Sanctions Screening Specialist

Interactive Brokers is seeking a highly skilled Sanctions Screening Specialist to join their Global Sanctions Team, offering a critical role in enhancing the firm's financial crime technology. This position is a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of sanctions compliance, data analysis, and cutting-edge technology within a leading global financial institution. If you possess strong technical capabilities, hands-on experience with sanctions screening platforms like Fircosoft, and a keen ability to analyze data for optimization, this role provides a challenging and rewarding career path with excellent benefits. ### About Interactive Brokers Group Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: IBKR) is a global financial services company headquartered in Greenwich, CT, USA, with offices in over 15 countries. We have been at the forefront of financial innovation for over four decades, known for our cutting-edge technology and client commitment. IBKR affiliates provide global electronic brokerage services around the clock on stocks, options, futures, currencies, bonds, and funds to clients in over 200 countries and territories. We serve individual investors and institutions, including financial advisors, hedge funds and introducing brokers. Our advanced technology, competitive pricing, and global market help our clients to make the most of their investments. Barron’s has recognized Interactive Brokers as the #1 online broker for six consecutive years. Join our dynamic, multi-national team and be a part of a company that simplifies and enhances financial opportunities using state-of-the-art technology. ### About the Role This is a Hybrid role (4 days in office / 1 day remote). Interactive Brokers Group has been consistently at the forefront of trading innovation, starting with the invention of the first floor-based handheld computer in 1983. We pride ourselves on being primarily a technology company and challenging the status quo. We push boundaries to offer our clients the best trading platform with the most sophisticated features at the lowest cost. Software development is the lifeblood of our firm, and it shows in our stellar brokerage platform. Interactive Brokers is regularly recognized as a leader in the financial services industry. Interactive Brokers is looking to hire a Sanctions Screening Specialist within its Global Sanctions Team in the Chicago / Greenwich / New York Office to serve in a critical role supporting the development, tuning, testing, and implementation of sanctions screening controls within the firm’s Fircosoft environment. This role will focus heavily on rule writing, screening optimization, alert reduction, data analysis, and implementation support across IBKR’s sanctions screening workflows. The ideal candidate will combine strong technical capabilities with hands-on experience supporting the Fircosoft Continuity screening platform in complex financial services environments. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the intersection of sanctions compliance, data analysis, and financial crime technology within a highly sophisticated global brokerage environment. ### Responsibilities * Serve as the lead within IBKR’s Global Sanctions Team to design, write, tune, and maintain sanctions screening rules and matching logic within the Fircosoft platform. * Analyze large alert populations, false positives, and screening outcomes to identify optimization opportunities and improve screening effectiveness and efficiency, including through the use of emerging technology. * Support the full rule lifecycle including requirements gathering, development, testing, implementation and post-production validation. * Work closely with Global Sanctions, Operations, Cashiering, and Programming teams on screening enhancements and production deployments. * Support tuning initiatives relating to fuzzy matching, stop word logic, and screening algorithms. * Maintain technical and governance documentation relating to rule logic, tuning methodologies, and implementation procedures. * Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency, screening quality, and alert management processes. ### Qualifications & Skills **Basic Qualifications:** * At least five years of experience supporting sanctions screening, AML technology, or financial crime compliance systems within a financial institution, broker-dealer, fintech, or bank. * Strong hands-on experience with Fircosoft Continuity. * Demonstrated experience writing, tuning, testing and implementing Fircosoft screening rules. * Strong understanding of sanctions screening concepts including fuzzy matching, threshold scoring, and false positive reduction methodologies. * Strong analytical skills with ability to assess large datasets and alert populations. * Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. * Bachelor’s Degree is required, with coursework in information systems, political science, international relations, economics, or financial crime preferred. **Preferred Qualifications:** * CGSS, CSS, CAMS or similar certification. * Familiarity with SWIFT MT/MX messaging and payment screening workflows. * Experience with SQL, scripting, or data analysis tools used to support screening initiatives. * Self-motivated and able to handle tasks with minimal supervision. * Superb analytical and problem-solving skills. * Excellent collaboration and communication (verbal and written) skills. * Outstanding organizational and time management skills. ### To Be Successful, You Will Have: * Self-motivated and able to handle tasks with minimal supervision. * Superb analytical and problem-solving skills. * Excellent collaboration and communication (Verbal and written) skills. * Outstanding organizational and time management skills. ### Company Benefits & Perks * Competitive salary, annual performance-based bonus and stock grant. * Retirement plan 401(k) with competitive company match. * Excellent health and wellness benefits, including medical, dental, and vision benefits. Company paid medical healthcare premium. * Wellness screenings and assessments, health coaches and counseling services through an Employee Assistance Program (EAP). * Daily company lunch allowance provided and a fully stocked kitchen with healthy options for breakfast and snack. * Corporate events including team outings, dinners, volunteer activities and company sports teams. * Education reimbursement and learning opportunities.