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Barclays Investment Bank · 6 days ago

Americas Sanctions Advisory AVP

745 7th Avenue, New York

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$110K/yr - $135K/yr

Barclays Investment Bank is seeking an Americas Sanctions Advisory AVP to serve as a key advisor in sanctions compliance. The role involves conducting thorough analysis and due diligence on sanctions alerts to ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations, while promoting operational excellence throughout the Americas region.

BankingFinancial Services

Responsibilities

Understanding the objectives of the Global Sanctions Function and the control frameworks and embed a culture of compliance with sanctions

Revision of escalated cases and confirm a True Match in line with regulations/policy accurately and in a timely manner, feeding back on instances of incorrect escalation

Management and provision of guidance in the completion of complex sanctions investigations, ensuring that matters are correctly managed and follow appropriate escalation routes, while involving the relevant stakeholders early and fully

Due diligence on Payment Screening alerts to determine the appropriate treatment and next steps for the payment in line with documented procedures following the defined governance process and approvals as required

Escalation of Customer Screening True Matches to appropriate Business Aligned Sanctions Team for assessment

Identification of opportunities to drive efficiencies in the alert management process and feed these back to the appropriate team(s) to implement

To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions

Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes

If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others

OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes

Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues

Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda

Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done

Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function

Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy

Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively

Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience

Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes

Qualification

Sanctions lawsFinancial crime complianceInvestigations referralsAnalytical skillsHigh quality writingLegal analysisStakeholder managementCommunication skillsProblem-solving skills

Required

Sanctions laws and case dispositions

Experience in processing and reviewing investigations referrals

High quality writing skills and legal analysis

Preferred

Understanding of financial crime compliance frameworks, including sanctions policies and standards

Communication and stakeholder management

Analytical and problem-solving skills

Company

Barclays Investment Bank

Barclays Investment Bank offers large corporate clients with strategic advisory, financing, and risk management solutions. It is a sub-organization of Barclays Corporate Banking.

Founded in 1997