Trade Compliance Analyst; Sunnyvale, CA)

• Please note that our customer is currently not considering applicants from the following locations:
  Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Tennessee.***

Our Customer is a corporation that develops, manufactures, and markets robotic products designed to improve clinical outcomes of patients through minimally invasive surgery. Founded in 1995, their goal was to create innovative, robotic-assisted systems that help empower doctors and hospitals to make surgery less invasive than an open approach. Working with the top medical professionals, they continue to develop new, minimally invasive surgical platforms and future diagnostic tools to help solve complex healthcare challenges around the world.

We are seeking a Trade Compliance Analyst on a contract basis to support our Customer's business needs. This role is onsite in Sunnyvale, CA
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We are seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented Trade Compliance Analyst to support our Customer's Global Trade Compliance program. This role is responsible for conducting, reviewing, tracking and documenting critical day-to-day compliance activities, including restricted party screening, sanctions and due diligence research, transaction analysis, compliance documentation management, and program record keeping.

The successful candidate will serve as a key operational partner within the compliance function, helping ensure that transactions, business relationships, and third-party engagements comply with applicable export control, sanctions, and trade regulations. This role will also critically lead the compliance team’s organizational and record-keeping needs while finding opportunities to track and produce KPIs.

This position is ideal for an individual who thrives in a data-intensive environment, enjoys deep research and upholding precise protocols, and demonstrates exceptional accuracy and attention to detail. Candidates must possess strong investigative and analytical skills combined with disciplined documentation practices and the ability to identify potential compliance risks through data analysis and research.

• Review and adjudicate restricted party screening alerts generated through automated and manual screening processes.
• Conduct research on companies, individuals, ownership structures, corporate affiliations, and business relationships to support screening determinations.
• Perform enhanced due diligence reviews on suppliers, customers, distributors, freight forwarders, research institutions, and other third parties.
• Prepare clear, concise, and well-supported written analyses documenting screening outcomes and recommendations.

• Analyze large data sets to identify trends, anomalies, and potential trade compliance risks.
• Support periodic compliance reviews of transactions, customer populations, third-party relationships, and business activities.
• Validate and reconcile compliance-related data across multiple systems and databases.
• Develop reports and metrics that support monitoring of compliance program effectiveness.
• Assist with dashboard development, reporting automation, and data quality initiatives.

• Conduct detailed research into corporate ownership structures, beneficial ownership, and complex business relationships.
• Validate customer, supplier, and third-party information using public and commercial research tools.
• Support investigations involving unusual transactions, high-risk jurisdictions, sensitive end uses, or complex routing scenarios.
• Perform deep-dive research and gather information to resolve identity verification and ownership questions.
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