Sanction Strategy Expert Global Payment

TikTok; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global technology company in Singapore is seeking a Sanction Strategy Expert to enhance their cross-border payment solutions. The role requires over 5 years in financial compliance within the fintech sector, strong analytical skills, and familiarity with KYC data. Key responsibilities include collaborating with teams to detect suspicious transactions, developing control strategies, and enhancing compliance policies. Candidates should have a bachelor's degree or equivalent and experience engaging with regulators.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in financial compliance roles within the fintech sector.
• Strong understanding of compliance risks specific to payment service providers.
• Familiarity with sanction-related data and practical knowledge of data analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business units to understand transaction patterns.
• Detect suspicious transactions and develop effective control strategies.
• Support the development and enhancement of policies across the sanction control lifecycle.

Skills

Financial compliance experience

Analytical skills

Data analysis skills

KYC knowledge

Understanding compliance risks

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

SQL

Excel

Job description

Team Introduction

In line with the globalization strategy and vision of the company, the Global Payments team builds a platform to provide cross-border payment solutions for all ByteDance's products and services, that are growing rapidly worldwide.

Sanction Strategy

• Collaborate with business units to understand business models and transaction patterns.
• Detect suspicious sanction related transactions and develop effective control strategy.
• Understand customer profiles and design customer screening strategy.
• Collaborate with data and algorithm team members to build machine learning models and large language models applied in sanction control.
• Design and maintain effectiveness metrics and dashboards to assess rule performance.
• Support the development and ongoing enhancement of policies and procedures across the sanction control lifecycle, including strategy validation, system optimization, and underlying data analysis.

Product and Project Management

• Coordinate with regional and global teams to support the implementation and refinement of sanction control.
• Apply sound professional judgment to independently resolve most issues, with discretion to manage complex problems.
• Leverage in-depth subject matter expertise and a strong understanding of industry best practices to contribute to strategy initiatives.
• Support strategy projects through applied project management skills and effective execution.
• Conduct data interpretation and analysis with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Provide informal mentoring or on-the-job training to new or less experienced team members as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in financial compliance roles within the fintech sector, with a focus on sanction compliance.
• Strong understanding of compliance risks specific to payment service providers and their business models.
• Familiarity with sanction-related data (., KYC, customer, merchant, and transaction data).
• Practical knowledge of data analysis skills and familiarity with relevant toolings (. SQL, Excel).
• Experience engaging with and understanding the requirements of multiple local regulators.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent; relevant compliance certifications (., CAMS) are a plus.
• Strong analytical and research skills, proven problem-solving abilities, and the capacity to work under pressure with minimal supervision.
• Strong organizational skills, able to manage competing priorities and multi-task effectively.
• Global mindset and ability to work across cultures and diverse teams.

Sanction Strategy Expert Global Payment • Singapore