Senior Manager, Sanctions Governance.

About the bank

Role summary

Leadership and sanctions advisory

• Manage a team making decisions on sanctions alerts and analysing them promptly.
• 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 affected by sanctions.
• Track guidance from international sanctioning bodies and stay current on OFAC, EU, UK, UN, NCTC, and other sanctions.
• Advise senior management and business functions on sanctions trends, emerging issues, remediation, and programme improvements.
• Advise on high-risk transactions and consult external legal advisers on sanctions issues when required.
• Provide guidance to Qatar financial intelligence and anti-money-laundering bodies when required.
• Identify sanctions compliance issues in product approvals and recommend controls and training.

Analysis and review

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

Ongoing programme responsibilities

• Assess bank-wide exposure to TBML and violations of local and international financial sanctions.
• Develop risk strategies and improve related policies, procedures, systems, and controls.
• Work with the team to advise business areas on policies, standards, programme implementation, and regulatory changes.
• Oversee payment screening and ensure appropriate action on blocked-party payments while avoiding unjustified payment blocks.
• Provide timely and accurate advice on payments with complex local or international sanctions implications.

Requirements

• Leadership role with functional responsibility for bank-wide sanctions compliance and TBML programmes.
• Manage a team responsible for sanctions-alert analysis and decisions.
• Maintain current knowledge of sanctions laws and requirements issued by international and local authorities, including OFAC, EU, UK, UN, and NCTC.
• Manage, monitor, and test sanctions screening tools, including Firco systems.