FEC Sanctions Analyst

Rabobank • St. Louis, MO

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

Protect against Financial Economic Crime with a role that offers continuous learning and growth. As a FEC Sanctions Analyst, you’ll apply your skills to analyze alerts generated through multiple screening platforms, assess potential sanctions risk, and collaborate across teams, delivering meaningful outcomes for customers and the bank while strengthening the integrity of the financial system. Our Shared Future: “Working as an FEC Sanctions Analyst is highly rewarding because we play a strategic role in mitigating sanctions risks through alert reviews. The work is engaging in a dynamic, ever-changing field, and the bank’s strong support helps us continuously grow and expand our knowledge.” – FEC Sanctions Analyst You and Your Job As a FEC Sanctions Analyst, you will be successful by applying analytical skills and professional judgment to review and resolve alerts, ensuring timely and accurate decisions that mitigate risk and uphold internal standards. Reporting to the FEC Sanctions and Detection Manager for Rabo Diversified Services, the FEC Sanctions Analyst will be primarily responsible for performing first‑line review and disposition of OFAC/Sanctions/Watchlist and PEP alerts generated through manual or automated screening. The analyst verifies alert details against internal records and approved third‑party/open‑source data, clears false positives with timely, well‑supported rationales, and maintains a complete audit trail per policy and SLAs. The analyst escalates confirmed or potential matches and elevated sanctions/AML risks to Financial Crime Compliance (FCC). The role also supports ad hoc projects and cross-functional initiatives, providing opportunities to contribute beyond core responsibilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• Analytical and investigative skills to determine when issues should be escalated
• Solid understanding of sanctions and AML risk identification and mitigation
• Legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Rabobank is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position.

Responsibilities

• Perform first‑line review and disposition of OFAC/Sanctions/Watchlist and PEP alerts generated through manual or automated screening and filtering.
• Verify potential matches against internal records and approved external sources; clear false positives with timely, well‑supported rationales.
• Maintain complete, auditable case documentation in accordance with policy, procedures, and SLAs.
• Escalate confirmed or potential matches and elevated sanctions/AML risks to Financial Crime Compliance (FCC).
• Flag alerts that may implicate OFAC general or specific licensing requirements and escalate accordingly.
• Contribute to screening rule creation and alert‑quality improvements by identifying recurring patterns and proposing rule/exclusion updates to FCC.
• Meet productivity, quality, and turnaround KPIs; prioritize workload using risk‑based triage.
• Support special projects, audits, and continuous improvement initiatives related to the department.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision plan coverages are effective on your date of hire. Rabo offers multiple plan options and a full network of providers to best meet your needs.
• We love seeing your retirement plan balance grow just as much as you do! That’s why you can start participating in the 401(k) plan on your date of hire. Plus we match 50% of the first 6% you contribute to your 401(k) plan for US Employees. Rabo also contributes an additional 3% of your eligible pay in Safe Harbor contribution and up to 3% in annual Discretionary Profit Sharing contributions.
• We offer a generous paid time off program to full time employees: up to 20 days of vacation time, 5 days of additional time off plus 7 sick days and 11 US holidays annually (based on hire date during the calendar year).
• To do that, we offer both the time and financial support to give back to the community through our Dollars for Doers, Helping Hands and Gift Matching programs.
• Workforce Well-Being supports a hybrid working model that offers the flexibility to split your time between home and the office—typically 2–3 days remote and the remaining days onsite—promoting both productivity and personal well-being.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level