- Where
- Sunnyvale, CA or New York, NY (hybrid), CA, United States · Hybrid
- Level
- Mid
Sunnyvale, CA or New York, NY Location: Sunnyvale, CA or New York, NY (hybrid)
Employment Type: Contract
About the Company
Our client is a leading global fintech and digital payments company that serves merchants and consumers in international markets. Its U.S. Risk & Compliance team is growing and needs a hands-on analyst for global trade compliance risk operations.
What You’ll Do
Handle the full range of trade compliance risk work: sanctions alert review, checking merchant activity against prohibited and restricted business policies, export control reviews, and merchant investigations
Run your own risk reviews at onboarding, during ongoing monitoring, and on escalated referrals. You’ll look at merchant profiles, transaction activity, alert history, and supporting documents
Support Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) filings, regulatory reporting, and audit requests by analyzing cases, gathering information, and drafting case summaries and narratives
Spot operational gaps and recurring risk patterns, and recommend practical improvements to risk rules, models, SOPs, and workflows
Work with Compliance, Customer Support, Business Development, Strategy, and regional Risk/Operations teams on escalations, information requests, and day-to-day issues
What We’re Looking For
2+ years in Risk, AML, Compliance, Fraud, or related operations at a fintech, bank, payments company, e-commerce platform, MSB, or other financial services firm
Hands-on experience in one or more of: KYC/KYB, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, merchant risk review, EDD, SAR preparation, or regulatory reporting
Strong investigative and analytical skills, sound judgment, and close attention to detail
Comfortable pulling and analyzing data; SQL, Excel, or BI tools preferred
Able to work independently, juggle several priorities, and collaborate across teams and time zones
Excellent written and spoken English; Mandarin Chinese is a plus
Bachelor’s degree or higher in Finance, Accounting, Legal Studies, Economics, Business, Data Analytics, or a related field
CAMS or an equivalent certification preferred