Sanctions and Financial Crime Intelligence Manager

The role

One prohibited relationship, one missed match, and the bank is exposed in a way that's very hard to walk back. You own the framework that prevents that: the screening, the watch lists, the escalation calls on a potential match, and the team that runs it day to day. It's exacting work, and it has to be, because sanctions risk doesn't give second chances.

What you'll do

Manage the sanctions team, including work allocation, performance management, and staff development

Maintain the sanctions & TFS framework in line with applicable regulatory requirements

Oversee sanctions screening and related controls across relevant customers, transactions, and other applicable parties

Oversee the management and maintenance of applicable sanctions and watch lists, ensuring timely implementation of relevant updates

Oversee the effectiveness and performance of sanctions screening systems and related controls

Oversee the assessment and escalation of potential sanctions matches and related cases

Monitor sanctions risk exposure and the effectiveness of sanctions controls

Identify sanctions-related risks, emerging developments, and relevant typologies, ensuring appropriate consideration within the financial crime framework

Provide sanctions risk input to new products, services, and material changes

Maintain appropriate sanctions-related records, reporting, and regulatory correspondence

Escalate material sanctions risks in line with the approved escalation framework

What we're looking for

7+ years of financial crime/AML experience, with significant experience in sanctions, TFS, and sanctions screening, including supervisory or management experience

Strong knowledge of sanctions risk management, sanctions screening, and sanctions screening systems

Knowledge of sanctions and watch-list management, including relevant regulatory and list-update requirements

Knowledge of CBE/EMLCU requirements, FATF standards, and relevant international sanctions regimes, including OFAC, EU, and UK sanctions

A relevant AML/financial crime or sanctions qualification is preferred

You'll thrive here if you

You'd rather escalate a borderline match than clear it to keep the queue moving

You treat a watch-list update as time-sensitive, not something that can wait until tomorrow

You can explain a sanctions decision clearly enough that a regulator never has to ask twice

You want to own the control that keeps the bank out of relationships it can never afford to be in