We are supporting a reputable Lloyd's specialty broker in their search for a Sanctions Lead/Sanctions Manager.
Reporting into the Head of Financial Crime, the Sanctions Manager is responsible for ensuring the Group maintains robust, effective and compliant sanctions systems and controls to effectively mitigate the risk of breaching trade or financial sanctions. Acting as the Group’s sanctions subject matter expert, the role provides authoritative advice, training, guidance and interpretation of sanctions legislation – particularly in relation to complex and high-risk areas, such as Russia and marine-related sanctions.
Key Duties
Reporting into the Head of Financial Crime, the Sanctions Manager is responsible for ensuring the Group maintains robust, effective and compliant sanctions systems and controls to effectively mitigate the risk of breaching trade or financial sanctions. Acting as the Group’s sanctions subject matter expert, the role provides authoritative advice, training, guidance and interpretation of sanctions legislation – particularly in relation to complex and high-risk areas, such as Russia and marine-related sanctions.
Key Duties
- Serve as the organisation’s primary point of contact for sanctions matters, delivering clear, timely, and practical guidance to the business.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of UK, EU, US, UN, and other relevant sanctions regimes, analysing changes and interpreting their impact on operations.
- Advise on the practical implications of sanctions updates, ensuring business teams understand obligations and associated risks.
- Act as the key escalation point for complex sanctions queries and screening issues.
- Draft, maintain, and review sanctions-related financial crime policies, procedures, and supporting documentation, ensuring alignment with regulatory and legislative developments.
- Supervise the review, investigation, and escalation of sanctions screening alerts, ensuring timely resolution and appropriate handling of high-risk matters.
- Ensure that sanctions screening systems and controls remain effective, risk-based, and aligned with regulatory expectations and industry best practices.
- Monitor business activities to identify and address incidents of non-compliance with financial crime policies relating to sanctions.
- Ensure the sanctions team follows clear, documented processes for review, investigation, escalation, and record-keeping.
- Provide training, coaching, and mentorship to sanctions team members, supporting technical development and career progression.
- Oversee the maintenance of sanctions-related logs, registers, and management information (MI), ensuring data is accurate, complete, and up-to-date.
- You will have worked in an insurance business (preferably P&I club or broker) as part of a financial crime team (Lloyd's will still be considered).
- Demonstrable experience in dealing with high-level sanctions advisory queries, particularly in marine war risks.
- A real self starter that can work autonomously.
- The ability to supervise and potentially undertake direct reports.
- An excellent verbal and written communicator that is comfortable liaising with senior stakeholders.
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