Senior Sanctions & Financial Systems Specialist

About the role

This position involves reviewing and analyzing requests for exceptions and authorizations to conduct transactions that are generally prohibited by OFAC sanctions programs. It also includes drafting responses to potential exception requests and preparing weekly meetings and progress reports.

Responsibilities

• Review and analyze requests for exceptions and authorizations to conduct transactions that are generally prohibited by existing OFAC sanctions programs.
• Analyze and process older licensing cases across OFAC sanctions programs to reduce the backlog and better serve OFAC's customers.
• Draft responses to potential exception requests, including but not limited to license denials, interpretive guidance, or return without action letters.
• Research, analyze, and document complex financial, trade, and other business activities from a variety of sources, including commercial and open sources, to support sanctions programs.
• Prepare weekly meetings and progress reports for leadership review.

Requirements

• An ACTIVE and MAINTAINED Top Secret Federal clearance; once onboarded, must upgrade and maintain a Top Secret with SCI (TS/SCI) Federal security clearance.
• A Bachelor's Degree; FOUR (4) years of additional professional experience in lieu of Bachelor's.
• THREE (3) or more years of sanctions experience to include financial crimes, or other relevant experience.
• Ability to work full-time in a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) at the client site in Washington, DC.

Qualifications

• A deep understanding of comprehensive and sectoral sanctions programs, for example related to Russia/Ukraine/Belarus, Iran (including proliferation and terrorism), transnational illicit finance, or narcotics trafficking.
• Knowledge of methods, techniques and subject matter analysis applied to sanctions programs and investigations, plus skills in researching, collecting, and analyzing large amounts of raw data from various databases.
• Experience analyzing and investigating sanctions and financial crimes.
• Prior experience working in or with OFAC and/or related sanctions, law enforcement, and intelligence task forces.
• Prior experience with the submission or receipt of OFAC licensing and exception requests, whether on behalf of public or private sector bodies.
• Data and link analysis experience inclusive of common tools such as i2 Analyst’s Notebook, Palantir, Tableau, and Gephi.
• Prior experience with foreign language skills pertinent to current sanctions programs (including but not limited to Arabic, Belarussian, Farsi, Russian, Spanish, and Ukrainian).

Skills

• None specified

Benefits

• The annual salary range for this position is $98,000.00-$163,000.00.
• Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Pay

• The annual salary range for this position is $98,000.00-$163,000.00.

Schedule

• Full-time