Compliance Specialist

Russell Tobin's client is hiring a Sanction Compliance Specialist in Austin, TX

Employment Type: Contract

Location: Hybrid, Austin, TX 78727

Pay rate: $36-$41/hr

Responsibilities:

• Assist Global Export and Sanctions Compliance team members in sanctions compliance activities by Conducting reviews and analysis of sanctions system alerts
• Conduct investigation of customers, business partners, and transactions in accordance with established policies and procedures and tools per SLAs
• Escalate unusual findings that might be related to sanctioned individuals, terrorist financing, law enforcement, or other criminal activities
• Conducting searches, gathering data, and recording evidence from internal systems, the internet, third party tools, commercial databases, and enquiry with business or compliance contacts within the organization.
• Accumulating and documenting relevant regarding transaction and screened parties’ facts from investigations so GESC can determine the necessary compliance steps
• Maintain thorough documentation of analysis performed.
• Cross-team cooperation and very good written and oral communication skills
• Support any special projects or critical casework.
• Interacting with relevant teams to raise awareness of sanctions trends, emerging issues, remedial actions, or enhancements to the program.
• Supporting record keeping and documentation efforts.
• Ability to multitask; must be organized and detail oriented

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
• Experience in reviews, investigation, and resolution of sanctions, money laundering, or terrorist financing issues.
• Experience using SAP GTS screening system and Accuity’s Compliance Link
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving techniques.
• Ability to apply sound ethical judgement
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Expertise and experience in OFAC/Sanctions Compliance laws and regulations
• Must be a self-starter, flexible, innovative, and adaptive
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively with company personnel
• Ability to meet aggressive timelines and in a compliance focused environment
• Proficiency in applications (Numbers, Pages, and Keynote) and MS Office applications (Excel and Word)
• Experience and knowledge of U.S. Export Administration Regulations is a plus

Benefits that Russell Tobin offers:

Russell Tobin offers eligible employees comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance, and hospital indemnity), a 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, identity theft protection, legal support, auto and home insurance, pet insurance, and employee discounts with some preferred vendors.