DESCRIPTIONAmazon seeks an experienced investigator superstar to be part of a centralized Denied Party Screening team (DPS).Amazon has a diverse set of global businesses, and each business has some level of 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 will ensure that 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 current status of compliance and identify gaps.The Sanctions Risk Specialist position focuses on accomplishing production goals and will work 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 (SOP\'s).This position performs a 2nd level review function of escalation decisions from the screening system, assists with responding to audits and outside inquiries, offers guidance, feedback and support for investigators and other operations team members working in denied entities/lists and Sanctions compliance investigations. The position will help the business comply with applicable OFAC and other agencies laws and regulations, investigate and mitigate risk, and adhere to company policies and procedures.Key job responsibilities
Investigate denied entities/lists and sanctions potential matches that arise from Amazon\'s screening solution to support various business units.
Participate in ongoing customer due diligence and KYC.
Assist in identifying gaps and training opportunities for escalations that come through the operations and compliance workflows.
Drive operational metrics reconciliation with the DPS leadership.
Analyze guidance and help identify remediations for identified gaps.
Consistently meet set goals and KPIs.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- Bachelor\'s degree is a must to apply for this position. Advanced working knowledge of MS Office Suite; in particular, Advanced Excel skills.
- Minimum 2 years experience in compliance, audit, research, sanctions compliance, due diligence, KYC or equivalent experience in other fields.
- Excellent written and spoken communication skills in Arabic and English languages are mandatory.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate complex issues concisely and clearly to both internal and external customers.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and take complex investigation decisions with little to no guidance.
- Effective work time prioritization to ensure productivity and utilization.
- Experience and discretion in handling confidential information.PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS- Analytical and problem solving skills with a can-do attitude and willingness to roll up sleeves.
- Experience working with geographically distributed teams within a complex international organization.
- Ability to identify, communicate, and champion process improvement opportunities timely.
- ACAMs certification.

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