# Sanctions, Operations Associate

**Company:** [Stripe](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/stripe)
**Location:** Mexico City, Mexico
**Role:** Legal
**Experience:** 2+ years
**Skills:** Sanctions Compliance, Watchlist Screening, Open-Source Research, Financial Crime Compliance, Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, Regulatory Reporting, Risk Assessment, Corporate Registries, Social Media Research
**Posted:** 2026-08-06

> Conduct sanctions screening, open-source research, and account-level investigations to assess financial-crime exposure and recommend regulatory actions. The role requires at least two years of sanctions experience, strong analytical judgment, and excellent English communication skills.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

- Conduct sanctions screening reviews, including watchlist and keyword reviews, on merchants as part of the sanctions program.
- Analyze and investigate accounts for exposure to listed persons and high-risk or prohibited jurisdictions.
- Apply complex regulatory and compliance requirements within financial services to investigations and analyses.
- Conduct in-depth open-source research using the web, corporate registries, governmental databases, and social media platforms.
- Assess sanctions and financial-crime risk based on research findings.
- Analyze complex problems and exercise sound judgment when resolving investigations and making decisions.
- Handle high-complexity assignments and requests from internal teams, financial partners, and other parties.
- Follow process documentation and draft clear, concise investigative summaries and analyses, including draft regulatory reports.

## Requirements

- 2+ years of experience in sanctions roles.
- Experience conducting in-depth open-source research across diverse information sources, including global social media platforms.
- General awareness of money laundering, terrorism financing, sanctions trends, and regulatory developments.
- Ability to independently analyze information from multiple data sources and determine appropriate action on matched cases.
- Ability to clearly document decision rationales and supporting evidence for analytical, presentation, and audit purposes.
- Excellent English written, spoken, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently with complex investigations and data sets.
- Self-discipline, diligence, proactivity, and attention to detail.
- Willingness to periodically work a weekend day in exchange for a weekday off; shifts operate during daytime hours from morning through early evening.

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