SAR Analyst

Gila River Resorts & Casinos; Chandler (AZ); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Gila River Resorts & Casinos in Chandler, AZ is seeking a Regulatory Compliance Specialist to partner with the Regulatory Compliance Manager and ensure adherence to Title 31 and AML regulations. You will assist with audits, maintain training materials, and help file CTRCs/SARCs with IRS as needed.

You will stay current with AML trends, support training programs, and help implement enterprise policies across gaming and casino operations.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required. Associate’s Degree preferred.
• Two (2) years of regulatory compliance experience required.
• Ability to perform the GILA WAY, which includes greeting, engaging with guests, listening, and appreciating guests.

Responsibilities

• Promotes and provides excellent guest service experience to both internal and external guest.
• Assist with day-to-day audits of all documents generated from gaming and gaming support departments and ensures the compliance with Title 31 review under FinCEN.
• Updates and maintains current Federal requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act’s AML program and related training materials. Assists with committee meetings.
• Ensure Title 31 compliance is met in training materials, delivery, and testing.
• Works with the revenue audit manager and staff to ensure Title 31 concerns are addressed in a timely and accurate manner during paperwork reviews.
• Collect documentation and build and maintain case files for all potentially suspicious activity.
• Assists Regulatory Compliance Manager with casino AML compliance training program.
• Assists Regulatory Compliance Manager with all training materials required for AML compliance training.
• Stay current with money laundering and terrorist financing behaviors, issues, policies, regulations, criminal typologies, industry best practices, and developing trends by attending external training.
• Reviews Title 31 paperwork, CTRC and other reports to electronically file with the IRS accurately and timely.
• Monitors guest gaming activity to identify any observable or suspicious activity.
• Performs periodic risk assessments of identified risk indicators and assesses the vulnerability of each indicator, individually for each casino.
• Investigates any SARC Suspicious activities by reviewing reports to determine if a filing is appropriate. Obtain proper information from departments when necessary.
• Prepare all CTRCs and SARCs to Regulatory Compliance Manager prior to filing.
• Maintains a dependable work attendance record with extremely infrequent absences and/or lateness.
• Performs other special projects and duties as assigned.

Skills

Guest service

Telephone etiquette

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Written communication

Oral communication

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Associate’s Degree preferred

Regulatory compliance experience (2 years)

Job description

Closing Date

November 16, 2026 at 4:00 PM

Salary

Depending on Experience (DOE)

Position Summary

This position is responsible to partner with the Regulatory Compliance Manager to ensure the enterprise’s compliance with Title 31 and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) program through review and knowledge of regulations, assistance with audits, ensuring proper training and providing timely information to enterprise management by personally performing the following duties, as well as demonstrating the GILA WAY.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Promotes and provides excellent guest service experience to both internal and external guest.
• Assist with day-to-day audits of all documents generated from gaming and gaming support departments and ensures the compliance with Title 31 review under the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).
• Updates and maintains current Federal requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act’s AML program and related training materials. Assists with committee meetings.
• Ensure Title 31 compliance is met in training materials, delivery, and testing.
• Works with the revenue audit manager and staff to ensure Title 31 concerns are addressed in a timely and accurate manner during paperwork reviews.
• Collect documentation and build and maintain case files for all potentially suspicious activity.
• Assists Regulatory Compliance Manager with casino AML compliance training program.
• Assists Regulatory Compliance Manager with all training materials required for AML compliance training.
• Stay current with money laundering and terrorist financing behaviors, issues, policies, regulations, criminal typologies, industry best practices, and developing trends by attending external training.
• Reviews Title 31 paperwork, Currency Transaction Reports by Casino (CTRC) and other reports to electronically file with the IRS in a accurately and timely manner.
• Monitors guest gaming activity to identify any observable or suspicious activity.
• Performs periodic risk assessments of identified risk indicators and assesses the vulnerability of each indicator, individually for each casino.
• Investigates any SARC Suspicious activities by reviewing reports to determine if a filing is appropriate. Obtain proper information from departments when necessary.
• Prepare all CTRCs and SARCs to Regulatory Compliance Manager prior to filing.
• Maintains a dependable work attendance record with extremely infrequent absences and/or lateness.
• Performs other special projects and duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position currently has no supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, and individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION And/or EXPERIENCE

• High School Diploma or equivalent required. Associate’s Degree preferred.
• Two (2) years of regulatory compliance experience required.
• Ability to perform the GILA WAY which is as follows:

Greet our guest

Interact positively with our guest

Listen actively to our guest

Appreciate our guest

• Must possess excellent guest service skills, strong telephone etiquette, a self-starter with the ability to follow-up and complete tasks in a timely manner with minimum supervision.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as well as to gain the cooperation of guests and fellow team members.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and oral.
• This position must have, or an ability to acquire within one year, an in-depth knowledge and thorough understanding of Enterprise Policies and Procedures, governmental regulations, and technical rules relevant to their responsibilities.