Sr Analyst, AML - OFAC Program

Ally and Your Career Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do - and that’s more than some cliché people put on job postings. We love this stuff! We see our people as, well, people - with interests, families, friends, dreams, and causes that are all important to them. Our focus is on the health and safety of our teammates as well as work-life balance and diversity and inclusion.

From generous benefits to a variety of employee resource groups, we strive to build paths that encourage employees to stretch themselves professionally. We want to help you grow, develop, and learn new things. You’re constantly evolving, so shouldn’t your opportunities be, too?

Ally and Your Career Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do - and that’s more than some cliché people put on job postings. We love this stuff! We see our people as, well, people - with interests, families, friends, dreams, and causes that are all important to them. Our focus is on the health and safety of our teammates as well as work-life balance and diversity and inclusion.

From generous benefits to a variety of employee resource groups, we strive to build paths that encourage employees to stretch themselves professionally. We want to help you grow, develop, and learn new things. You’re constantly evolving, so shouldn’t your opportunities be, too?

Work Schedule: Ally designates roles as (1) fully on-site, (2) hybrid, or (3) fully remote. Hybrid roles are generally expected to be in the office a certain number of days per week as indicated by your manager. Your hiring manager will discuss this role's specific work requirements with you during the hiring process. All work requirements are subject to change at any time based on leader discretion and/or business need.

The Opportunity
This role is on a hybrid schedule in office a few days each week in either our Charlotte or Jacksonville office with some remote work.

The Enterprise Sanctions Program Sr. Analyst
will support the execution of Financial Crimes Compliance (FCC) strategic initiatives and governance related activities in order to maintain an effective enterprise sanctions compliance program. This role will assist in supporting sanctions screening initiatives, regulatory list-change activities, risk assessments, issue management, and program reporting. This role will work cross functionally with stakeholders as appropriate, including other FCC teams, Compliance, Technology, and Risk.

The Work Itself

• Monitor sanctions developments and internal risk events, assess operational impact, and support updates to procedures, job aids, training, and communications.
• Support regulatory exams, internal audits, compliance testing, and other reviews by organizing evidence and responding to requests.
• Support development, documentation, tracking, and reporting of FCC strategic priorities through coordination with FCC Management.
• Support OFAC risk assessments activities, monitoring, testing, and issue management.
• Support blocked and rejected transaction processes, including record retention, internal notifications, account or transaction restrictions, and regulatory reporting.
• Provide cross-functional support for sanctions screening and watchlist clearing.
• Partner with business units, Operations, Technology, Risk, Legal, and Audit to interpret sanctions requirements, resolve escalations, and strengthen processes.
• Lead or support cross-functional sanctions projects and strategic initiatives while balancing priorities.
• Identify ways to improve efficiency, data quality, automation, and control effectiveness while maintaining strong sanctions risk management.

• 3–5 years of experience in sanctions, OFAC, anti-money laundering, financial crimes compliance,…