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Director - Special Investigations (FIU)
Social Finance INC · 🇺🇸 United States
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One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 186 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 49 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Social Finance INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles1 certified filing for “Director Risk Management / Fraud Prevention” (Operations Research Analysts) in CA: $243k–$243k, median $243k. Most were filed at wage level IV (100%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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The US Department of Labor certified 186 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 49 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Employee Applicant Privacy Notice Who we are: Shape a brighter financial future with us. Together with our members, we’re changing the way people think about and interact with personal finance. We’re a next-generation financial services company and national bank using innovative, mobile-first technology to help our millions of members reach their goals. The industry is going through an unprecedented transformation, and we’re at the forefront. We’re proud to come to work every day knowing that what we do has a direct impact on people’s lives, with our core values guiding us every step of the way. Join us to invest in yourself, your career, and the financial world. The role: The Director —Special Investigations (Financial Investigations Unit) will lead the prioritization and execution of proactive, complex, and high-risk AML investigations across the SoFi enterprise, including SoFi Bank, N.A., SoFi Securities, LLC, and the technology platform. This role will focus on identifying, investigating, and mitigating potential money laundering, terrorist financing, sanctions, fraud, and other financial-crime risks through targeted investigative initiatives. What you’ll do: • Lead and execute proactive AML investigations involving complex typologies, high-risk customers, emerging threats including those related to digital assets, and material exposure to the enterprise. • Manage the Special Investigations pipeline, including intake, triage, prioritization, assignment, escalation, and timely resolution of matters requiring enhanced investigative expertise. • Conduct end-to-end investigations using internal and external data sources; document findings, develop clear narratives, and determine appropriate disposition, escalation, and reporting actions. • Identify suspicious activity, emerging typologies, control gaps, and systemic trends; provide actionable recommendations to strengthen detection, investigation, and risk-mitigation capabilities. • Partner closely with the Financial Investigations Unit, Customer Intelligence Unit, Sanctions, Cryptocurrency, AML Advisory, Legal, Risk, Product, Data, and Engineering teams to investigate complex issues and drive resolution. • Serve as a subject-matter expert for complex AML investigations, including cases involving layered transactions, potentially related accounts, adverse media, high-risk geographies, beneficial ownership, and other elevated-risk activity. • Support the preparation, quality review, and escalation of Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs), regulatory inquiries, law-enforcement requests, and other investigative deliverables, as applicable. • Develop and maintain investigative procedures, playbooks, and quality standards for proactive and special investigations, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements, internal policies, and industry best practices. • Monitor developments in financial-crime typologies, regulatory expectations, and industry practices to ensure the Special Investigations program remains responsive to evolving risks. • Support regulatory examinations, internal audits, testing activities, and management reporting by providing clear documentation of investigative methodologies, outcomes, trends, and remediation efforts. What you’ll need: • Bachelor’s Degree from a four-year college or university in a related field. • 10-15+ years of experience in AML with a focus on retail banking and recent experience controls/processes or AML third-party risk management controls. • Comprehensive understanding of CPS/BaaS products including payments processing, card issuance, credit and lending and other traditional retail banking services. • Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization and across different business lines.