Sanctions Associate

About Rippling Rippling gives businesses one place to run HR, IT, and Finance. It brings together all of the workforce systems that are normally scattered across a company, like payroll, expenses, benefits, and computers. For the first time ever, you can manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle in a single system. Take onboarding, for example. With Rippling, you can hire a new employee anywhere in the world and set up their payroll, corporate card, computer, benefits, and even third-party apps like Slack and Microsoft 365—all within 90 seconds. Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1.4B+ from the world’s top investors—including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks, and Bedrock—and was named one of America's best startup employers by Forbes. We prioritize candidate safety. Please be aware that all official communication will only be sent from @ Rippling.com addresses. Rippling is seeking a Sanctions Due Diligence Associate to join our growing Financial Crime Compliance Team. This role will lead OFAC/Sanctions due diligence reviews of existing customers, prospects, and third-party partners, ensuring alignment with Rippling's risk appetite and applicable sanctions regulations. Sanctions due diligence reviews require performing extensive research using open-source, proprietary, and third-party tools, reviewing sanctions-related adverse media, leading customer-facing due diligence calls, and drafting targeted outreach and escalation questions. You will conduct comprehensive risk analyses across a broad spectrum of sanctions exposure and liaise with teams across the organization, including the Compliance FCC Team, KYC, Sales, Implementation, Legal, and Product, to ensure sanctions risk is identified, documented, and resolved. A core part of this role involves contributing to the ongoing buildout of Rippling's sanctions due diligence program, developing and maintaining the policies, procedures, and operational frameworks that underpin how the team identifies, assesses, and escalates sanctions risk. You will draft high-quality, thoroughly researched sanctions risk analyses and governance documentation, and maintain current knowledge of US and international sanctions programs and evolving regulatory requirements through ongoing research and industry engagement. You will serve as a subject matter resource on sanctions and trade compliance topics, assist in developing and delivering internal training on new or emerging risks, and help build a culture of compliance across business units. Strong cross-functional partnership is essential. This role works closely with Go-to-Market teams and requires the ability to communicate complex sanctions risk clearly to non-specialist audiences. What You Will Do Own end-to-end sanctions due diligence reviews of customers, prospects, and third-party partners, from initial screening through risk determination and resolution Assist in reviewing and dispositioning sanctions screening alerts generated through Rippling's screening program Conduct in-depth research across open-source, proprietary, and third-party tools, including adverse media analysis and sanctions nexus assessments for complex entities and ownership structures Lead customer-facing due diligence calls and develop targeted outreach and escalation questions that surface meaningful risk Build and maintain the policies, procedures, and operational frameworks that define how Rippling's sanctions due diligence program runs Produce clear, well-reasoned sanctions risk analyses and governance documentation Act as a cross-functional partner to the EDD Team, Sales, Implementation, Legal, and Product, keeping sanctions risk visible and actionable across the business Stay current on OFAC and international sanctions developments and translate regulatory change into practical guidance for the team Develop and deliver internal sanctions training and serve as a go-to resource for business units navigating sanctions qu