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The Investigator supports Airbnb’s payments compliance activities.  This position is responsible for managing high volumes of alerts and/or cases generated by multiple queues to satisfy processes required by AML, Economic Sanctions Enforcement and other compliance programs.  This role ensures that day-to-day compliance activities relating to these programs are maintained to a high standard.

Duties

• Review and investigate alerts or cases escalated from various sources to provide supporting documentation and narratives to aide with determining if activities are unusual or out of character.  
• Manage large volumes of incoming cases and execute decisions under pressure of tight deadlines and regulatory time frames for TMIR
• Leverage open and closed source systems to decision potential matches in relating queues
• Compile appropriate case notes and other documentation to support review, completed steps, recommended determinations, etc.  

• Gather relevant and applicable on and off-platform data and objective information to support a subjective determination to support a case through its lifecycle.
• Prepare detailed reporting to support independent decisions & justification for escalations and de-escalations including extensive supporting documentation and comprehensive narratives.
• Leverage open and closed source systems to decision potential matches in relating queues
• Assist in the assessment of potential risks, patterns and trends based on case review and investigations completed.
• Assist and support leadership with procedure and workflow changes that may impact multiple teams and/or regions with the support of your manager
• Accurately identify and escalate compliance risks and opportunities to the Compliance Management

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree or Technical Equivalent
• Portuguese and English proficiency required – ability to write narratives and convey complex arguments in a clear and concise manner are essential
• 3-5 years compliance operations experience in payments, banking, or e-commerce with  1+ years working in Sanctions and PEP screening/decisioning
• Fundamental knowledge of counter terrorist financing, anti-money laundering and anti-fraud, and anti-bribery and corruption typologies related to the payments and e-commerce space
• Superior communication skills both written and verbal
• Strong ability to think clearly and rationally in order to understand logical connections between various data points. 
• Strong problem solving skills with an emphasis in adaptability and resilience
• Ability to gather objective information and make a subjective determination and be able to defend that determination both verbally and textually 
• Ability to work closely and build trust with your team and other teams
• Exceptional organization and process management ability
• High level of personal integrity, interest in payments as evidenced by related work experience, proven dedication to excellence, leadership qualities and a flexible, creative, innovative approach to problem solving
• Ability and desire to work in a fast-paced environment
• Familiarity with SQL and data querying skills a huge preference!

Preferred Qualifications:

• Professional Certification (CGSS, ACAMS, ACFCS, ACFE, etc)
• SQL Experience
• Customer-facing experience
• Knowledge of G-suite products and applications