Sanctions Risk & Advisory Lead (Hybrid)

Lloyds Banking Group; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days' holiday

Generous pension

Discretionary annual performance award

Private healthcare

Wellbeing support

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Lloyds Banking Group is seeking three Assistant Sanctions Managers for its Commercial Sanctions team, within Economic Crime Prevention. You will provide specialist sanctions advice, assess risks, investigate breaches and support governance across the group.

The role sits in a hybrid pattern with office days required and locations including Glasgow, Edinburgh, Birmingham or Bristol. The team handles sanctions decisionmaking, screening, risk assessments, investigations, and controls enhancements

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of sanctions regulations and risk management; experience advising within a regulated financial services environment.
• Experience completing sanctions risk assessments and reviewing complex sanctions-related cases.
• Ability to analyse complex information and make balanced, risk-based decisions.
• Experience building effective relationships with a wide range of business partners and providing constructive challenge where required.
• Experience supporting sanctions screening frameworks, governance activities or investigations.

Responsibilities

• Providing specialist sanctions advice and guidance to business partners across the Group.
• Assessing sanctions payments / cases and completing SAFs as required in line with policy and international law.
• Conducting sanctions risk assessments relating to customers, transactions, products and emerging risks.
• Investigating sanctions breaches, control issues and regulatory concerns, helping to support remediation.
• Managing sanctions referrals and technical queries from Commercial Banking and Trade Finance colleagues.
• Supporting governance, reporting and continuous improvement activity across the sanctions control environment.

Skills

Sanctions knowledge

Policy compliance

Sanctions risk management

Advising sanctions guidance

Decision making

Risk analysis

Relationship management

Critical thinking

Regulatory experience

Screening investigations

Trade finance knowledge

Payments knowledge

Corporate banking experience

Job description

Lloyds Banking Group is seeking three Assistant Sanctions Managers for its Commercial Sanctions team, within Economic Crime Prevention. You will provide specialist sanctions advice, assess risks, investigate breaches and support governance across the group.

The role sits in a hybrid pattern with office days required and locations including Glasgow, Edinburgh, Birmingham or Bristol. The team handles sanctions decisionmaking, screening, risk assessments, investigations, and controls enhancements