AML CIU Sanctions Analyst II

Why Stifel

Stifel strives for a culture that puts its clients and associates first : a culture where everyone belongs, everyone is welcome, and everyone contributes to the success of our clients, their careers, and the firm as a whole.

Let's talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel, where success meets success .

What You'll Be Doing

The Sanctions Analyst II is responsible for supporting the firm's sanctions compliance program by conducting client investigations, transactional investigations, security trade investigation while applying analyses of potential sanctions risks. This role involves reviewing escalations, interpreting new or updated sanctions (including OFAC and global sanctions), and performing gap analyses to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies. The analyst will collaborate with cross-functional teams, provide subject matter expertise, and assist in the ongoing enhancement of sanctions-related processes and procedures. This position is located onsite at our St. Louis office.

What We're Looking For

• Conduct reviews and investigations of potential sanctions matches, including escalations, reporting, and ongoing monitoring.
• Interpret and summarize new or updated executive orders and sanctions, performing gap analyses and coverage assessment to assess impact on clients, products, and business lines.
• Maintain a current understanding of sanctions, money laundering, and terrorist financing issues, including relevant policies, procedures, regulations, and industry best practices.
• Support the execution of the sanctions program and client due diligence in line with AML and sanctions policies and procedures.
• Collaborate with CIU leadership to recommend enhancements to governance programs and practices.
• Serve as a subject matter resource for sanctions-related inquiries, providing guidance to business and compliance personnel.
• Document findings, update sanctions tracking spreadsheets, and escalate concerns as appropriate.
• Perform reporting obligations to OFAC as needed and Annual OFAC Reporting through ORS.
• Participate in collaborative discussions to improve systems, processes, and tools used to identify sanctions risks.
• Assist in drafting and maintaining up-to-date policies and procedural documentation.

What You'll Bring

Education & Experience

Systems & Technology

About Stifel

Stifel is more than 130 years old and still thinking like a start-up. We are a global wealth management and investment banking firm serious about innovation and fresh ideas. Built on a simple premise of safeguarding our clients' money as if it were our own, coined by our namesake, Herman Stifel, our success is intimately tied to our commitment to helping families, companies, and municipalities find their own success.

While our headquarters is in St. Louis, we have offices in New York, San Francisco, Baltimore, London, Frankfurt, Toronto, and more than 400 other locations. Stifel is home to approximately 9,000 individuals who are currently building their careers as financial advisors, research analysts, project managers, marketing specialists, developers, bankers, operations associates, among hundreds more. Let's talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel, where success meets success.

At Stifel we offer an entrepreneurial environment, comprehensive benefits package to include health, dental and vision care, 401k, wellness initiatives, life insurance, and paid time off.

Stifel is an Equal Opportunity Employer.