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Guidehouse · 6 days ago

Senior Sanctions & Financial Systems Specialist

Washington, DC

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$98K/yr - $163K/yr

3+ years exp

Guidehouse is a management consulting firm, and they are seeking a Senior Sanctions & Financial Systems Specialist. The role involves analyzing requests for exceptions to sanctions, reviewing financial data, and drafting responses to licensing cases to support the Office of Foreign Assets Control's sanctions programs.

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No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Review and analyze requests for exceptions and authorizations to conduct transactions that are generally prohibited by existing U.S. Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions programs

Review and analyze a wide range of financial and business data included in license and exception applications across OFAC sanctions programs

Review, 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

Review pre-publication requests for sensitive or classified material

Prepare weekly meetings and progress reports for leadership review

Qualification

Sanctions experienceFinancial crimes analysisData analysis toolsOFAC licensing experienceForeign language skillsResearch skillsCommunication skillsTeam collaboration

Required

An ACTIVE and MAINTAINED 'TOP SECRET/SCI (TS/SCI)' Federal or DoD security clearance

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

Preferred

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

Public record and open-source databases such as Voyager, LexisNexis, CLEAR, and PACER

General knowledge of the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI) organizational structure, functions, sources, and types of records maintained

Foreign language skills pertinent to current sanctions programs (including but not limited to Arabic, Belarussian, Farsi, Russian, Spanish, and Ukrainian)