Global Sanctions & Export Controls Lead

Rio Tinto; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Rio Tinto is seeking a Principal Adviser Ethics & Compliance | Sanctions & Export Controls to provide specialist advice across Rio Tinto’s global operations, trading activities, supply chains, technology and strategic transactions.

In this role, you will help the business identify and manage sanctions and export control risks involving counterparties, ownership and control, countries, vessels, goods, software, technology, destinations, end users and end-use.

Qualifications

• Specialist experience in sanctions or export controls across multiple jurisdictions within a complex multinational.
• Strong practical knowledge of screening, ownership and control, licensing, end-use and technology transfers.
• Ability to translate regulatory requirements into proportionate controls and practical advice.

Responsibilities

• Monitor developments across sanctions, export control and related regimes and translate into practical business controls.
• Maintain standards, procedures, risk assessments and escalation routes with Legal and accountable owners.
• Advise on high-risk counterparties, ownership/control, countries, vessels, routes, products and end-users, including due diligence and licensing.
• Coordinate classification and control requirements for goods, software and tech, and advise on licenses and record-keeping.
• Identify diversion, evasion and misdescription risks, escalating prohibited activity and supporting controls across functions.
• Support responses to breaches, regulatory inquiries and remediation with Legal and accountable leaders.
• Develop risk-based monitoring and second-line assurance using data and approved tech.
• Build capability through targeted training for high-risk roles and teams.

Skills

Sanctions & export controls

Trade compliance

Regulatory guidance

Risk assessment

Regulatory interpretation

Education

Law or related field

Tools

Sanctions screening software

Data analytics tools

Job description

Rio Tinto is seeking a Principal Adviser Ethics & Compliance | Sanctions & Export Controls to provide specialist advice across Rio Tinto’s global operations, trading activities, supply chains, technology and strategic transactions.

In this role, you will help the business identify and manage sanctions and export control risks involving counterparties, ownership and control, countries, vessels, goods, software, technology, destinations, end users and end-use.