Senior Manager, Sanctions Governance.

Role summary

Leadership and sanctions oversight

• Manage a team that analyzes and decides sanctions alerts in a timely and effective manner.
• Manage, monitor, and test sanctions screening tools, including Firco Continuity, Firco Trust, Firco Multi-Law System, and Firco List Management System.
• Handle correspondent banking queries about transactions and remittances flagged under OFAC, EU, UK, UN, NCTC, and other international sanctions.

Advisory, analysis, and programme development

• Monitor guidance and regulatory developments from international sanctioning bodies and advise senior management and functions on trends, issues, and remediation.
• Advise management on high-risk transactions; liaise with external legal consultants and provide guidance to relevant Qatar financial intelligence and anti-money-laundering bodies as needed.
• Identify sanctions-related concerns in product approvals, recommend control enhancements, and identify sanctions training needs.
• Analyze legal and reputational sanctions risks in high-risk transactions and onboarding; assess sanctions impact and develop mitigation strategies, policies, and procedures.
• Maintain internal sanctions watch lists and programme records; review draft agreements, policies, procedures, manuals, risk participation contracts, international deals, and high-risk customer account openings.

Business-as-usual controls

• Conduct bank-wide risk assessments covering TBML and violations of local and international financial sanctions, including UNSCR, OFAC, UK-HMT, EU, and NCTC sanctions.
• Develop risk strategies and enhance policies, procedures, systems, and controls for TBML and sanctions compliance.
• Advise business teams on policy applicability, standards, programme implementation, and regulatory changes.
• Oversee payment screening and ensure timely action on payments involving blocked parties while avoiding unjustified payment blocks.
• Provide timely and accurate advice on payments with complex local or international sanctions implications.

Sanctions frameworks and tools

• The description references OFAC, EU, UK, UN, NCTC, UNSCR, and UK-HMT sanctions regimes.
• Screening tools include Firco Continuity, Firco Trust, Firco Multi-Law System, and Firco List Management System.

Requirements

• Functional responsibility for designing, developing, implementing, and monitoring bank-wide sanctions compliance and TBML programmes.
• Leadership and management of a team responsible for sanctions alert decision-making and analysis.
• Knowledge of applicable international sanctions laws, regulations, and guidance, including OFAC, EU, UK, UN, and NCTC sanctions.