Global Trade Compliance Screening Analyst

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You will join Cisco Legal’s Regulatory Affairs Trade Legal & Compliance (TLC) team. The Regulatory Affairs team is comprised of lawyers, operational specialists, program managers, engineers, and subject matter experts focused on topics including data and privacy, global trade and telecom, ESG, and cyber and national security regulations. You will partner with your colleagues in Legal and numerous other functions across the company to have an immediate impact with your analytic rigor, business judgment, and ability to get things done.

Your Impact

You will join the Cisco TLC’s Screening Operations team supporting our transaction screening program. This team is responsible for global trade regulations globally and across the business. We are looking for a curious, creative teammate. You will be responsible for:

• Working as part of the team reviewing and conducting due-diligence reviews, specifically denied party, location and end-use/end-user screening for wide variety of sales, service and other transactions
• Handling regional and global caseload that consists of reviewing transactions and validating the appropriate export license and/or export license exceptions for transactions
• Monitoring internal tools to ensure transactions are compliant and reviewed at the speed of business and determining when escalation is appropriate to senior management and/or trade counsel
• Representing the team, developing and maintaining relationships with various internal functional groups to understand and execute business support against Cisco’s sanctions risk-assessment process, including participating in periodic reviews of screening procedures, reports, and systems to identify risk or deficiencies and ensure effectiveness of our compliance screening program
• Supporting ongoing adoption and implementation of new and/or updated screening tools, including technology software and systems, training programs and support developing associated processes
• Staying up to date with regulatory evolutions pertaining to sanctions screening and business transaction monitoring

Minimum Qualifications

• Relevant BA/BS degree (MA advantageous)
• Prior sanctions screening experience
• Knowledge of U.S. sanctions regulations (geographic and list-based), EU Sanctions regulations, the BIS Entity List and other applicable denied party regimes and associated risks and prohibited activities
• 3 or more years’ experience conducting due diligence reviews of sanctions alerts, including record keeping of analysis and alert disposition
• Excellent English (written and verbal) communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• ACAMS or similar sanctions certification
• Familiarity with Enterprise Resource Planning screening software tools (e.g., Oracle Global Trade Management, Global Trade Solution, other)
• Ability to balance quality of work with deadlines, in a fast-paced, results-oriented culture
• Experience collaborating closely with virtual teams and with cross-functional stakeholders
• Ability to identify risk issues affecting work progress and to recommend solutions
• Knowledge of export license requirements

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