Sanctions Analyst

Gallagher Re; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global firm is seeking a candidate to provide financial and trade sanctions compliance support. This role involves guiding the business on sanctions and managing related risks. Ideal candidates will have a degree, be experienced with UK, EU, and US regulations, and possess strong problem-solving and communication skills. This position supports hybrid working with 2-3 days per week in the London office.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Defined contribution pension scheme

Life insurance up to 10x salary

Income protection plan

Health cash plan or Private medical insurance

Employee Stock Purchase plan

Discounted gym membership

Access to a discounted voucher portal

Qualifications

• Experience in UK, EU, and US sanctions/export control regulations is ideal.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Independent working in challenging environments is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Sanctions Manager to provide guidance around financial crime.
• Support financial crime projects and business-led initiatives.
• Maintain a sanctions framework to ensure compliance.

Skills

Organised

Detail-oriented

Client-focused

Strong communication skills

Problem-solving approach

Ability to evaluate controls

Proactive

Commercially aware

Education

Degree-level education or equivalent

Job description

Introduction

Welcome to Gallagher - a global community of people who bring bold ideas, deep expertise, and a shared commitment to doing what’s right.

We help clients navigate complexity with confidence by empowering businesses, communities, and individuals to thrive.

At Gallagher, you’ll find more than a job; you’ll find a culture built on trust, driven by collaboration, and sustained by the belief that we’re better together. Whether you join us in a client-facing role or as part of our corporate team |our brokerage division, our benefits and HR consulting division, or our corporate team, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your career, make an impact, and be part of something bigger.

Experience a workplace where you’re encouraged to be yourself, supported to succeed, and inspired to keep learning. That’s what it means to live The Gallagher Way.

Overview

The role holder will provide financial and trade sanctions, export control, and anti-boycott compliance support to Gallagher Re globally, as part of a global Centre of Excellence for Financial Crime and International Trade (CoE). They will ensure adherence to company, regulatory, and legal requirements while balancing commercial impact and stakeholder communication. The role may also support sanctions issues across Gallagher Global Brokerage.

How you'll make an impact

Key Responsibilities

• Work with the Sanctions Manager and colleagues in the CoE to provide support, advice and guidance around financial crime but particularly in respect of sanctions, guiding the business to identify, assess and manage the respective risks.
• Supply expert sanctions guidance to the business, taking into consideration business necessities, standard methodologies, and regulations.
• Support financial crime projects, business-led initiatives, and M&A integration.
• Conduct research and offer policy advice on sanctions-related developments.
• Address complex enquiries, ensuring clarity for the business.
• Help maintain a sanctions framework to ensure compliance with applicable laws.
• Be an escalation point to support resolution of sanctions screening alerts
• Adhere to internal policies, laws, and Gallagher’s values.

About You

Qualifications & experience

• Degree-level education or equivalent experience.
• Ideally you will have experience in UK, EU, and US sanctions/export control regulations or with a strong (re)insurance sector understanding.
• Organised, detail-oriented, and able to work under pressure.
• Client-focused with a practical problem-solving approach.
• Strong communication skills to distil complex issues, present confidently, and engage stakeholders.
• Ability to evaluate controls and work independently in challenging environments.
• Proactive, pragmatic, and commercially aware.
• Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK

What We Offer

At Gallagher, we’re proud to develop an open-minded, encouraging workplace where everyone can thrive. We value outstanding problem-solving styles and encourage individuality.

• Supportive, purposeful culture.
• Career development and progression opportunities
• Flexible working – this role is Hybrid, 2 -3 days in our London office
• Competitive salary and benefits
• Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK

Compensation and benefits

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days
• Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to
• Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x
• Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up
• Health cash plan or Private medical insurance

Other benefits include:

• Three fully paid volunteering days per year
• Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount
• Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan
• Critical illness cover
• Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
• Season ticket loan
• Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
• Emergency back-up family care
• And many more…

We value inclusion and diversity

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long‑term health conditions or disabilities.

We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know.

Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with [e-mail]. If you’d prefer to speak on the phone, please request a call back, leaving details, so we get in touch.

Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less‑favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non‑conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer‑employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.