Are you an experienced Sanctions Advisor, or have strong expertise in a sanctions focused role? Does your experience focus on UN, UK, EU and US Sanctions legislations? Are you looking for a new role in a growing retail bank that is passionate about customers and colleagues? If yes, then we may have the role for you!
As a Sanctions Advisor within our Financial Crime Policy team at Metro Bank, you will be responsible for responding to complex sanctions escalations from colleagues across the bank, and providing timely and accurate advice based on your extensive sanctions expertise. You will bring your in-depth sanctions subject matter expertise, including substantial understanding of UN, UK, EU and US sanctions legislation, and the application of these requirements in wide ranging circumstances, to the role. You will also bring great experience of building relationships that help promote and deliver effective financial crime controls and develop colleagues understanding of the critical role played by the Sanctions team.
Depending on the team, most of our roles offer hybrid working. In this role you will be in office once per week – ask your recruiter for full details.
So what would you be doing?...
• Responding to sanctions escalations from colleagues across the bank, providing timely and accurate advice in line with our policy and minimum standards
• Using your extensive understanding of UN / UK/ EU and US Sanctions legislation to propose timely, pragmatic recommendations to escalations to enable the bank to appropriately manage sanctions risk
• Building strong relationships across the bank and influencing how recommendations are executed
• Identifying potential areas of enhancement across the bank, making recommendations to ensure we remain compliant with ongoing legal and regulatory requirements
• Raising awareness of sanctions risk across the bank to ensure that sanctions risks are identified and escalated accordingly
• Supporting Financial Crime (FC) prevention initiatives across the bank, ensuring sanctions risk is appropriately managed
• Provide subject matter input as required into other FC controls and initiatives
You need to be this kind of person…
• Passionate about providing unparalleled levels of service and convenience for customers
• Able to work and learn quickly in a fast paced, fun and dynamic environment
• Prepared to stick at something – we wonder what might be the issue if someone has jumped from job to job as we want people who are prepared to learn and grow
• Care about doing a great job and exceeding expectations with the quality of what you do
And... we are a bank so risk is a part of everything we do. We love people who take responsibility, do the right thing for customers, colleagues and Metro Bank and have the courage to call out any concerns.
We always support colleagues to develop their skills. But to be successful in this job you really do need to already be able to do most of these wonderful things...
•Understand the risks associated with your job and what that means for you, Metro Bank and all our stakeholders
• Naturally you will have extensive experience of a similar Sanctions Advisory role within a peer financial institutions or strong expertise from a sanctions focused role
• Your application/CV should demonstrate your understanding and experience of UN, UK, EU and US Sanctions legislation
• You’ll have experience of applying this understanding to escalations received from across the bank to propose timely and pragmatic recommendations in line with regulatory requirements
• You’ll be able to demonstrate a good understanding of sanctions peer practice and have a good network of sanctions contacts
• You’ll be skilled at building and managing relationships, and be capable of providing constructive and positive challenge to colleagues and stakeholders, to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory obligations
• You’ll have excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to draft clear, concise procedures and guidance fully aligned to legal and regulatory requirements
• You’ll be a strong communicator with great prioritization skills
• You’ll demonstrate a good ability to think strategically, with strong delivery skills to propose pragmatic advice
• An International Compliance Association (ICA) financial crime / sanctions qualification would be beneficial.
• Finally, you’ll have a proven track record of digesting complex sanctions legislation and providing commensurate advice to colleagues
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