Mandarin Speaker: Trade Compliance & Sanctions Specialist (Project Based)
eClerx is looking for a (project-based) Mandarin speaking Compliance & Transaction Screening Specialist to support global trade compliance and risk monitoring activities across international markets. This role focuses on ensuring compliance with export control regulations, sanctions screening, and customer due diligence through detailed transactional and entity-level analysis.
Role Overview:
The successful candidate will be responsible for reviewing and validating customer transactions, entities, and product shipments to ensure compliance with global regulatory frameworks. This includes identifying potential risks related to sanctioned parties, restricted products, and embargoed destinations.
This is a project-based engagement (3 months, with the possibility of extension)—offering a unique opportunity to gain high-impact experience in global trade compliance, work on complex cross-border screening cases, and collaborate within a fast-paced international environment where precision and analytical expertise are highly valued.
Key Responsibilities- Sales Order & Transactional Screening
- Conduct entity verification by screening customer names and physical addresses in both English and Mandarin against Restricted Party Lists (RPL).
- Validate product classification against Export Control Classification Numbers (ECCN) to ensure compliance with export regulations and dual-use restrictions.
- Perform geopolitical screening to ensure shipments are not routed to embargoed countries or prohibited end-users.
- Identify, assess, and escalate red flags such as suspicious shipment routes or inconsistencies in entity details.
- Customer & Account-Level Due Diligence
- Perform denied party screening for new and existing accounts against global watchlists (e.g., SDNs, Entity List).
- Conduct ownership research using Mandarin-language corporate registries (e.g., Qichacha, Tianyancha) to identify Ultimate Beneficial Owners (UBO) and potential sanctions exposure.
- Resolve false positives by analyzing Chinese character variations, Pinyin interpretations, and regional address formatting differences.
- Manage ongoing re-screening processes to ensure continuous compliance with updated global sanctions lists.
Qualifications:
- Native or near-native Mandarin proficiency (reading and writing) is mandatory.
- Ability to read both Simplified Chinese (Mainland China) and Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong, Taiwan, and global usage).
- Bachelor’s degree in International Relations, Law, Finance, Business, or related field.
- Minimum of 3+ years of relevant experience in compliance, risk screening, KYC, AML, or a related field.
- Able to work on-site in Northgate Alabang, Muntinlupa
- Okay with a project-based employment setup under a 3-month contract (with possible extension)
- Can start immediately
- Understanding of US Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).
- Experience navigating Mandarin-language search engines and corporate databases for due diligence and entity verification.
- Strong analytical skills with attention to detail in regulatory and compliance environments.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-accuracy global operations setting.