Sanctions Specialist - AVP

Barclays

Location: London, United Kingdom

Category: Banking/Finance

Salary: 45,000 - 70,000 GBP / yearly

Full-time

Job Description

Join us as a Sanctions Specialist - AVP, where you will be responsible for supporting the Sanctions function to drive the effective delivery, oversight, and risk management for sanctions alerts escalations.

Responsibilities

Understanding the objectives of the Global Sanctions Function and the control frameworks.
Revision of escalated cases and confirm a True Match in line with regulations/policy accurately and in a timely manner.
Management and provision of guidance in the completion of complex sanctions investigations.
Due diligence on Payment Screening alerts to determine the appropriate treatment and next steps for the payment.
Escalation of Customer Screening True Matches to appropriate Business Aligned Sanctions Team.
Identification of opportunities to drive efficiencies in the alert management process.

Qualifications

Understanding of financial crime or sanctions laws, regulations, regulatory expectations, and industry best practice.
Sound judgement and the ability to make business critical decisions.
Self-confidence to articulate opinions in the face of contrary views.
Background in sanctions or financial crime such as OFAC or AMLA qualification related to compliance.

Why Join Us?

To advise and influence decision making.
Lead a team performing complex tasks.
Identify ways to mitigate risk and develop new policies/procedures.
Collaborate with other areas of work to keep up with business activity and the business strategy.