Sanctions Compliance Lead
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About the Role
We are seeking a Sanctions Compliance Lead to ensure compliance with global sanctions regimes. The role involves providing sanctions-related advice, assessing risks, investigating potential hits, and maintaining policies.
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Responsibilities
- Maintain up to date knowledge of global sanctions laws, regulations, guidance, and enforcement developments
- Monitor and analyse sanctions updates issued by the UN, OFAC, UK, EU, UAE, and other relevant authorities
- Provide sanctions related advice and guidance to partners, lawyers, and business services teams across the firm
- Assess sanctions risks associated with prospective and existing clients, matters, transactions, and business relationships
- Advise lawyers on the sanctions implications of proposed client engagements and ongoing matters
- Investigate potential sanctions hits and conduct detailed risk assessments and escalations where required
- Prepare sanctions related reports and recommendations for senior management
- Work closely with the MLRO and Chief Risk & Compliance Officer on high risk or complex sanctions matters
- Draft, review, and maintain firm wide sanctions policies, procedures, and guidance materials
- Support the development and enhancement of the firm's sanctions compliance framework
- Deliver sanctions awareness and compliance training across the firm
- Respond to sanctions related queries from bankers, regulators, insurers, clients, and other external stakeholders
Requirements
- Law degree or other relevant legal, compliance, or regulatory qualification
- Significant experience in sanctions compliance, financial crime, risk, or regulatory advisory
- Strong knowledge of UN, OFAC, UK, EU, and UAE sanctions regimes
- Experience interpreting and applying complex sanctions laws and regulations
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
- Strong legal drafting and policy writing skills
- Excellent analytical, research, and problem solving abilities
- Ability to assess risk and provide practical, commercial guidance
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
- Experience working within a law firm, professional services firm, financial institution, or regulated environment would be an advantage
- Ability to work independently and effectively as part of a team
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
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Role Overview
- We are seeking a highly motivated and detail oriented individual to join our Compliance team as a Sanctions Compliance Lead.
- The ideal candidate will possess extensive knowledge of global sanctions regimes and regulatory compliance, with the ability to provide practical, commercial advice on sanctions related matters across the firm.
- This role is essential in ensuring the firm remains compliant with evolving sanctions frameworks and mitigating regulatory, reputational, and financial risk.
Requirements
- Law degree or other relevant legal, compliance, or regulatory qualification
- Significant experience in sanctions compliance, financial crime, risk, or regulatory advisory
- Strong knowledge of UN, OFAC, UK, EU, and UAE sanctions regimes
- Experience interpreting and applying complex sanctions laws and regulations
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
- Strong legal drafting and policy writing skills
- Excellent analytical, research, and problem solving abilities
- Ability to assess risk and provide practical, commercial guidance
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
- Experience working within a law firm, professional services firm, financial institution, or regulated environment would be an advantage
- Ability to work independently and effectively as part of a team
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
Duties & Responsibilities
- Maintain up to date knowledge of global sanctions laws, regulations, guidance, and enforcement developments.
- Monitor and analyse sanctions updates issued by the UN, OFAC, UK, EU, UAE, and other relevant authorities.
- Provide sanctions related advice and guidance to partners, lawyers, and business services teams across the firm.
- Assess sanctions risks associated with prospective and existing clients, matters, transactions, and business relationships.
- Advise lawyers on the sanctions implications of proposed client engagements and ongoing matters.
- Investigate potential sanctions hits and conduct detailed risk assessments and escalations where required.
- Prepare sanctions related reports and recommendations for senior management.
- Work closely with the MLRO and Chief Risk & Compliance Officer on high risk or complex sanctions matters.
- Draft, review, and maintain firm wide sanctions policies, procedures, and guidance materials.
- Support the development and enhancement of the firm's sanctions compliance framework.
- Deliver sanctions awareness and compliance training across the firm.
- Respond to sanctions related queries from bankers, regulators, insurers, clients, and other external stakeholders.
Diversity Equity & Inclusion
- Essential to our success as a Professional Organization is our ability to attract and retain the best talent from a diverse range of backgrounds.
- We are committed to a work environment where everyone can reach their potential, and we have an inclusive culture which respects individual differences.
- We undertake and support a number of internal and external initiatives aimed at increasing diversity within the profession and we encourage all our partners and staff to get involved.
- Al Tamimi & Company is committed to providing equal opportunities for all. We welcome applications from candidates with disabilities and support those in the workplace who have a disability.
Application Notes
- If you are interested in this role, click ‘apply now’ to forward an up to date copy of your CV.
- Please note that due to the high number of applications received on job postings, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
- Applications submitted via recruitment agencies will not be considered.
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