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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