Analyst, Sanctions Compliance – Operations

Our Purpose

We work to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.

Title and Summary

Analyst, Sanctions Compliance – Operations

Overview
At Mastercard, the Global Sanctions Compliance team has implemented robust compliance programs that are designed to meet regulatory obligations and to monitor that internal business lines have robust programs in place to meet Mastercard Sanctions requirements.
Reporting to the Director, Sanctions Compliance Operations, the Analyst will assist with efforts to conduct sanctions compliance tasks, tracking and alert dispositioning
Role
• Conduct alert dispositioning through Bridger Lexis Nexis and escalate potential matches
• Utilize Mastercard tools to conduct Adhoc sanctions due diligence screening as needed, documenting research, and resulting conclusions, and escalating where necessary
• Maintain listing of blocked sanctioned customer BINs and IDs and conduct periodic testing to ensure accuracy
• Tracking of Sanctions Stakeholder Assurance and miscellaneous questionnaires
• Support efforts to document and enhance policies, procedures, controls and process flows
• Prepare metrics reporting and reconciliation
• Tracking of sanctions related actions ie assessments
• Assist with the oversight of service center customer onboarding and ongoing monitoring
• Assist in the investigation and response of sanctions related matters; triaging inquiries to determine those which require further escalation and tracking all escalations/inquiries to ensure timely responses
• Support assurance certifications and testing processes
All About You
• Bachelor’s degree required; Sanctions related advisory or operational experience preferred or equivalent experience
• Sanctions industry certification preferred
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, effectively and efficiently in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple assignments
• Self-motivated with excellent organizational skills and in-depth analytical skills
• Ability to multi-task, meet schedules and deadlines with thorough, accurate and quality work products
• Ability to swiftly adapt to changing priorities
• Clear and concise communication ability
• Advanced expertise with Microsoft Word, Powerpoint and Excel skills required

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

• Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;

• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;

• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and

• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.