# Director, Sanctions Program Owner and Advisor

**Company**: SoFi
**Location**: United States
**Experience**: executive
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: The base pay range for this role is listed below. Final base pay offer will be determined based on individual factors such as the candidate's experience, skills, and location.
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

As SoFi continues its expansion into digital assets and cutting-edge financial technology, you will play a critical role in ensuring our sanctions compliance program keeps pace.

You will oversee the strategy, establishment, and ongoing direction of our Enterprise Sanctions Program, supporting the business in identifying, mitigating, and managing risks related to global sanctions.

Key responsibilities include:

- Being accountable as the Sanctions Program Leader and acting as a Sanctions subject matter expert for SoFi Enterprise

- Advising Compliance, product managers, engineers, and SoFi's business units on sanctions-related matters

- Engaging with leaders in the AML department and across SoFi's cross-functional leadership to identify changes impacting Sanctions-related processes

- Supporting the AML Governance team with the annual Sanctions risk assessment and identifying strategies to implement effective controls

- Providing proactive guidance to detect and reduce sanctions exposure

- Developing, reviewing, and implementing Sanctions policies, procedures, and controls that align with regulatory requirements and business objectives

- Partnering with compliance, business, and engineering teams to identify, assess, and advise on Sanctions issues and controls

- Staying informed of the latest developments in Sanctions regulations, industry trends, and best practices

- Recommending product updates, policies, and processes to strengthen compliance and reduce sanctions risk

- Assisting in regulatory exams, internal audits, and third-party risk management reviews

Requirements:

- Minimum 5+ years in a senior policy, enforcement, licensing, or compliance role directly within the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)

- 10-15+ years of experience in sanctions, with experience in crypto and global sanctions compliance

- Comprehensive understanding of Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) products, including payment processing, card issuance, credit and lending, and other traditional banking services

- Ability to lead the development and continuous enhancement of core sanctions policies, risk appetites, and governance structures

- Strong leadership and management skills to build solid working relationships within the organization

- Excellent communication, organizational, verbal, written, and interpersonal skills

- Ability to multitask, adapt to changing priorities, and effectively prioritize responsibilities to meet critical deadlines

- Excellent analytical skills and ability to work collaboratively and independently

Nice to have:

- Multilingual

The base pay range for this role is listed below. Final base pay offer will be determined based on individual factors such as the candidate's experience, skills, and location.

## Skills

### Required
- Sanctions compliance
- Global sanctions
- OFAC
- BaaS products
- Payment processing
- Card issuance
- Credit and lending
- Governance structures
- Leadership
- Communication
- Analytical skills

### Nice to have
- Multilingual

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