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 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 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 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 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.We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:Virtual Location - USA* Bachelor's Degree.* 2+ 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.* Fluency in Chinese or Korean language.* Availability to work a flexible schedule/shift, including weekends.* 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.* 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.* Experience with Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, and Excel.Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. Th