Associate

XB Consultants; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

XB Consultants is seeking a Senior Sanctions Advisory Analyst to provide practical sanctions analysis and advisory support across the firm’s global businesses and office network.

You will interpret and apply OFAC/OFSI/EU/UN regimes, assess sanctions risk, and prepare analyses for senior stakeholders. This role emphasizes advisory exposure across onboarding, reviews and trigger events in a busy global environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of sanctions, sanctions risk, compliance risk, or related advisory experience.
• Hands-on experience assessing and advising on sanctions risk is essential.
• Strong knowledge of US/OFAC, UK/OFSI, EU and UN sanctions regimes.
• Experience analysing complex ownership structures and designated-person exposure.
• Ability to translate regulatory requirements into practical risk-based advice.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for senior stakeholders.
• Experience in financial services or professional services is advantageous.
• ICA or sanctions/legal qualifications are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide sanctions advisory support on clients, beneficial owners, counterparties, transactions and jurisdictions.
• Assess and manage sanctions-related risk and jurisdictional exposure.
• Interpret OFAC, OFSI, EU, UN regimes in business scenarios.
• Review sanctions alerts and provide evidence-based recommendations.
• Conduct OSINT research, sanctions case reviews and horizon scanning.
• Support onboarding, periodic reviews and trigger-event sanctions assessments.
• Prepare concise sanctions analyses and escalation papers.
• Support sanctions policies, training, testing and risk improvements.
• Collaborate with Compliance, Legal and business teams on sanctions matters.

Skills

Sanctions advisory

Sanctions risk assessment

Regulatory compliance

OSINT research

Stakeholder communication

Analytical thinking

Financial crime knowledge

Education

ICA sanctions qualification

Job description

Senior Sanctions Advisory Analyst – Global Law Firm

An opportunity has arisen to join a highly respected global law firm in the position of Senior Sanctions Advisory Analyst. The role provides practical sanctions analysis and advisory support across the Group’s global businesses and office network.

This is a specialist role providing sanctions analysis, advisory and risk management support across the Group’s global businesses and international office network.

Key responsibilities

• Provide sanctions advisory support on new and existing clients, beneficial owners, counterparties, transactions and jurisdictions.
• Assess and manage sanctions-related risk, including complex ownership and control structures, designated persons and jurisdictional exposure.
• Interpret and apply OFAC, OFSI, EU, UN and relevant local sanctions regimes to specific business scenarios.
• Review and escape complex sanctions alerts and potential issues, providing clear, evidence-based recommendations.
• Conduct OSINT research, sanctions case reviews and regulatory horizon scanning.
• Support sanctions assessments across onboarding, periodic reviews and trigger events.
• Prepare concise sanctions analysis, risk assessments and escalation papers for senior Compliance, Legal and business stakeholders.
• Support sanctions policies, procedures, training, control testing, audits and risk-management improvements.
• Work closely with Compliance, Legal and business teams on complex sanctions and wider financial crime matters.

What we're looking for

• 5+ years’ relevant experience in sanctions, sanctions risk, financial crime advisory, compliance risk, trade controls or a related discipline.
• Significant hands-on experience assessing and advising on sanctions-related risk is essential.
• Strong practical knowledge of US/OFAC, UK/OFSI, EU and UN sanctions regimes.
• Experience analysing complex ownership structures, designated-person exposure, jurisdictional risk and sanctions restrictions.
• Ability to research regulatory requirements and translate them into clear, commercially practical advice and risk-based recommendations.
• Strong analytical, written and verbal communication skills, with confidence advising senior stakeholders.
• Experience within financial services, professional services, legal services, fiduciary or fund administration is advantageous.
• ICA, sanctions, legal or equivalent professional qualifications are a plus.

Important:

This is not primarily a KYC, AML operations or sanctions screening role. Candidates should have demonstrable experience in sanctions advisory, sanctions risk assessment and applying sanctions requirements to complex business scenarios. Experience limited to alert clearing or screening without substantive advisory exposure is unlikely to be suitable.

The successful candidate will be comfortable managing complex sanctions matters and stakeholders across multiple jurisdictions and time zones.