Job Family:
Investigator
Travel Required:
Clearance Required:
What You Will Do:
- Review, analyze, and investigate sanctions-related alerts, cases, and escalations
- Conduct due diligence and research to identify potential sanctions matches, suspicious activity indicators, and compliance risks.
- Document findings clearly and accurately, ensuring case notes, decisions, and supporting evidence are complete and audit-ready.
- Apply sanctions policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements consistently to case reviews and decision-making.
- Escalate complex, high-risk, or ambiguous matters to appropriate stakeholders and provide clear recommendations.
- Collaborate with internal teams to support timely resolution of alerts and maintain high-quality service delivery.
- Contribute to process improvements, quality assurance efforts, and ongoing operational efficiency within the team.
What You Will Need:
- Experience in sanctions compliance, financial crime, AML, investigations, or a related risk/compliance field.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to assess information, identify patterns, and make sound decisions.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple cases or tasks in a fast-paced environment while meeting deadlines and quality standards.
- Working knowledge of sanctions regulations, screening processes, and compliance controls.
- Demonstrated ability to document work accurately and maintain confidentiality.
- Proficiency with common business systems and the ability to learn new tools quickly.
- Strong teamwork, professionalism, and customer service orientation.
What Would Be Nice To Have:
- Prior experience in a managed services or client-service environment.
- Knowledge of global sanctions regimes and related regulatory expectations.
- Experience using sanctions screening platforms, case management tools, or workflow systems.
- Relevant certifications or training in sanctions, AML, compliance, or financial crime prevention.
- Experience supporting process improvement, quality control, or training initiatives.
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What We Offer:
Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.
Benefits include:
Personal and professional growth opportunities
3 Additional Annual vacation days
New and innovative office space
Multicultural and young contemporary teams
Private health insurance and various discounts
About Guidehouse
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Skills Required
- Experience in sanctions compliance, financial crime, AML, investigations, or related risk/compliance field.
- Strong analytical skills to assess information, identify patterns, and make sound decisions.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple cases or tasks in a fast-paced environment while meeting deadlines and quality standards.
- Working knowledge of sanctions regulations, screening processes, and compliance controls.
- Demonstrated ability to document work accurately and maintain confidentiality.
- Proficiency with common business systems and ability to learn new tools quickly.
- Strong teamwork, professionalism, and customer service orientation.
- Prior experience in a managed services or client-service environment.
- Knowledge of global sanctions regimes and related regulatory expectations.
- Experience using sanctions screening platforms, case management tools, or workflow systems.
- Relevant certifications or training in sanctions, AML, compliance, or financial crime prevention.
- Experience supporting process improvement, quality control, or training initiatives.
Guidehouse Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Guidehouse and has not been reviewed or approved by Guidehouse.
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Healthcare Strength — Feedback suggests the benefits package includes broad medical, dental, vision, prescription, life, and disability coverage, which is often seen as a strong foundational offering. Access to HSA/FSA options further supports day-to-day healthcare and dependent-care needs.
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Parental & Family Support — Feedback suggests parental leave and adoption assistance are available, alongside an emergency back-up childcare program. These offerings indicate meaningful support for employees managing family responsibilities.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Feedback suggests flexible work options and counseling/EAP-style support are part of the broader rewards mix. Additional lifestyle-oriented perks like community events and referral programs are also described as available in some contexts.
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What We Do
Guidehouse is a leading global provider of consulting services to the public sector and commercial markets, with broad capabilities in management, technology, and risk consulting. By combining our public and private sector expertise, we help clients address their most complex challenges and navigate significant regulatory pressures focusing on transformational change, business resiliency, and technology-driven innovation. Across a range of advisory, consulting, outsourcing, and digital services, we create scalable, innovative solutions that help our clients outwit complexity and position them for future growth and success. The company has more than 12,000 professionals in over 50 locations globally. Guidehouse is a Veritas Capital portfolio company, led by seasoned professionals with proven and diverse expertise in traditional and emerging technologies, markets, and agenda-setting issues driving national and global economies.
