Head of Sanctions

Join us as Head of Sanctions

• This is a high-profile role, where you'll lead a team who make sure our business strategy is compliant with Sanctions policy, external laws and regulations
• You'll support us directly in preventing breaches of sanctions across the bank
• Hone your leadership skills and gain recognition for your specialist expertise

What you'll do

As the Head of Sanctions in Financial Crime Risk, you'll design the bank-wide Sanction's policy, making sure that they are reflective of relevant laws and regulations, while providing SME advice to our business to put in place operating procedures and controls to meet the bank's and local policy requirements.

Alongside which, you'll support and mentor your colleagues and oversee an effective approach towards development and training, succession planning and talent management.

Additionally, you'll:

• Oversee sanctions name screening and transaction filtering systems
• Make sure that the business addresses Sanctions risk concerns within the management of their customer, geographic and product portfolio life-cycle
• Represent the bank externally on Sanctions matters
• Lead a team to undertake our complex sanctions investigations, building relationships with the business, delivering advice on transactions, customers or situations that involve complex Sanctions matters

The skills you'll need

We're looking for someone with a deep Sanctions subject matter expertise, along with a robust and broad understanding of risk management principles and regulatory framework.

You'll need technical expertise of relevant political and legislative developments across the financial industry, with the ability to guide and influence business representatives on related matters. It's also crucial that you have the leadership skills to empower teams to actively challenge how we do things.

You'll also need:

• Industry engagement on Sanctions matters
• Knowledge of the regulatory environment, divisional frameworks and methodologies
• Working knowledge of broader risk disciplines
• The ability to build trust and demonstrate value, applying expertise to credibly influence customers, working in partnership with stakeholders