Our 2 nd line of defence Financial Crime team is pivotal in ensuring the Group complies with its sanction's obligations. The Senior Sanctions Analyst will have a critical role in supporting the Sanctions Manager in designing and implementing the Group's sanctions oversight capabilities and approach, ensuring the sanctions risk is consistently identified and mitigated. The role holder will be responsible working with all business areas to ensure the effective implementation of sanctions policies and standards. Equally, the will focus on raising sanctions risk awareness across the Group, through training and communications and supporting the Sanctions Manager in ensuring that sanctions risk is considered in the design and ongoing operation of our controls. Plus, provide advice on complex sanctions escalations. Location: Coventry or Manchester. Team-led hybrid working arrangements apply. Hours : 35 per week, flexible times across 5 days Our benefits include: • 28 days holiday a year plus bank holidays and a holiday buy/sell scheme • Annual discretionary bonus scheme • Personal pension with matched contributions • Life assurance (6 times annual salary) About you To be successful in this role we require the following requirements: Essential: You'll have experience of all applicable sanction's regimes including UK, EU and OFAC, within a retail banking environment, ideally within 2 nd line or within an escalations / complex case team. You'll have experience of dealing with complex sanctions cases, proposing appropriate guidance on next steps supporting the Sanctions Manager You'll be able to demonstrate how you've applied your sanctions experience - responding to horizon scanning, identifying sanctions trends and providing advice and guidance on these to business areas. You'll have strong communications and team working skills, working in conjunction with business areas to ensure appropriate sanctions risk awareness. About us We're one of the largest building societies in the UK and we share a mutual goal across our branches and our offices to improve the lives of others. We're officially recognised as a 'Great Place to Work' and our benefits go beyond basic pay, with a discretionary bonus scheme, a culture of reward and recognition and comprehensive support for wellbeing. At the beginning of the year, The Co-operative Bank officially became part of our Group. Together, we have shared values and an ethical approach towards our members, customers, and colleagues. We're serious about equality, of race, age, faith, disability, and sexual orientation and we celebrate diversity. By working together, we know you'll build more than just a career with us. All together, better. Flexibility and why it matters We understand the need for flexibility, so wherever possible, we'll consider alternative working patterns. Have a chat with us before you apply to see what the possibilities are for this role. Proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer We're proud to offer an interview or assessment to every disabled applicant who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies. As part of the application process, disabled applicants can opt in for the Disability Confident Interview Scheme. If there are ever occasions where it is not practicable to interview all candidates that meet the essential criteria, such as when we receive a high number of applications, we commit to interviewing disabled candidates who best meet the minimum essential and desirable criteria. Location Coventry