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Senior Risk Investigator – Sanctions
Mercury
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • California, New York, Oregon • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $135,900 - $188,700 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
Swift
About the role
- Lead and execute high-complexity investigations end-to-end - spanning onboarding, transaction monitoring, sanctions, PEP/adverse media, and export control risk.
- Develop and mature program controls for sanctions and export controls (e.g., dual-use identification, escalation standards, documentation, runbooks).
- Drive high-impact quality initiatives and process redesigns that improve speed, accuracy, and customer experience across sanctions operations.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Legal, Compliance, Product, Engineering, and Data to deliver system and control improvements that scale.
- Serve as a subject-matter expert, advising on new product flows, edge cases, and control design to ensure end-to-end coverage.
- Mentor and elevate teammates, provide quality assurance feedback, and partner with leadership to raise the bar for analytical rigor and communication.
- Deliver regulatory-ready documentation (case notes, decision rationales, memos) that withstand audit, exam, and internal review.
- Contribute to reporting and compliance obligations, including sanctions reporting (e.g., blocked property) and internal risk memos.
Requirements
- 6+ years in financial crimes, sanctions, or related investigative roles (8-10 years total professional experience).
- Deep familiarity with OFAC and international sanctions regimes; exposure to export control frameworks (EAR, ITAR).
- Strong investigative and analytical toolkit (open-source research, link analysis, adverse media, beneficial ownership tracing).
- Exceptional writing and documentation skills - can synthesize complex information into clear, defensible decisions.
- Track record of driving cross-functional improvements that balance compliance rigor with customer experience.
- ACAMS, CFCS, or ACSS/CGSS certification preferred.
- Familiarity with payment and funds-transfer systems (ACH, wire, SWIFT, card, P2P, etc.) preferred.
Benefits
- Base salary
- equity
- benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
investigative rolessanctionsexport control frameworksopen-source researchlink analysisadverse mediabeneficial ownership tracingregulatory documentationsanctions reportingcompliance obligations
Soft skills
analytical rigorcommunicationmentoringquality assurancecross-functional collaborationprocess redesigncustomer experiencesynthesizing complex informationdriving improvementsdecision making
Certifications
ACAMSCFCSACSSCGSS
