Sanctions Advisory
Job Description
This Associate Vice President role focuses on providing expert sanctions advisory support on complex transactions and regulatory reporting. You will work within a specialist team that handles high-risk sanctions matters, offering guidance on deals with genuine sanctions exposure and ensuring the organisation meets its regulatory obligations. The position centres on pure advisory work, with some involvement in complex customer due diligence, and requires a strong background in sanctions advisory and excellent written communication skills.
Responsibilities
1. Provide expert sanctions advisory support on complex transactions and deals with significant sanctions exposure and risk.
2. Review and assess high-risk sanctions cases, ensuring decisions are robust, well justified, and aligned with regulatory requirements.
3. Advise internal stakeholders on sanctions risk, including the interpretation and practical application of relevant sanctions regulations.
4. Contribute to the design and enhancement of sanctions risk management practices within the business.
5. Prepare and support regulatory reporting related to sanctions matters, ensuring all written outputs are clear, accurate, and compliant.
6. Handle complex customer due diligence (CDD) cases where sanctions risk is present, working closely with relevant teams.
7. Collaborate with payments and banking teams to ensure sanctions controls are effectively applied to relevant transactions.
8. Manage and prioritise multiple advisory requests and projects, ensuring timely and high-quality responses.
9. Document advisory decisions and rationale clearly to support auditability and internal governance.
10. Support project management activities related to sanctions initiatives and improvements where required.
Essential Skills
11. Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a dedicated sanctions advisory role within financial services or banking.
12. Proven sanctions advisory experience, including handling complex sanctions cases and high-risk transactions.
13. Strong understanding of sanctions risk and its application in banking, payments, and customer due diligence contexts.
14. Demonstrable experience in regulatory reporting related to sanctions.
15. Excellent writing skills, with the ability to produce clear, concise, and accurate advisory opinions and regulatory reports.
16. Solid knowledge of customer due diligence (CDD) processes in relation to sanctions.
17. experience in risk management within a sanctions or financial crime framework.
18. background in banking or financial services.
19. Ability to manage multiple tasks and advisory requests in a structured and timely manner.
Additional Skills & Qualifications
20. experience working with payments and transaction-related sanctions controls.
21. Exposure to project management activities within a risk, compliance, or sanctions environment.
22. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills when assessing complex sanctions scenarios.
23. Ability to communicate complex regulatory requirements in a clear and practical way to non-specialist stakeholders.
Role Details
24. 6‑month contract with a strong view to moving into a permanent role
25. Hybrid working: 3 days in the office, 2 days from home
Location
London, UK
Trading as TEKsystems. Allegis Group Limited, Maxis 2, Western Road, Bracknell, RG12 1RT, United Kingdom. No. 2876353. Allegis Group Limited operates as an Employment Business and Employment Agency as set out in the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003. TEKsystems is a company within the Allegis Group network of companies (collectively referred to as "Allegis Group"). Aerotek, Aston Carter, EASi, Talentis Solutions, TEKsystems, Stamford Consultants and The Stamford Group are Allegis Group brands.