Sanctions Strategy and Compliance Leader

10 hours ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Banking Circle Full time

At Banking Circle, we are seeking an experienced Sanctions Strategy and Compliance Leader to join our team. As a global leader in the prevention of financial crime, we provide a truly international and vibrant work environment with over 550 skilled and dedicated employees worldwide.

We offer a competitive salary, ranging from $180,000 to $250,000 per year, depending on experience and qualifications, along with a generous benefit package, opportunities for continuous learning and development, and a dynamic and collaborative culture that values personal initiative and professional achievements.

In this role, you will collaborate with key stakeholders across the business to deliver a best-in-class Sanctions framework, driving the function's business strategy and objectives, taking into consideration Banking Circle's business model and the ever-changing Sanctions landscape. You will implement a high-performance culture and have the overall responsibility of embodying and encouraging a strong compliance culture within the team.

Key Responsibilities
  • Identify, design, and implement controls to manage sanctions risks and legislation.
  • Enhance the Bank's Sanctions approach towards different client verticals and solutions, including 3rd party customer risk.
  • Participate in internal or external audit reviews, including regulatory reviews.
  • Monitor and analyze developing legal and regulatory changes and, where required, perform an impact assessment of those changes.
  • Manage, empower, and continuously develop talent across the team.
  • Oversight of the financial crime reporting to senior leadership.
Requirements

You should have deep Sanctions subject matter expertise, along with a robust understanding of risk management principles. The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of relevant experience within sanctions, focusing on sanction advisory, prevention, or exposure. You should have a deep understanding of UN/UK/EU/US sanction regimes, and in-depth working knowledge of sanction policies, regulations, and enforcements.

You should also have proven management experience of sanction teams and the ability to execute your strategic agenda within a matrix environment, as well as implement structure and change in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. Furthermore, we expect you to have experience in sanctions-related system development, testing, and implementation.

As Banking Circle is an international company, it is a requirement that you are fluent in English.

What We Offer

We offer a hybrid work model for our employees to allow for flexibility and productivity. However, we do expect you to spend most of your time in the office to build community and efficiency in the team. Our benefits package includes a competitive salary, opportunities for continuous learning and development, and a dynamic and collaborative culture that values personal initiative and professional achievements.



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