Senior Sanctions Analyst

This role involves performing sanctions investigations, drafting designation packages, conducting intelligence research and analysis, and using commercial databases and financial records. It requires experience in sanctions and trade control projects, regional politics, law, economics, or trade, and a strong security clearance.

What you'd actually do

  1. Perform sanctions investigations, including drafting designation packages using authorities held by government clients starting with performing complex intelligence research and analysis, to drafting a sanctions designation evidentiary memorandum, and adjudicating the sanctions designation clearance process
  2. Perform open-source intelligence / due diligence and classified intelligence research and analysis
  3. Use commercial databases, access corporate and financial records, and perform supply chain and corporate structure mapping
  4. Perform assessments, including pertaining to impact, regions, industries, economies
  5. Coordinate with different federal government agencies, including the Intelligence Community

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree
  • Active Secret security clearance
  • 2+ years of experience supporting sanctions and trade control projects or programs
  • 6+ years of experience supporting research-based projects or programs focused on regional politics, law, economics, or trade
  • Ability to perform job responsibilities within a work model that requires co-location in person 5 days per week in Washington, DC
  • Legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship

Nice to have

  • Demonstrated experience coordinating with different federal government agencies, including the Intelligence Community.
  • Russian, Chinese/Mandarin, Korean, or other critical language skills.
  • Maritime, shipping, oil, gas, economic, narcotics trafficking, human rights, or regional/foreign policy knowledge or experience.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication (written and oral) skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks, change, and ambiguity.

What the JD emphasized

  • Active Secret security clearance required, with obtain and maintain Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility
  • 2+ years of experience supporting sanctions and trade control projects or programs
  • 6+ years of experience supporting research-based projects or programs focused on regional politics, law, economics, or trade
  • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.