Assistant Sanctions Manager - Advisory & Decisioning

End Date Tuesday 01 September 2026

Salary Range £44,901 - £49,890; We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options; Flexible Working Options: Hybrid Working, Job Share.

Job Description Summary

The Assistant Manager, Sanctions Advisory & Decisioning, plays a key role in protecting the Bank from sanctions risk by providing expert sanctions advice, conducting risk assessments and supporting business decision making across Business & Commercial Banking (BCB) and Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB). The role acts as a trusted adviser to stakeholders, helping identify, assess and manage sanctions risks while supporting the ongoing development of a robust sanctions control environment.

Job Description

Salary: £44,901 - £49,890 pa

Location(s): Glasgow, Edinburgh or Bristol Harbourside

Hours: 35 hours per week, Full Time

Working Pattern: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of your time, at one of our office sites.

About this opportunity

We are looking for x3 Assistant Sanctions Managers to join our Commercial Sanctions team, which sits within the Economic Crime Prevention function! As an Assistant Sanctions Manager, you'll provide specialist sanctions advice, guidance and industry knowledge to colleagues across the organisation. You'll work closely with business, operational and oversight teams to identify, assess and manage sanctions risks and complying with international sanctions regulations and laws whilst helping to maintain a strong and effective control environment. This is an exciting opportunity to join a team involved in complex sanctions decision making, sanctions screening, sanctions risk assessments, investigations and the ongoing enhancement of sanctions controls. Depending on business needs and your experience, you'll support activity across our Advisory & Decisioning team or our Screening, Investigations & Governance team.

What you'll be doing

• Providing specialist sanctions advice and guidance to business partners across the Group.
• Assessing sanctions payments / cases and completing Sanctions Authorisation Forms (SAFs) as required in line with policy and international law and regulations.
• Conducting sanctions risk assessments relating to customers, transactions, products and emerging risks.
• Investigating sanctions breaches, control issues and regulatory concerns, helping to support effective remediation.
• Managing sanctions referrals and technical queries from Commercial Banking and Trade Finance colleagues.
• Supporting governance, reporting and continuous improvement activity across the sanctions control environment.

What you'll need

• Sanctions knowledge and policy compliance
• Strong knowledge of sanctions regulations and sanctions risk management and experience providing sanctions advice and guidance within a regulated financial services environment.
• Experience completing sanctions risk assessments and reviewing complex sanctions-related cases.
• Decision making & risk: Ability to analyse complex information and make balanced, risk-based decisions.
• Managing key relationships: Experience building effective relationships with a wide range of business partners and providing constructive challenge where required.
• Critical thinking: Ability to investigate issues, identify root causes and support practical solutions and controls.
• And any experience of this would be really useful Experience supporting sanctions screening frameworks, governance activities or investigations.
• Knowledge of trade finance, payments or corporate banking activities.
• Experience handling sanctions activity or complex sanctions referrals.
• Experience working with regulators or regulatory expectations relating to sanctions compliance.

About working for us

We're committed to building a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where all colleagues can thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences. If you need workplace adjustments or additional support throughout the recruitment process, we'll work with you to make sure you have everything you need to perform at your best.

Benefits and perks

• 28 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top.
• A generous pension contribution.
• Discretionary annual performance award.
• Private healthcare options.
• Wellbeing support and colleague assistance programmes.
• Access to flexible benefits that you can tailor to your needs.

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop. We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference. With 320 years under our belt, we're used to change, and today is no different. Join us and help drive this change, shaping the future of finance whilst working at pace to deliver for our customers. Here, you'll do the best work of your career. Your impact will be amplified by our scale as you learn and develop, gaining skills for the future.