promote a strong sanctions compliance culture through communications, dashboards, and awareness campaigns.

Data Quality, Analytics, and Reporting
- Maintain accurate, timely, and auditable sanctions data, metrics, and dashboards (e.g., number of screenings, alerts, escalations, remediation timeframes, and regulatory inquiries).
- Prepare periodic and on-demand sanctions risk reporting for senior leadership, the board, and regulators as required.

Incident Response and Remediation
- Lead investigations of potential sanctions violations or near-misses; coordinate with legal, security, and risk management to remediate root causes.
- Implement corrective actions and monitor effectiveness, ensuring evidence-based closure and regulatory-ready documentation.

Third-Party Risk and Sanctions
- Assess sanctions risk in third-party relationships, including vendors, payment processors, and international partners; design risk-based due diligence programs.
- Ensure appropriate screening of counterparties and end customers in correspondent banking and external partner ecosystems.

Compliance Documentation and Audit Readiness
- Maintain comprehensive, organized, and defensible records of sanctions activities, decisions, and regulatory interactions to support internal audits and regulatory examinations.
- Ensure remediation plans and corrective actions are tracked to closure with timely status updates.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree required
- 5+ years of hands-on sanctions/compliance experience within financial services, fintech, or related sectors.
- Demonstrated track record of working with US enforcement/regulatory agencies (notably OFAC) and responding to formal inquiries, examinations, or enforcement actions.
- Experience with sanctions screening technologies, transaction monitoring, KYC/AML processes, and risk-based decision-making.
- Prior involvement in incident investigations, escalations, and remediation efforts.
- In-depth knowledge of US sanctions authorities (OFAC, BSA/AML considerations) and relevant international regimes.

Preferred Qualifications:
- Legal background strongly preferred; admission to bar in the United States (active or in good standing) is a plus.
- Prior experience in a global or multi-jurisdictional sanctions program, with exposure to EU, UK, and other major regimes preferred.
- Strong analytical and risk assessment capabilities; ability to translate complex regulatory requirements into practical controls and business processes.
- Strong project management, organizational, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Proficiency with sanctions screening platforms, data analytics tools, and MS Office/GAAP dashboards; familiarity with RegTech solutions is a plus.
- Regulatory and Professional Certifications (preferred): CAMS (Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist) or equivalents, CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner) or other compliance certifications, Certifications or training related to sanctions (CFI or equivalent) are a plus.

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $166400 - $392000 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and

3. Exercising sound judgment.

Client-provided location(s): New York, NY

Job ID: TikTok-7595123857535764741

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2026-01-15T20:10:23