Amazon.com Services LLC
Financial Services
SanctionsRiskSpecialist-Chinese,GBS-DeniedPartyScreening
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“Sanctions Risk Specialist - Chinese, GBS - Denied Party Screening at Amazon.com Services LLC. Skills: Denied Party Screening, Sanctions Risk, Investigations. Investigate denied parties. Investigate sanctions potential matches”
What You'll Achieve.
Accomplish production goals; Ensure effective compliance program; Identify regulatory responsibilities; Establish effective processes; Establish effective controls; Establish effective self-testing; Understand current status of compliance; Identify compliance gaps; Increase productivity; Increase accuracy
Industry & Context.
Individual problem-solving; Analytical skills
Work flexible schedule/shift/work area, Work weekends, Work nights, Work holidays
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience, Speak, write, and read fluently in Chinese, 3+ years suspicious activity monitoring, 3+ years fraud investigations, 3+ years denied parties screening, 3+ years sanctioned country screening, Working knowledge of U.S. denied parties laws, Working knowledge of U.S. sanctioned country laws
Nice to Have
Analytical skills experience, Attention to detail experience, Effective communication abilities experience, Experience with Microsoft Office, Experience working with geographically distributed teams, Sense of accountability, Sound professional judgment, Maintain individual accountability for performance metrics, Ability to make decisions in a timely manner, Maintain confidentiality of information, Ability to identify process improvement opportunities, Ability to champion process improvement opportunities, High levels of integrity, High levels of discretion
What You'll Do.
Investigate denied parties
Investigate sanctions potential matches
Support business units
Participate in customer due diligence
Identify gaps in workflows
Identify training opportunities
Assist with onboarding new hires
Assist with training new hires
Assist with mentoring new hires
Drive operational metrics reconciliation
Authenticate customers
Make determinations on customers
Authenticate transactions
Make determinations on transactions
Authenticate accounts
Make determinations on accounts
Perform holistic account review
Perform investigations
Assist with responding to audits
Assist with responding to outside inquiries
Offer guidance to investigators
Offer feedback to investigators
Offer support to investigators
Offer guidance to operations team members
Offer feedback to operations team members
Offer support to operations team members
Help business comply with OFAC laws
Help business comply with other agencies laws
Adhere to company policies
Adhere to company procedures
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Operations Management Team; Investigators; Operations team members; Geographically distributed teams
Communication Scope
Effective communication
Full Job Description
Application deadline: Jun 13, 2026 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, tra
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