Sanctions Associate at Rippling

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.

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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 questions

What You Will Need:

• 3+ years of sanctions or financial crime compliance experience, including 2+ years focused on OFAC/sanctions due diligence or high-risk customer reviews
• Experience conducting sanctions investigations and risk analyses in first-line and/or second-line roles
• Experience working with multi-jurisdictional sanctions regimes, particularly US (OFAC), EU, UK, and other international programs
• Strong understanding of sanctions typologies, regulatory obligations, and conducting risk assessments for complex entities and ownership structures
• Excellent research, analytical, and communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple reviews in a fast-paced environment
• BA/BS degree required; professional certifications such as CGSS, CFCS, or CAMS are a plus

About the Team:

Rippling's Financial Crime Team is a core function within the Compliance department, responsible for managing financial crime risk across Rippling's global operations. The team brings together deep expertise across sanctions, AML, KYC, and EDD to build and maintain scalable compliance frameworks that protect the company and support sustainable growth.

Sanctions compliance is a critical pillar of that mission. As Rippling expands into new markets and onboards an increasingly complex customer base, the ability to identify and manage OFAC and international sanctions exposure is more important than ever. The Sanctions Due Diligence function sits at the center of that effort, owning the reviews, frameworks, and cross-functional partnerships that keep Rippling's sanctions program effective.

At Rippling, we view compliance as a strategic enabler rather than a constraint. We build efficient, technology-driven processes that safeguard the business without slowing it down. Join us to help shape a modern sanctions compliance function at a rapidly growing, global company.

Additional Information

Rippling is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected characteristics, Rippling is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process. To request a reasonable accommodation, please email accommodations@rippling.com

Rippling highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. For office-based employees (employees who live within a defined radius of a Rippling office), Rippling considers working in the office, at least three days a week under current policy, to be an essential function of the employee's role.

This role will receive a competitive salary + benefits + equity. The salary for US-based employees will be aligned with one of the ranges below based on location; see which tier applies to your location here.

A variety of factors are considered when determining someone’s compensation–including a candidate’s professional background, experience, and location. Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed below.