Supervisory Sanctions Compliance Officer (Chief, Sanctions Compliance Engagement)

Full Job Description

This position is located at Departmental Offices,Terrorism and Financial Intelligence - Office of Foreign Assets Control.

As the Supervisory Sanctions Compliance Officer (Chief, Sanctions Compliance Engagement), you will coordinate and facilitate through subordinates the creation and revision of guidance documents to facilitate compliance with sanctions administered by OFAC.

You must meet the following requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: For the GS-15 grade level, you must have one year (52 full weeks) of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-14 grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized Experience for this position includes: Experience liaising with representatives of the regulated financial community as well as federal, state, or foreign government officials, including senior officials; AND Experience with U.S.

economic sanctions and embargo programs including relevant sections of the Code of Federal Regulations, Executive Orders, and sanctions legislation; AND Experience with banking operations, correspondent banking, and interdiction software as well as strategies and methods for complying with U.S.

sanctions in the regulated financial community; AND Experience applying regulations administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) or related laws concerning economic sanctions to provide practical guidance; AND Experience conducting financial investigations independently and/or in conjunction with law enforcement, regulators, or government officials.

The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis.

To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resumé.

TIME-IN-GRADE: In addition to the above requirements, you must meet the following time-in-grade requirement, if applicable: For the GS-15, you must have been at the GS-14 level for 52 weeks.

TIME AFTER COMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT: Candidates who are current Federal employees serving on a non-temporary competitive appointment must have served at least three months in that appointment.

Major Duties:

As the Supervisory Sanctions Compliance Officer (Chief, Sanctions Compliance Engagement), you will: Identify technical and practical issues regarding the financial sector and OFAC compliance, prepare policy papers and recommendations for senior Treasury management, and clearly articulate the reasons for recommending particular courses of action.

Write, develop, update, format, publish, and disseminate a wide array of OFAC sanctions publications and materials relating to the financial industry, in both hard and electronic copies.

Represent OFAC at outreach events, especially financial industry conferences.

Interpret regulations and program policies for use by other specialists or analysts when standard methods are questioned, challenged, or inadequate.

Make recommendations to senior officials on OFAC compliance programs and policies.