Sanctions Advisory Manager

Job title: Sanctions Advisory Manager

Location: London

Duration: 12 months initially

The role:

• To manage and oversee the EMEA Sanctions Advisory function.
• To provide the EMEA region with advice and guidance with respect to applicable financial and trade sanctions as well as meeting regulatory requirements/expectations.
• To lead and contribute to strategic enhancements of the EMEA sanctions compliance programme.

Responsibilities:

• To oversee the workload of the EMEA Sanctions Advisory function (average 150 pieces of advice per month).
• To monitor and assess changes to sanctions legislation.
• To assess sanctions regulatory enforcement actions and provide recommendations to the EMEA region as appropriate.
• To risk assess those transactions representing an elevated sanctions risk and provide advice, guidance and recommendations to the front office.
• To analyse and assess sanctions related clauses contained within legal documentation, risk is appropriately mitigated.
• To liaise and engage with PD Legal, PDAD Legal (New York Branch) or external counsel where appropriate, on behalf of EMEA front office deal teams.
• To determine escalation to the EMEA Head of Sanctions/EMEA MLROs or RCCO.
• To review, assess and provide feedback on assessments undertaken by the Sanctions Advisory AVPs.
• To design and provide targeted sanctions training to key stakeholders throughout EMEA to ensure they understand and comply with the Bank's requirements.
• To contribute to the writing of applicable policies, procedures and guidance.
• To support the EMEA Head of Sanctions by leading strategic initiatives.
• Contribute regularly to the Global Sanctions Working Group (designed to benchmark and share best practice across the SMBC Group).
• To provide structured and strategic engagement with senior front office stakeholders.
• Overseeing the design and compiling of relevant MI (including KRIs) which is provided to EMEA stakeholders and relevant management committees as part of established outsourcing arrangements.

Requirements:

• Sound understanding of legal sanctions instruments.
• Sound understanding of key sanctions regimes (EU/UK/US)
• Sound understanding of the Bank's products and services.
• A strong understanding of how to identify and mitigate sanctions risks.
• Strong analytical skills, capable of making logical assessments based upon factual data.
• Strong ability to appropriately priorities tasks in a high risk environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, especially when faced with challenge.
• Sound investigative skills.
• An International Compliance Association or equivalent financial crime qualification would be beneficial.

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Candidates will ideally show evidence of the above in their CV in order to be considered.

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