Sanctions Compliance Financial Intelligence Unit Head

Facebook; New York (NY); On-site; USD 170,000 - 242,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking a leader for its FinTech Sanctions Compliance Team in New York. The role involves managing investigations to ensure compliance with U.S. and international sanctions laws, overseeing a team, and collaborating with various stakeholders. Candidates should have extensive experience in financial crime investigations and team management, with a strong background in sanctions regulations.

Benefits

Bonus

Equity

Comprehensive benefits package

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in financial crime investigations, especially sanctions.
• 5+ years managing a compliance investigations team.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage and supervise a team conducting sanctions investigations.
• Oversee quality results across First and Second Lines of Defense.
• Monitor investigations volumes and ensure compliance with SLAs.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Problem Solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in political science, international policy, or business management

Advanced degree in political science, international policy, or business management (preferred)

Job description

**Summary:**

As a leader on the Meta FinTech Sanctions Compliance Team, you will be managing and supervising a team conducting sanctions related investigations in order to protect Meta’s platforms from being abused by sanctioned actors. In carrying out this work, you will perform and direct investigations and enforcement actions, oversee and set standards for sanctions investigation and escalations management processes, and implement technical solutions to support investigations and the oversight of screening alerts. At times, you will work collaboratively with a dynamic group of internal and cross-functional stakeholders, including but not limited to Legal, Product, Engineering, Finance and Marketing. In doing so, you will help Meta to achieve its mission to "make the world more open and connected" while maintaining its commitment to sanctions compliance. Meta is committed to complying with international and U.S. sanctions laws and regulations. These governing laws and regulations may include without limitation the rules and regulations overseen by the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) and other international sanctions regimes and bodies.

**Required Skills:**

Sanctions Compliance Financial Intelligence Unit Head Responsibilities:

1. Apply sanctions regulatory knowledge and investigative acumen to overseeing sanctions related investigations across Meta’s products, services and business operations, ensuring compliance with applicable policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.

2. Manage and supervise a team of investigators, providing guidance, coaching and training to ensure effective investigative output and ongoing career development.

3. Monitor investigations volumes across First and Second Lines of Defense, ensuring alerts are investigated within established service level agreements (SLAs)

4. Oversee quality results across First and Second Lines of Defense to hold sanctions investigations to sufficiently high standards

5. Oversee the performance of complex investigations, often in collaboration with Cross Functional partners, involving high volumes of accounts and data sets in order to assess sanctions risk and enforce against accounts at scale

6. Stay updated on sanctions regulations, guidelines, and risks to enhance investigations processes

7. Understand Meta’s products, services and business operations, as well as the sanctions control ecosystem, in order to ensure investigations are performed and enforcement actions are taken accurately and comprehensively

8. Provide the requirements for data-driven solutions and tooling to enhance the efficiency of investigations across Meta’s products, services and business operations

9. Brief leadership on complex and sensitive investigative results and their impact to Meta’s sanctions compliance program

10. Monitor trends and patterns across investigations to identify potential solutions to mitigate risks

11. Create and maintain documentation to enhance and bring clarity to how investigations are conducted at Meta

**Minimum Qualifications:**

Minimum Qualifications:

12. Bachelor's degree in political science, international policy, and/or business management related subjects

13. 12+ years of experience in financial crime investigations, including dedicated experience overseeing sanctions investigations, solid sanctions regulatory expertise, experience of applying sanctions knowledge during product/business risk evaluation, and in-depth understanding of sanctions screening systems and processes

14. 5+ years’ experience in managing a compliance investigations team

15. Experience leading cross-functional projects, demonstrating impact, and influencing organizational change

16. Experience interacting with cross-functional teams and leaders of a large company

17. Highly skilled at analytical thinking and documentation

18. Polished problem solving and communication skills

**Preferred Qualifications:**

Preferred Qualifications:

19. Advanced degree in political science, international policy, and/or business management related subjects

**Public Compensation:**

$170,000/year to $242,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

**Industry:** Internet

**Equal Opportunity:**

Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.

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