Assistant Vice President (AVP), Central Sanctions Unit (CSU)

Lloyds Banking Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Lloyds Banking Group in New York seeks an AVP to lead the Central Sanctions Unit, ensuring regulator-ready rationales and timely case closures. You will supervise sanctions/PEP investigations, review alerts, and coordinate with Compliance, Letters of Credit, and Payments teams.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years in sanctions, strong knowledge of AML/KYC, and experience with Fircosoft and SWIFT tools. This role offers a competitive salary and growth within a global bank.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in sanctions/PEP investigations with regulatory-ready rationales.
• Knowledge of US PATRIOT Act, BSA, AML regulations.
• Experience in adverse media investigations.
• Understanding of KYC/CIP processes.

Responsibilities

• Review/sign-off of sanctions/PEP case alerts with established standards.
• Screen customer and payment/SWIFT activity for compliance.
• Provide backfill support during absences and absences.
• Daily screening reconciliation and sign-off.
• Manage negative news alerts and related investigations.
• Lead and support testing and production readiness activities.

Skills

Sanctions investigations

AML knowledge

KYC / CIP

Regulatory reporting

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Tools

Fircosoft

SWIFT

MS Excel

MS Word

Job description

Why Lloyds

Lloyds North America forms an integral part of Lloyds Banking Group, a leading UK‑based financial services group focused primarily on retail and commercial customer. We have operated in North America for over 100 years, delivering a client‑focused approach to large Corporate and Institutional clients with strong links to the UK.

Overview

Why Lloyds

Lloyds North America forms an integral part of Lloyds Banking Group, a leading UK‑based financial services group focused primarily on retail and commercial customer. We have operated in North America for over 100 years, delivering a client‑focused approach to large Corporate and Institutional clients with strong links to the UK.

From our New York office, we provide a comprehensive range of core banking products, including lending, trade finance, and working capital solutions, alongside debt capital and financial markets services through our U.S. broker‑dealer, Lloyds Securities Inc.

Our commitment to inclusion

At Lloyds, diversity and inclusion are core to who we are. We are committed to attracting, retaining, and developing the best talent and creating a culture where every colleague feels included, valued, and empowered to be their best.

Lloyds values diversity across all backgrounds and experiences and encourages our colleagues to bring their whole self to work. We provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees in accordance with applicable law.

Reasonable Accommodations for Qualified Individuals with Disabilities During the Application Process

Lloyds North America is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application process. If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the application process, our scheduling team can assist if you are selected to interview.

Our Benefits

We also offer a wide‑ranging benefits package, which includes:

• Comprehensive health coverage with multiple medical plan options, including an HSA‑eligible plan with company contributions, plus dental, vision, and 24/7 virtual care
• Strong financial benefits including a 401(k) with company match and discretionary contribution, company‑paid life insurance, and short‑and-long‑term disability coverage
• Family and life support such as paid family leave, backup child and elder care, employee assistance programs, and identity theft protection
• Wellness and lifestyle benefits including fitness programs, gym reimbursement options, pet insurance, and group legal services
• Ongoing training, development, mentoring, and networking opportunities
• Opportunities to give back through volunteering and fundraising initiatives

This is a once in a career opportunity to help shape your future as well as ours. Join us and grow with purpose.

About The Role

The Central Sanctions Unit (CSU) team in New York is responsible for the screening of Lloyds Bank, North America’s customer base and payment transactions and the investigation of alerts with respect to screening against sanctioned countries, entities, individuals and PEPs. There is a similar set of responsibilities related to adverse media screening. Other responsibilities include the screening of select non-automated transactions and newly on-boarded relationships; FinCEN 314(a) processing; sanctions list update review & testing; producing daily/monthly MI and; related systems development project work.

The opportunity

The AVP is responsible to ensure the efficient flow and timely completion of all activities within CSU and support the Manager as needed. AVP ensures Sanctions and PEP case investigations comply with the standard of ‘regulator ready’ rationales and provide reviews of supplemental evidence to support outcome.

Responsibilities

What you’ll be doing

• Review/sign-off of sanctions/PEP case alerts, applying applicable fuzzy logic and established case investigation standards, produced from:
• Customer screening.
• Payment/SWIFT message screening
• Provide back fill support for other team members during absences and scheduled time off.
• Daily screening reconciliation review/sign-off
• Manage Negative News alerts and administration, review/sign-off of news alert case investigations.
• Manage 314(a) processing and review/sign-off of alerts.
• Conduct manual screening of non-automated transactions (i.e. L/Cs, check deposits, etc.)
• Manage and support Team members to ensure all case investigations are resolved to acceptable standards in accordance with group policies and in an accurate and timely manner.
• Conduct business assurance testing of Sanctions / PEP list updates for introduction into production systems.
• Lead and support project / system testing work (which requires some weekend work).
• Manage interactions with Letter of Credit, Loan Operations, Payments Office and Compliance teams when needed.
• Create monthly and ad-hoc MI.
• Responsible for understanding and remaining current with Group policies and standards that apply to job role, and ensure team members are trained and informed of any changes.
• Successful completion of all mandatory trainings/reading/workshop
• Act as subject matter expert for all sanctions related activities
• Lead and support a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement

Qualifications

What you’ll bring

Requirements

• Familiarity with Fircosoft screening and case management tools a plus.
• Knowledge of the OFAC SDN list and purpose (knowledge of HMT sanctions a plus).
• 3+ years of experience in performing Sanctions / PEP investigations with the ability to produce regulatory ready rationales with supporting evidence.
• General knowledge of US PATRIOT Act, Bank Secrecy Act, Anti Money Laundering legislation and OFAC regulations.
• Experience in performing Adverse Media investigations and case decisions.
• Knowledge of KYC / CIP.
• An understanding of SWIFT message types and formatting.
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills, including MS Word and Excel.

Attributes

• Strong interpersonal skills which include excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Agile thinker, capable of learning new technologies and implementing new processes
• Passionate about colleague development and learning
• Ability to work independently as well as a member of a small team with the capacity for a multi-task environment.
• Self-starter with attention to detail and ability to adhere to policies/procedures.
• Ability to work under pressure and within set deadlines.

Annual Salary Range

$100,000-$135,000

Professional Certifications / Licenses Required

No