Sanctions Risk Specialist (Japanese), GBS - Denied Party Screening

Application deadline: Jul 28, 2026

About the role

Amazon seeks an experienced investigator to be part of a centralized Denied Party Screening team (DPS). Amazon has a diverse set of global businesses, and each business has compliance requirements across multiple areas, including Sellers, Retail, Trade, Human Resources, Tax, Social Responsibility, and others. While the responsibility for maintaining compliance is with the individual business areas, this team ensures an effective compliance program is in place to validate each business has identified their regulatory responsibilities and established effective processes, controls, and self-testing to understand the current status of compliance and identify gaps.

The Sanctions Risk Specialist position focuses on accomplishing production goals and works closely with the Operations Management Team in DPS. Individual problem-solving and analytical skills are used to authenticate and make determinations on customers and complex transactions and accounts. Nearly all decisions are expected to be made independently and with a high degree of accuracy following standard operating procedures (SOPs). This position performs holistic account review and investigations, assists with responding to audits and outside inquiries, offers guidance, feedback, and support for investigators and other operations team members working in Denied Parties and Sanctions compliance investigations. The role helps the business comply with applicable OFAC and other agencies' laws and regulations, investigate and mitigate risk, and adhere to company policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Investigate denied parties and sanctions potential matches that arise from Amazon’s screening solution to support various business units.
• Participate in ongoing customer due diligence.
• Assist in identifying gaps and training opportunities for escalations that come through the operations and compliance workflows.
• Assist with onboarding, training, and mentoring new hires.
• Drive operational metrics reconciliation with the DPS leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent work experience.
• Work a flexible schedule/shift/work area, including weekends, nights, and/or holidays.
• Speak, write, and read fluently in Japanese.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in suspicious activity monitoring, fraud investigations, or denied parties and sanctioned country screening within a large company or financial services environment.
• Working knowledge of U.S. denied parties and sanctioned country laws and regulations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities.
• Experience with Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• Experience working with geographically distributed teams within a complex international organization.
• Sense of accountability and sound professional judgment.
• Maintain individual accountability for performance metrics, ensuring ever-increasing levels of productivity and accuracy against established benchmarks.
• Ability to make decisions in a timely manner with incomplete or ambiguous information.
• Maintain the confidentiality of all information obtained during the investigations process.
• Ability to identify, communicate, and champion process improvement opportunities which will benefit internal and external customers.
• CAMs certification.
• High levels of integrity and discretion in handling confidential information.

About the team

Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why Amazon Security?
At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon’s products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.

Inclusive Team Culture
In Amazon Security, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.

Training & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is $55,600 - $97,400 USD annually. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, and option for Supplemental life plans).
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Mental Health Support.
• Medical Advice Line.
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage.
• 401(k) matching.
• Paid time off and parental leave.

Learn more about our benefits at amazon.jobs/en/benefits.