Sanctions Investigations Analyst

4 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom eFinancialCareers Full time

Responsibilities:
The main functions of the Level 2 Sanctions Investigations team are:

- Review and Investigate real time payment messages within sanctions screening systems and conduct in-depth investigations on payments held for sanctions concerns.
- Review and Investigate Customer Screening alerts.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- The Level 2 team is responsible for reviewing transactions escalated from the Level 1 Screening team, which have alerted against sanctions lists in the transaction screening systems.
- The team will discount matches that do not require further investigation and for those requiring investigation, they are responsible for sending out requests for information to the relevant EMEA branch or department. Once the requested information is received,the analyst will complete the investigation and provide the rationale as to whether a payment can be released or whether it requires further escalation to the Level 3 Sanctions Advisory team.
- Level 2 are also responsible for conducting daily customer and related-party screening.

**Skills**:Education / Qualifications:

- Degree preferred
Essential:

- 1-3 years of relevant banking/compliance experience
- Experience in Payments and knowledge of SWIFT
- Good understanding of banking products and the UK regulatory environment.
- Broad understanding of banking and financial crime risk (AML and Sanctions) in banking
Specific to role:

- Knowledge of sanctions regimes, in particular OFAC, EU and UK regulations
- Strong analytical skills
- Demonstrates attention to detail
- Manages priorities effectively and delivers efficiently
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written & verbal
- The ability to operate with urgency and prioritise work accordingly

In our company values we aim for equity at all stages of the recruitment process, please let us know if we can do anything to make the process more accessible to you.



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