Sanctions Escalations - Senior Associate

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global bank in Bournemouth is seeking a Senior Associate in Sanctions Escalations. This role involves reviewing and analyzing wire transactions to ensure compliance with banking regulations. Candidates should have substantial banking experience, strong analytical and interpersonal skills, and the ability to work in a dynamic environment. This position offers a collaborative work atmosphere while handling sensitive financial information within compliance frameworks.

Qualifications

• Must have substantial work experience in banking.
• Managerial experience required to train and mentor team members.
• Previous experience in Sanctions or financial crimes compliance.

Responsibilities

• Review and analyze wire transactions and escalate issues.
• Communicate issues with management and other units.
• Document results and maintain quality standards.

Skills

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Flexibility

Adaptability to change

Education

Degree level education or equivalent experience

Tools

MS Office, Excel

Job description

If you possess leadership, analytical ability, initiative, a solution-oriented consultative mindset, a thorough knowledge of banking, Sanctions processes, service operations, products and systems and the ability to work effectively in a high volume, deadline driven, diverse team/site environment, then this role is for you! In collaboration with Global Financial Crimes Compliance and Global Sanctions Compliance, Global Sanctions Escalations takes an active role and is accountable for delivering the firm’s financial crime objective. They perform an assessment of alerts for potential Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing or Sanctions related activity based on system and manually sourced alerts, consistent with global and local standards.

As a Sanctions Escalations - Senior Associate in the Global Screening Operations (GSO) team, you will be part of a the EMEA Transactions Screening team, investigating live transactions which present potential AML (“Anti Money Laundering”) and Sanctions concerns.You will work in a team environment and must be able to adapt to a rapidly changing business and regulatory environment.You will perform additional duties and special projects as requested.

Ability to work flexible hours is required.Occasional overtime may be required.

Job responsibilities

• Review, analyze, and make decisions on wire transactions and specific issues escalated to/from internal business units.
• Validate positive search results and provide detailed research information to support the resolution of a match.
• Communicate issues with management, the lines of business, and Compliance units both in writing and verbally.
• Perform and review highly sensitive client and transaction search information.
• Report, elevate, and document results.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Educated to a degree level and/or has obtained the appropriate level of business experience.
• Must have substantial work experience in banking.
• Ability to deliver strong business results against internal and market cut offs in a fluid and ever-changing sanctions environment.
• Advanced analytical and written skills, enabling the clear and accurate summarization of your decision making.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build effective relationships with other teams.
• Ability to follow procedures, maintain quality standards, understand regulatory requirements while adhering to the appropriate controls.
• Previous experience of Sanctions, financial crimes compliance or a related position.
• Managerial experience is required to train, teach, coach and mentor senior team members and entry level analysts.
• Ability to maintain high quality in a risk intensive environment.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Proactive and resourceful mindset preferred.
• MS Office skills including intermediate Excel skills.