Sanctions Screening Specialist
About The Position
Interactive Brokers Group is seeking a Sanctions Screening Specialist for its Global Sanctions Team in Chicago, Greenwich, or New York. This role is critical for supporting the development, tuning, testing, and implementation of sanctions screening controls within the firm’s Fircosoft environment. The position will focus on rule writing, screening optimization, alert reduction, data analysis, and implementation support for sanctions screening workflows. The ideal candidate will possess strong technical skills and hands-on experience with the Fircosoft Continuity screening platform in complex financial services settings. This role offers an opportunity to work at the intersection of sanctions compliance, data analysis, and financial crime technology within a global brokerage environment.
Requirements
- At least five years of experience supporting sanctions screening, AML technology, or financial crime compliance systems within a financial institution, broker-dealer, fintech, or bank.
- Strong hands-on experience with Fircosoft Continuity.
- Demonstrated experience writing, tuning, testing and implementing Fircosoft screening rules.
- Strong understanding of sanctions screening concepts including fuzzy matching, threshold scoring, and false positive reduction methodologies.
- Strong analytical skills with ability to assess large datasets and alert populations.
- Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Bachelor's Degree is required, with coursework in information systems, political science, international relations, economics, or financial crime preferred.
- Self-motivated and able to handle tasks with minimal supervision.
- Superb analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent collaboration and communication (Verbal and written) skills.
- Outstanding organizational and time management skills.
Nice To Haves
- CGSS, CSS, CAMS or similar certification.
- Familiarity with SWIFT MT/MX messaging and payment screening workflows.
- Experience with SQL, scripting, or data analysis tools used to support screening initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the lead within IBKR’s Global Sanctions Team to design, write, tune, and maintain sanctions screening rules and matching logic within the Fircosoft platform.
- Analyze large alert populations, false positives, and screening outcomes to identify optimization opportunities and improve screening effectiveness and efficiency, including through the use of emerging technology.
- Support the full rule lifecycle including requirements gathering, development, testing, implementation and post-production validation.
- Work closely with Global Sanctions, Operations, Cashiering, and Programming teams on screening enhancements and production deployments.
- Support tuning initiatives relating to fuzzy matching, stop word logic, and screening algorithms.
- Maintain technical and governance documentation relating to rule logic, tuning methodologies, and implementation procedures.
- Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency, screening quality, and alert management processes.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Annual performance-based bonus
- Stock grant
- Retirement plan 401(k) with competitive company match
- Excellent health and wellness benefits, including medical, dental, and vision benefits.
- Company paid medical healthcare premium.
- Wellness screenings and assessments, health coaches and counseling services through an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Daily company lunch allowance provided
- Fully stocked kitchen with healthy options for breakfast and snack
- Corporate events including team outings, dinners, volunteer activities and company sports teams
- Education reimbursement and learning opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
