Senior Manager, Sanctions Governance.

About the bank

Job summary

Leadership and sanctions governance

• Manage a team responsible for timely sanctions alert decisions and analysis.
• Manage, monitor, and test Firco Continuity, Firco Trust, Firco Multi-Law System, and Firco List Management System.
• Handle correspondent banking queries relating to transactions or remittances queried under international sanctions.
• Track sanctions guidance and regulations issued by international bodies.
• Advise senior management and functional divisions on sanctions trends, emerging issues, remedial actions, and programme enhancements.
• Advise top management on high-risk transactions and consult external legal advisers on sanctions issues when required.
• Provide guidance to relevant Qatar financial intelligence and anti-money laundering bodies when required.
• Identify sanctions-related issues in product approvals and recommend changes to existing controls or new controls.
• Identify sanctions training requirements.

Analysis and review

• Analyse legal and reputational sanctions risks in high-risk transactions and client onboarding, and conduct periodic reviews.
• Assess sanctions impacts and develop mitigating strategies, policies, and procedures.
• Maintain internal sanctions watch lists and programme records.
• Review draft agreements and departmental policies, procedures, and manuals for compliance issues.
• Review risk participation contracts, international business deals, and high-risk account openings, providing sanctions advice.

Business-as-usual responsibilities

• Conduct bank-wide risk assessments of exposure to TBML and local or international financial sanctions.
• Develop risk strategies and strengthen policies, procedures, systems, and controls for TBML and sanctions compliance.
• Advise business teams on policy applicability, implementation of the financial sanctions programme, and regulatory changes.
• Oversee payment screening and ensure swift, appropriate handling of payments involving blocked parties while avoiding improper blocking.
• Provide timely, accurate advice on payments with complex local or international sanctions implications.

Requirements

• The role is responsible for bank-wide sanctions compliance and trade-based money laundering programmes.
• The role manages a team responsible for sanctions alert analysis and decisions.