Director of Sanctions Compliance

FiveBy is a high-end anti-fraud and online security consultancy headquartered in Seattle with operations across the United States.

We are a motivated group of specialized professionals united under the mission to provide the programs, services, and expertise our clients need to protect their products and customers. With the ever-increasing risk of security breaches, identity fraud, espionage, online attacks, and other nefarious activities by bad actors, there has never been a better time to join the fight against online crime.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated Director of Sanctions Compliance to support our sanctions compliance services area. Our team is looking for a Director level leader to drive sustainable and scalable solutions for a complex sanctions and compliance programs. This role will come with a background in international trade arena and sanctions and create streamline processes, compliance scope and audit engagements across multiple online service’s offerings. As the Director of Sanctions Compliance, you will work directly with our client team channeling inquiries and providing guidance while offering resolution to key stakeholders.

Our ideal candidate must be a self-starter, be able to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously, own deliverables end to end, prioritize workload effectively and thrive in a dynamic environment. This individual must also work well under pressure to meet ongoing and overlapping deadlines with short time constraints and the added gravity of client SLA’s while leading teams with varying numbers of analysts and researchers.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Oversight, execution, and management of internal and external business goals related to sanctions compliance in international trade
• Build strong program-level practices to support scalable and repeatable efforts
• Customer and internal engagements for ad hoc compliance support
• Manage a measurable data governance framework with a focus on data quality improvements, process improvements and data security needs
• Define roles and responsibilities related to risk intelligence analysis and trade research which also ensure clear accountability
• Coordinate cross-functional stakeholder groups to make decisions about data needs and optimal solutions
• Manage resource assignment and prioritization of work for multiple project requests in support of our service offerings
• Earn trust through regular communication with senior management on status, risks and change control
• Hire, develop and mentor a team of risk analysts, program managers and trade researchers
• Ability to quickly ramp up on new technologies with a keen eye for detail and willingness to deep dive

Qualifications:

• Strong verbal/written communication and data presentation skills, including an ability to effectively communicate with both business and technical teams
• A passion for deeply understanding customer needs and enabling business
• Independently driven, resourceful, and able to deliver results with various levels of direction
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with developers, business owners, and senior business leaders
• 8+ years’ experience in sanctions compliance, money laundering & enhanced due diligence
• 12+ years’ experience in Program Management
• 5+ years of Management experience
• Should possess a strong understanding of how data is used to build business cases
• Experience using data driven business cases to direct and manage resources and requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in Global Policy, or equivalent work experience is preferred
• PMP (Project Management Professional) are preferred but not required.
• Basic awareness and experience working with information and data governance

FiveBy is an equal opportunity employer.

All employment decisions – including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge – are based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

Work environment and physical demands

In order to perform this role, the selected employee must be able to operate within a standard office environment, with or without reasonable accommodation. This includes the ability to withstand long periods of staring at a computer screen, exposure to fluorescent lights, and repetitive motion associated with writing and/or continuous computer use. This role requires the ability to stand or sit for long periods of time, communicate with others via speech or text, and use hands or other tools to operate a computer and keyboard. Light to moderate lifting may be required. Due to the nature of our work, employees must be able to uphold the stress of traveling to client sites as well as adapt (within reason) to the conditions of client sites. Regular, predictable attendance is required, as is the ability to work outside of standard business hours as business needs dictate.

Accommodation

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