Sanctions & Financial Crime AVP (Hybrid, EMEA)

ENGINEERINGUK; Slough; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive starting salary

Discretionary bonus

Non-contributory pension

27 days' annual leave

Hybrid working

Virtual GP

Wellbeing benefits

Mental Health Allies

First Aiders

Job summary

Mizuho London is seeking a skilled Financial Crime Compliance professional to support sanctions policy development and the handling of screening and alerts. The role involves advising on UK, EU and US regimes and collaborating with Operations and Front Office to manage sanctions risks.

In addition to a competitive salary and discretionary bonus, the team offers hybrid working, a non-contributory pension, 27 days of annual leave and wellbeing benefits including mental health support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent required.
• Experience with UK/EU/US sanctions regimes and regulations.
• Knowledge of sanctions industry best practices.
• Knowledge of SWIFT and SEPA message types.
• ACAMS/ICA or other AML/sanctions qualifications desirable.
• Experience with transaction filtering, monitoring, and CDD systems (Fircosoft, Compliance Link, World-Check One, Fenergo).
• Experience managing Financial Sanctions risks.

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation and development of Mizuho London's Sanctions and Financial Crime policies and procedures.
• Assist with the closure of sanctions alerts generated in transactional filtering systems and those escalated for second line review by the Operations Teams.
• Provide ad-hoc support to the Client Lifecycle Management Team and UK Financial Crime Compliance Team in managing sanctions risks associated with Mizuho's clients through the client onboarding and rolling review process.
• Monitor changes and updates in Sanctions regulations (including fines, enforcement action and thematic reviews) and their impact on Mizuho London's business model and customer base.
• Provide SME support to Financial Crime Compliance on sanctions related matters including transactions with a sanctions nexus.
• Produce updates on trade, financial and economic sanctions for Management Committees, and internal staff briefings (including Mizuho Intranet updates).
• Respond to ad-hoc sanctions enquiries received from Front Office Departments and/or other departments within Mizuho London.
• Conduct quality assurance checks, including on the closure of transaction alerts generated in the sanctions filtering system, sanctions list updates, and trade finance sanctions checks performed by the Operations teams.
• Provide Compliance support for IT and Operations projects for implementation and upgrade of transaction filtering systems, sanctions screening systems and related updates of upstream systems.

Skills

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Sanctions knowledge (UK/EU/US)

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent

Tools

Fircosoft

Compliance Link

World-Check One

Fenergo

Job description

Mizuho London is seeking a skilled Financial Crime Compliance professional to support sanctions policy development and the handling of screening and alerts. The role involves advising on UK, EU and US regimes and collaborating with Operations and Front Office to manage sanctions risks.

In addition to a competitive salary and discretionary bonus, the team offers hybrid working, a non-contributory pension, 27 days of annual leave and wellbeing benefits including mental health support.