Operations Analyst - Sanctions

Bank of America; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Pension plan

Life assurance

Flexible benefits

Wellbeing support

Charity payroll match

Arts & Culture membership

Volunteer opportunities

Job summary

Bank of America is seeking an Operations Analyst – Sanctions to join the Sanctions Center of Excellence within Global Payment Operations in Bromley. The role focuses on OFAC alert investigations, screening reviews, and ensuring compliance with sanctions programs while collaborating with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.

The ideal candidate will have strong analytical and communication skills, proficiency with Microsoft Office, and the ability to work independently or as part of

Qualifications

• Analytical mindset and detail oriented.
• Excellent oral and written communications.
• Strong computer literacy with Microsoft Office experience.
• Ability to work independently and in a team.

Responsibilities

• Conduct sanctions screening reviews in accordance with established procedures, ensuring timely and accurate review of alerts while maintaining compliance with regulatory, policy and risk management requirements.
• Achieve productivity, quality and service level expectations by processing assigned workloads efficiently and consistently across all supported screening queues.
• Identify, challenge and elevate potential risks, issues and concerns in a timely manner, supporting a culture of strong risk awareness, transparency and continuous improvement.
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency, including recommending filter enhancements, reducing false positive alerts and supporting process optimisation initiatives.
• Keep up to date with procedural changes, job aids, policy updates, training requirements and industry developments to ensure knowledge remains current and decisions remain aligned with expectations.
• Contribute positively to team culture by collaborating effectively with colleagues, sharing knowledge, supporting the development of others and promoting an inclusive and respectful working environment.
• Participate with the coordination of implementation for products, services, and operational solutions.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Detail oriented

Communication skills

Microsoft Office literacy

Independent and team work

Attention to compliance

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Description:

Job Title: Operations Analyst - Sanctions

Corporate Title: Officer

Location: Bromley

Company Overview:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Location Overview:

Join our bustling Bromley office, situated in one of London’s greenest boroughs. Here you’ll find plentiful and easy commuting routes, with central London just 15 minutes away by train.

Role Description:

In this role you will be part of the Center of Excellence for economic sanctions monitoring and therefore part of Global Payment Operations (GPO). GPO is the central hub for Bank of America in playing a monumental and mission critical role in establishing, servicing, supporting and monitoring two of the most widely used electronic payment processing vehicles – Wire and ACH – in the financial services arena worldwide. GPO is also accountable for the SSCoE (Sanctions Screening Center of Excellence) that reviews all of Bank of America’s customers and transactions to ensure compliance with Bank of America’s Economic Sanctions Program.

In this role you will also Investigate Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) alerts for both domestic and international consumer, commercial and wholesale bank businesses or services functions.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct sanctions screening reviews in accordance with established procedures, ensuring timely and accurate review of alerts while maintaining compliance with regulatory, policy and risk management requirements.
• Achieve productivity, quality and service level expectations by processing assigned workloads efficiently and consistently across all supported screening queues.
• Identify, challenge and elevate potential risks, issues and concerns in a timely manner, supporting a culture of strong risk awareness, transparency and continuous improvement.
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency, including recommending filter enhancements, reducing false positive alerts and supporting process optimisation initiatives.
• Keep up to date with procedural changes, job aids, policy updates, training requirements and industry developments to ensure knowledge remains current and decisions remain aligned with expectations.
• Contribute positively to team culture by collaborating effectively with colleagues, sharing knowledge, supporting the development of others and promoting an inclusive and respectful working environment.
• Participate with the coordination of implementation for products, services, and operational solutions.
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What we are looking for:

• You will have an analytical mindset and be detail oriented.
• You will have excellent oral and written communications skills.
• You will have excellent computer literacy with experience in Microsoft Office.
• You will have the ability to work independently, as well as, within a team.

Skills that will help (optional):

• Previous Economic Sanctions, Wire Transaction and/or previous Compliance experience highly desired.
• Striving to bring new thoughts and ideas to teams in order to drive innovation and unique solutions.
• Commitment to challenging the status quo and promoting positive change will be advantageous.

Benefits of working at Bank of America – UK

• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner
• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons
• 20 days of back-up childcare including virtual tutoring and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum
• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness etc
• Use of a flex fund to use towards benefits
• Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, mental health first aiders and virtual GP services
• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution
• Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership programme and receive discounted entry to some of the UK and Ireland’s most iconic cultural institutions
• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local area

Bank of America

Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

We are an equal opportunities employer, and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.