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Serves as the lead legal advisor on OFAC sanctions and BSA/AML requirements for a financial services company. Responsibilities include advising on sanctions programs, investigations, voluntary disclosures, licenses, screening, reporting, product risks, regulatory examinations, commercial agreements, policy development, training, and outside counsel. The role partners with Compliance, Risk, Product, Engineering, Operations, and Financial Crimes teams and engages with OFAC, FinCEN, OCC, and Federal Reserve regulators.

Manage strategic sourcing and procurement projects across financial services categories, including RFPs, renewals, supplier negotiations, benchmarking, spend analysis, and cost-saving initiatives. Partner with Legal, Finance, Risk, Compliance, Information Security, and business stakeholders to evaluate suppliers, negotiate commercial terms, manage contracts, monitor supplier performance, and ensure procurement governance. Prepare financial analyses, business cases, savings forecasts, and executive recommendations while managing multiple cross-functional projects.

Supports SoFi’s Litigation and Arbitration group by managing service-of-process intake, subpoenas, threatened and filed matters, legal correspondence, litigation tracking, invoices, vendors, and legal support workflows. Maintains accurate case records, coordinates with attorneys and outside counsel, supports complex legal requests, and ensures timely responses while handling confidential information and multiple deadlines.

Processes regular and off-cycle U.S. payroll, calculates wages and deductions, reconciles payroll reports, validates timekeeping data, resolves employee inquiries, supports audits, maintains compliance with payroll regulations and SOX controls, documents procedures, and recommends process improvements.

Supports the Litigation and Arbitration group through end-to-end matter management, document collection and review, legal holds, invoice and vendor tracking, litigation tracking, and legal workflow management. The paralegal assists in-house counsel with complex legal requests, coordinates with attorneys and outside counsel, supports subpoena and e-filing processes, and manages multiple deadlines while maintaining confidentiality and accuracy.

The Sanctions Advisor provides second-line compliance oversight across the enterprise, advising on global sanctions risks including OFAC, UN, EU, UK, and cryptocurrency-related matters. Responsibilities include investigations, risk analysis, screening control tuning, policy development, regulatory monitoring, product assessments, governance reporting, and support for audits and examinations. The role partners with AML leadership, Compliance, Risk, product managers, engineers, and business units to maintain effective sanctions controls and provide guidance on complex transactions and emerging regulatory requirements.

The Staff Credit Policy Analyst leads the development and governance of credit policies for home loans, ensuring compliance and operational efficiency while collaborating with leadership and cross-functional teams.

Lead SoFi’s enterprise sanctions compliance program across business lines and jurisdictions. Advise compliance, product, engineering, and business leaders on global sanctions risks; develop policies, controls, risk appetites, and governance; support risk assessments, regulatory exams, audits, and third-party reviews; monitor regulatory developments; and guide high-risk transactions, market expansions, mergers, and product updates.

Leads the AML Financial Intelligence Unit for fiat and digital assets, managing investigators and overseeing suspicious activity investigations, SAR filings, quality reviews, and customer termination decisions. Designs and enhances transaction monitoring, blockchain analytics, and wallet-screening programs. Provides expertise on cryptocurrency, stablecoin, DeFi, sanctions, mixers, ransomware, and cross-chain risks while developing procedures, training, and strategic control improvements. Partners with Compliance, Legal, Fraud, Product, and Engineering teams and advises senior management on emerging financial-crime risks.

The posting provides no specific responsibilities or qualification details for the Director of Special Investigations role. The position appears to be associated with financial investigations within a Financial Intelligence Unit at a national financial services company.