Sanctions Controls and Investigations Manager

Job title: Sanctions Controls and Investigations Manager

Location: London

Duration: 12 months initially

The role:

Responsible for managing the EMEA Sanctions Controls and Investigations team, ensuring tasks are being performed in line with internal procedures. You will provide advice and guidance to key stakeholders on sanctions compliance issues. Primarily these stakeholders are in front office and operational departments. Act as an escalation point for potential high-risk transactions, making assessments and considering referrals to the EMEA Head of Sanctions

Responsibilities:

• To oversee real time investigations, ensuring that the team is functioning efficiently to ensure cases are reviewed in a timely manner.
• To act as an escalation, point for team members on high-risk investigations, to provide feedback to analysts and make recommendations based upon the individual facts of any case.
• To review and assess applicable regulations impacting any specific investigation.
• To coordinate effective escalation to the EMEA Head of Sanctions and local MLROs.
• To oversee all regulatory and policy breach investigations, escalating to the EMEA Head of Sanctions.
• To coordinate with relevant first line stakeholders in OAD
• To support the EMEA Head of Sanctions on strategic project initiatives relating to the internal control environment.

Requirements:

• Experience in conducting and coordinating forensic investigations.
• Sound understanding of legal sanctions instruments.
• Sound understanding of key sanctions regimes.
• Sound understanding of the Bank's products and services.
• Strong analytical skills, capable of making logical assessments based upon factual data.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, especially when faced with challenge.
• Sound investigative skills.
• An International Compliance Association financial crime qualification would be beneficial.

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