Lead Domestic Screening with Banking /Fintech  Domain

Overview

Requirements

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Role Purpose

Key Accountabilities

• Lead Level 1 and Level 2 sanctions alert investigations, ensuring alignment with internal policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
• Supervise and guide the team in conducting thorough investigations and making informed decisions to clear or block transactions.
• Review and validate team decisions on Name Screening alerts, ensuring accurate classification as true or false matches.
• Ensure all investigations, reviews, and dispositions are comprehensively documented and meet audit and regulatory standards.
• Monitor team performance against agreed SLAs and quality benchmarks, ensuring consistent delivery of high-quality outcomes.
• Oversee preparation, validation, and submission of process related MIS and regulatory reports.
• Ensure the team remains up to date with evolving sanctions regulations, internal policies, and industry best practices.
• Review and approve responses to RFIs, providing direction on further investigation where required in line with compliance frameworks.
• Lead investigations related to correspondent bank queries and regulatory inquiries, ensuring robust analysis and proper record maintenance.
• Collaborate closely with Sanctions Management to ensure timely escalation and reporting of true matches, breaches, and high-risk matters.
• Ensure prompt escalation of significant sanctions-related issues to senior management in line with governance protocols.
• Drive team capability building by supporting training initiatives and contributing to the continuous enhancement of the Sanctions Compliance Program.
• Specialist Skills / Technical Knowledge Required for this role:
• Good understanding of UN, EU, UK and US (OFAC) / Export Controls Sanctions regulations.
• Good knowledge and experience reviewing of Payments, Trade transactions and Name screening.
• Proficient in writing with Strong communication and interpersonal skills

• Report Writing Skills

• Ability to multi-task, prioritize workload and meet deadlines.
• Able to work independently as well as in a team.
• Ability to work on MS Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
• Previous experience:
• Minimum Bachelor’s degree from university in any relevant field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in banking or financial services sector of which a minimum of 2 years of experiencein Sanctions Payments Screening Role.
• Relevant compliance certification such as ACAMS, CGSS,ICA etc Skills: screening,fintech,sanction