Compliance Sanctions Officer - UK Sanctions Advisory (Vice President) | London, UK

Citi; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Compliance Sanctions Officer to lead efforts in managing sanctions risk and compliance. This role involves developing strategies, policies, and procedures to ensure adherence to regulatory requirements while fostering awareness throughout the organization. The ideal candidate will collaborate with various teams to analyze sanctions-related data, provide insights on new business initiatives, and ensure compliance with global standards. If you are a proactive individual with a strong understanding of compliance laws and excellent communication skills, this opportunity may be your next career step.

Qualifications

• Experience in compliance, legal or control-related functions in financial services.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide advice on sanctions policies and regulatory changes.
• Analyze data and prepare reports related to sanctions risk assessments.
• Monitor compliance with Citi's Global Sanctions Policy.

Skills

Compliance laws knowledge

Sanctions knowledge

Experience with investigations

Regulatory liaison

Project management skills

Strong communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Self-starter

Flexibility and adaptability

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree

Tools

MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Job description

Compliance Sanctions Officer - UK Sanctions Advisory (Vice President)

Role Overview:
Serves as a Compliance Sanctions Officer for Independent Compliance Risk Management (ICRM) responsible for establishing internal strategies, policies, procedures, processes related to monitoring and fostering awareness of sanctions regulatory requirements that Citi must comply with; assessing related sanctions risk exposure, overseeing the quality of sanctions control processes and setting global standards to manage and mitigate those sanctions risks and protect the franchise. In addition, provides support for the collation of potential breaches of sanctions from across the firm and work with contacts in the Business and Compliance to ensure consistent and effective application and implementation of, and controls to evidence adherence to, relevant sanctions related global standards, policies and procedures.

What you'll do:

• Working collaboratively with the team to provide advice to business with respect to applicability of policies and implementation of the economic sanctions program and regulatory changes.
• Analyzing data, preparing and presenting regional and global reports related to sanctions risk assessments, and monitoring of sanctions related issues and escalations with senior management and global partners.
• Providing input on new business initiatives, new products, and advise on complex transactions.
• Partnering with functional partners, as applicable, to ensure potential risks are appropriately vetted and addressed. Identifying and escalating to the Chief Sanctions Officer material risks and significant instances of not adherence to the Framework by accountable front line units; directing investigations in coordination with GIU, CSIS, Legal, HR or as appropriate.
• Monitoring adherence to Citi's Global Sanctions Policy and relevant procedures; staying current on key Sanctions regulatory changes, key enforcement actions and related industry trends.
• Overseeing adherence to procedures and processes, to ensure compliance with policies ensuring that front line units meet required standards. Promoting global consistency of Sanctions ICRM practices and policies - within the line of business as well as cross-sector.
• Interacting with Management to raise awareness of Sanctions trends, emerging issues, remedial actions or enhancements to the program. Assessing the impact of issues/violations (legal/regulatory, policy, reputational, etc.) and dimensions control process gaps to help management define disciplinary and corrective actions, as appropriate.
• Participating in and managing, as appropriate, various internal assurance processes, e.g. Regional Enterprise wide and Horizontal risk assessments, self-assessment, internal audit or compliance assurance reviews. Supporting efforts in connection Internal Audit and functional regulators in Program exams and evaluations; tracking and challenging remedial actions from the front line units.
• Drafting and editing sanctions-related reference materials; supporting the various electronic record-keeping logs for sanctions licenses, voluntary disclosures; subpoenas etc.; participating in sanctions training programs.
• Additional duties as assigned.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

What we'll need from you:

• Knowledge of Compliance laws, rules, regulations, risks and typologies - preferably in relation to Sanctions and AML.
• UK Sanctions knowledge is preferable
• Experience performing investigations of potential breaches of policy/regulation is desirable.
• Managing and liaising with regulators and enforcement bodies is desirable.
• Product specific knowledge (e.g. Markets, Trade, Payments and Receivables, Securities Services, Investment Bank, Corporate Bank, Commercial Bank and Wealth) is desirable.
• Self-starter, flexible, innovative and adaptive.
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively and with people at all levels of a complex organization.
• Excellent project management and organizational skills and capability to handle multiple projects at one time.
• Proficient in MS Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

Education:

• Bachelor's degree; experience in compliance, legal or other control-related function in the financial services firm, regulatory organization, or legal/consulting firm, or a combination thereof; experience in area of focus; Advanced degree preferred