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Sanctions Operations Associate

Rippling· Legal & Compliance / Financial Crime Compliance
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Hybrid (San Francisco, CA; New York, NY)$96k - $160kfull-timePosted 5d ago

About the role

Rippling is seeking a Sanctions Operations Associate to join the Financial Crime Compliance Team. The role focuses on review and disposition of sanctions screening alerts, due diligence reviews, and contribution to sanctions policies and risk analyses across OFAC and international sanctions lists, with cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

  • Review and disposition sanctions screening alerts generated through Rippling’s screening program; evaluate potential matches against OFAC and international sanctions lists, assess name, geography, and ownership-based hits, applying risk-based judgment to distinguish true positives from false positives, and escalate confirmed or high-risk matches with clear, well-documented rationales
  • Support end-to-end sanctions due diligence reviews of customers, prospects, and third-party partners, from initial screening through risk determination and resolution
  • Conduct research across open-source, proprietary, and third-party tools, including adverse media analysis and sanctions nexus assessments for complex entities and ownership structures
  • Participate in customer-facing due diligence calls and help develop targeted outreach and escalation questions that surface meaningful risk
  • Contribute to the policies, procedures, and operational frameworks that support Rippling’s sanctions due diligence program
  • Produce clear, well-reasoned sanctions risk analyses and governance documentation
  • Work cross-functionally with the EDD Team, Sales, Implementation, Legal, and Product to keep sanctions risk visible and actionable across the business
  • Stay current on OFAC and international sanctions developments and support translation of regulatory change into practical guidance for the team
  • Support internal sanctions training and help answer sanctions questions from business units

Qualifications

  • 2-4 years experience conducting sanctions alert investigations and risk analyses
  • Strong working knowledge of multi-jurisdictional sanctions regimes, with particular command of US (OFAC), EU, and UK programs
  • Solid understanding of sanctions typologies, regulatory obligations, and risk assessments involving layered ownership structures and beneficial ownership analysis
  • Ability to manage high volumes of alerts in a fast-paced environment, with strong analytical rigor and clear written and verbal communication
  • BA/BS degree required; professional certifications such as CGSS, CFCS, or CAMS are a plus

Skills

Required:Sanctions alert investigationsSanctions regimes (OFAC, EU, UK)Due diligenceAnalytical writing and communicationResearch tools (open-source, proprietary, third-party)

Benefits

  • competitive salary
  • benefits
  • equity
  • hybrid work arrangement (in-office at least 3 days per week for eligible roles)
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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