Sanction Screening Specialist

Responsibilities

• Serve as the lead within IBKR’s Global Sanctions Team to design, write, tune, and maintain sanctions screening rules and matching logic within the Fircosoft platform.
• Analyze large alert populations, false positives, and screening outcomes to identify optimization opportunities and improve screening effectiveness and efficiency, including through the use of emerging technology.
• Support the full rule lifecycle including requirements gathering, development, testing, implementation and post-production validation.
• Work closely with Global Sanctions, Operations, Cashiering, and Programming teams on screening enhancements and production deployments.
• Support tuning initiatives relating to fuzzy matching, stop word logic, and screening algorithms.
• Maintain technical and governance documentation relating to rule logic, tuning methodologies, and implementation procedures.
• Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency, screening quality, and alert management processes.

Qualifications & Skills

• Basic Qualifications: At least five years of experience supporting sanctions screening, AML technology, or financial crime compliance systems within a financial institution, broker-dealer, fintech, or bank.
• Strong hands-on experience with Fircosoft Continuity.
• Demonstrated experience writing, tuning, testing and implementing Fircosoft screening rules.
• Strong understanding of sanctions screening concepts including fuzzy matching, threshold scoring, and false positive reduction methodologies.
• Strong analytical skills with ability to assess large datasets and alert populations.
• Able to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Bachelor's Degree is required, with coursework in information systems, political science, international relations, economics, or financial crime preferred.
• PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: CGSS, CSS, CAMS or similar certification, familiarity with SWIFT MT/MX messaging and payment screening workflows, experience with SQL, scripting, or data analysis tools used to support screening initiatives, self-motivated and able to handle tasks with minimal supervision, superb analytical and problem-solving skills, excellent collaboration and communication (verbal and written) skills, outstanding organizational and time management skills.

Company Benefits & Perks

• Competitive salary, annual performance-based bonus, and stock grant awards
• 401(k) retirement plan with competitive company match
• Excellent health and wellness benefits, including medical, dental, and vision benefits. 100% employer-paid medical premiums, with generous employer contributions to dental & vision plans as well.
• Wellness screening and assessments, health coaches, and counseling services through an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Generous paid parental leave (up to 16 weeks paid parental leave for eligible employees)
• Company-paid basic life insurance, accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D), and short- and long-term disability coverage
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care, and Commuter FSAs)
• Quarterly fitness stipend to offset costs associated with traditional gym and fitness memberships or fees
• Education reimbursement and professional development opportunities
• Legal services, telehealth access, and voluntary insurance options
• Backup child and adult care support through Care.com
• Daily lunch allowance and fully stocked kitchen with healthy breakfast and snack options