Global Trade Compliance Risk Operations Analyst (Long-Term Contract)

Sunnyvale, CA or New York, NY

Location: Sunnyvale, CA or New York, NY (hybrid)
Employment Type: Contract

About the Company
Our client is a leading global fintech and digital payments company that serves merchants and consumers in international markets. Its U.S. Risk & Compliance team is growing and needs a hands-on analyst for global trade compliance risk operations.

What You’ll Do

• Handle the full range of trade compliance risk work: sanctions alert review, checking merchant activity against prohibited and restricted business policies, export control reviews, and merchant investigations
• Run your own risk reviews at onboarding, during ongoing monitoring, and on escalated referrals. You’ll look at merchant profiles, transaction activity, alert history, and supporting documents
• Support Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) filings, regulatory reporting, and audit requests by analyzing cases, gathering information, and drafting case summaries and narratives
• Spot operational gaps and recurring risk patterns, and recommend practical improvements to risk rules, models, SOPs, and workflows
• Work with Compliance, Customer Support, Business Development, Strategy, and regional Risk/Operations teams on escalations, information requests, and day-to-day issues

What We’re Looking For

• 2+ years in Risk, AML, Compliance, Fraud, or related operations at a fintech, bank, payments company, e-commerce platform, MSB, or other financial services firm
• Hands-on experience in one or more of: KYC/KYB, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, merchant risk review, EDD, SAR preparation, or regulatory reporting
• Strong investigative and analytical skills, sound judgment, and close attention to detail
• Comfortable pulling and analyzing data; SQL, Excel, or BI tools preferred
• Able to work independently, juggle several priorities, and collaborate across teams and time zones
• Excellent written and spoken English; Mandarin Chinese is a plus
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Finance, Accounting, Legal Studies, Economics, Business, Data Analytics, or a related field
• CAMS or an equivalent certification preferred