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title: "International Affairs Research Analyst"
company: "ComplyAdvantage"
company_url: "https://www.remjobs.works/companies/complyadvantage"
url: "https://www.remjobs.works/job/complyadvantage-international-affairs-research-analyst-3abfd935-1622-4f97-bb23-224b4139f30a"
apply_url: "https://complyadvantage.com/careers/jobs/8769640002?gh_jid=8769640002"
workplace: onsite
location: "Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania"
employment_type: unspecified
seniority: mid
role: other
region: europe
date_posted: 2026-09-01T16:22:54.000Z
first_seen_by_remjobs: 2026-09-04T18:12:30.368Z
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# International Affairs Research Analyst

**ComplyAdvantage** · Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania

Apply: https://complyadvantage.com/careers/jobs/8769640002?gh_jid=8769640002

## About the role

**What you will be doing**

We are looking for an International Affairs Research Analyst with knowledge in political sciences to help us build our SaaS-based anti-money laundering solutions, which help organisations fight financial crime! You’ll get involved in measuring and building out our data coverage related to anti-money laundering (AML), mainly focused on sanctions and watchlists (targeted financial sanctions, sanctioned vessels, warning lists).

As an International Affairs Research Analyst for Sanctions and Watchlists, you will:

- Execute research assignments on the scope of sanctions or warning lists

- Assess the accuracy and quality of existing data

- Support the team in identifying coverage improvement needs

- Work closely with Product and Data to ensure we exceed client expectations in relation to our data coverage and quality.

**About you**

As an International Affairs Research Analyst for Sanctions and Watchlists, you will:

- Have excellent research skills and a desire to understand issues holistically

- Have a broad understanding of principles of government structures around the world

- Have an outstanding level of attention to detail, and likely adopt a methodological approach to much of your research

- Enjoy working in a collaborative environment, have well-developed interpersonal skills, and the ability to support and mentor your colleagues

- Proficient English language skills

Nice to haves:

- Experience working in a scale-up/start-up

**The impact you will have**

It is key for our clients to know whether a customer or business has been sanctioned or appears on a watchlist. In this role, you will take ownership of correctly assessing updates to our existing database and execute internal quality assurance processes preparing data to be displayed accurately to clients.

**What’s in it for you?**

- Competitive Salary

- Equity as we want you to have a part of what we are building

- Unlimited Time Off Policy - A work-life balance and focus on our wellbeing are critical to keeping us performing at our best.

- We embrace a hybrid approach that requires employees to be in the office for two days a week. We strongly believe that this approach fosters collaboration and enables the building of meaningful relationships.

- You will also get an annual budget to kit out your home office

- Opportunity to work on innovative projects with smart like-minded people who are keen to share their knowledge and continuously improve

- Annual learning budget to drive your performance and career development

- Working from home budget

- Meal Vouchers 45 RON/ Day

- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (Atlas)

- Medical Insurance

- 7Card Subscription (upon request)

*The base salary range for this role is 86,000 - 96,000 RON (gross) + equity and benefits. The actual pay may vary based on factors such as location, experience, and skills.*

**About us:**

Our mission is to empower every business to eliminate financial crime.

By harnessing AI, a unified platform, and an extensive partner ecosystem, we help customers turn compliance into a catalyst for growth, operational resilience, and enduring regulatory trust.

More than 3,000 enterprises across 75 countries rely on our end-to-end platform and the world’s most comprehensive financial crime risk intelligence. With full-stack agentic automation, we help organizations automate up to 95% of KYC, AML, and sanctions reviews, cut onboarding times by 50%, reduce false positives by 70%, and handle 7x more work with the same staff.

ComplyAdvantage is headquartered in London and has global hubs in New York, Lisbon, Singapore, and Cluj-Napoca. It is backed by Balderton Capital, Index Ventures, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Goldman Sachs, and Andreessen Horowitz. Learn more about compliance re-engineered for the age of AI at [complyadvantage.com](http://complyadvantage.com).

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