Description If you demonstrate strong organizational skills that enable effective work prioritization, ensuring trust and safety of the bank is at the forefront of your priorities, then this role is for you! In collaboration with Global Financial Crimes Compliance and Global Sanctions Compliance, Global Sanctions Escalations takes an active role and is accountable for delivering the firm’s financial crime objective. They perform an assessment of alerts for potential Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing or Sanctions related activity based on system and manually sourced alerts, consistent with global and local standards. As a Transaction Screening Escalations - Analyst in the Global Screening Operations (GSO) team, you will be part of a the EMEA transaction screening team, investigating live transactions which present potential Internal, AML (“Anti Money Laundering”) and Sanctions concerns. You will work in a team environment and must be able to adapt to a rapidly changing business and regulatory environment. Job responsibilities Conduct a comprehensive review of production transactions across globally booked business, which are escalated to Sanctions Escalations daily as suspect items against OFAC, HMT, EU, or other sanctions programs, utilizing in-house and publicly available information to identify concerns. Review and analyze the underlying data to accurately support decision-making, which may result in escalation in line with Sanctions programs and/or law enforcement/SAR filing. Summarize and fully document all transactions within the Global Sanctions Manager system within expected timeframes, in line with currency cut-offs. Exhibit understanding of upstream and downstream processes and ability to identify client impact when reviewing transactions. Develop and maintain knowledge of the ever-changing Sanctions landscape through knowledge, research, and training. Participate in ad-hoc projects related to technology enhancements, procedural updates, and thematic reviews. Continually maintain and review current controls for effectiveness, in close partnership with internal functions and in accordance with company policies and regulatory changes. Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills Educated to a degree level and/or has obtained the appropriate level of business experience. Ability to deliver strong business results against internal and market cut offs in a fluid and ever-changing sanctions environment. Advanced analytical and written skills, enabling the clear and accurate summarization of your decision making. Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build effective relationships with other teams. Ability to follow procedures, maintain quality standards, understand regulatory requirements while adhering to the appropriate controls. Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills Previous experience of Sanctions, financial crimes compliance or a related position. Proactive and resourceful mindset. MS Office skills including intermediate Excel skills.