Senior Manager, Sanctions Governance.

About the bank

Role overview

Leadership and sanctions advisory

• Manage a team that analyses sanctions alerts and makes decisions in a timely 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 involving transactions or remittances affected by international sanctions.
• Identify sanctions guidance and advise senior management and functional teams on trends, emerging issues, remedial actions, and programme enhancements.
• Advise on high-risk transactions; consult external legal advisers and provide guidance to relevant Qatar authorities when required.
• Raise compliance and sanctions issues during product approval and identify related training needs.
• Assess legal and reputational risks in high-risk transactions, customer onboarding, and periodic reviews.
• Maintain internal sanctions watchlists and programme records.
• Review agreements, policies, procedures, manuals, risk participation contracts, international deals, and high-risk customer account openings.
• Assess bank-wide exposure to TBML and local and international financial sanctions.
• Develop risk strategies, policies, procedures, systems, and controls to reduce TBML and sanctions risks.
• Advise business teams on policy application and regulatory changes; oversee payment screening and appropriate action on blocked-party payments.

Role qualifications

• The role has leadership responsibility for bank-wide sanctions compliance and TBML programmes.
• The work requires knowledge of international sanctions laws and regulations, including OFAC, EU, UK, UN, and NCTC frameworks.
• The role requires sanctions risk analysis, compliance advisory, and development of suitable controls and mitigating strategies.