Senior Manager, Sanctions Governance.

About the bank

Job summary

Strategic responsibilities

• Manage the sanctions alerts team and oversee testing and performance of Firco screening and list-management tools.
• Handle correspondent banking queries involving transactions or remittances flagged under OFAC, EU, UK, UN, NCTC, and other international sanctions.
• Monitor sanctions guidance and advise senior management and functional teams on trends, issues, remediation, and program improvements.
• Advise management on high-risk transactions and sanctions matters, consult external legal advisers, and support relevant Qatar authorities as required.
• Identify sanctions issues in product approvals, recommend control enhancements, and identify training needs.
• Analyze legal and reputational risks in high-risk transactions and onboarding; assess sanctions impact and develop mitigations, policies, and procedures.
• Maintain internal sanctions watch lists and program records.
• Review agreements, policies, procedures, manuals, risk participation contracts, international deals, and high-risk customer account openings.

Business-as-usual responsibilities

• Conduct bank-wide risk assessments for TBML and local and international financial sanctions exposure, including UNSCR, OFAC, UK-HMT, EU, and NCTC sanctions.
• Develop risk strategies and controls, including policies, procedures, systems, and controls to address TBML and sanctions exposure.
• Advise business teams on policy applicability, program implementation, and regulatory changes.
• Oversee payment screening and timely action on payments involving blocked parties, while preventing improper payment blocks.
• Provide sound, timely advice on payments with complex local or international sanctions implications.

Candidate qualifications

• The available description does not include specific education, experience, or other candidate qualification criteria.