Sanctions Program Analyst - EMEA Compliance

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OVERVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT/SECTION

The Financial Crimes Office for EMEA (FCOE) in London is part of the Global Financial Crimes Division (GFCD) headquartered in New York. It works to ensure that our organisation conducts its business such that we protect our reputation, our business, and our clients within the regulatory and legal framework. It is responsible for the establishment and maintenance of effective systems and controls to protect clients’ assets and to mitigate the risk that MUFG might be used to further financial crime.

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

• The Sanctions Program Team is responsible for the effective running of the Sanctions Program across all jurisdictions within EMEA.
• This includes driving the implementation of MUFG Bank’s financial crimes risk appetite, policies and standards through working with Transformation and Technology partners, Country Compliance teams, Operations and Business stakeholders.
• The role holder will:
• Support Sanctions Program team with governance and oversight responsibilities across the EMEA region.
• Work with the Sanctions teams across the region to ensure Audit requests are being completed and evidence is duly submitted.
• Support the finalisation of the Audit report through collating stakeholder feedback.
• Ensure Actions and Issues continue to be closed out in a timely manner.
• Support in preparing meeting material for relevant Issues Management meetings, ensuring relevant actions coming out of these meetings are followed up.
• Support the maintenance and upkeep of MI Trackers.
• Manage the completion of the Control Questionnaires supporting Risk Assessments completed by the team.
• Support the Review and Challenge process for all Control and Inherent Risk Questionnaires across the EMEA region and collate stakeholder feedback once the Risk Assessments are drafted.
• Support the development of Management Information for Sanctions in order to keep the EMEA Head of Sanctions informed, in light of the numerous workflows and manual controls in place. This will include, but is not limited to; analysis on List Management and List Management QA findings, Sanctions Advisory queries, New Product Approvals, policy breaches and Operating Manual updates.
• Drafting and writing reports, presentations, proposals and risk assessments to support the Sanctions Program. This will require a comprehensive understanding of Sanctions Risk and the ability to tailor materials and messages to relevant audiences. Including presenting to an EMEA wide Sanctions forum as well as senior Compliance stakeholders.
• Support the Sanctions Program to drive compliance with MUFG’s global policies.
• Provide support and logistical management to enable Sanctions Programs to deliver its book of work efficiently and effectively across the EMEA region with specific responsibility for the management of Sanctions-related projects.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Input into the issue and incident management process and support the provision and resolution of audit and testing, tracking issue owner’s progress and delivery.
• Support Sanctions Program team with issues identified via MUFG’s testing functions, audits, regulatory exams and quality assurance reviews.
• Contribute to the annual risk assessment process for Sanctions in EMEA.
• Support with periodic regulatory reporting requirements.
• Drafting and publishing reports, presentations, proposals, risk assessments and other materials required to support the integration of Global Policy, Standards, Procedures and operating manuals into BAU.
• Creation and reporting of team MI.
• Data analysis and presentation.
• Stakeholder management.
• Provide coverage to BAU List Management activities alongside the future implementation of new data lineage controls.
• Review and assess New Product Approvals in the EMEA region from a sanctions risk perspective.
• Engage with senior stakeholders in the management of live incidents and emerging issues.
• Manage the functions SLA requirements ensuring the establishment of SLA’s where they are required to support processes and managing their annual review.
• The role will also provide transformation support for Sanctions related changes.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Essential:

• Proven experience in a central compliance function.
• Experience with and strong knowledge of banking and associated systems and controls for financial crime.
• Proven experience of excel.
• Proven experience of report writing experience.

Preferred:

• Previous experience in a central Sanctions function.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Functional / Technical Competencies:

Core:

• MS Office skills.
• Proficient user of excel.
• Skilled report writer.
• Demonstrates strong attention to detail.
• A good understanding of Banking and Investment products.
• Broad understanding of financial crime risk (Sanctions, AML and ABC).
• A good understanding of the concepts of risk management and control.
• Manages priorities effectively and delivers efficiently.
• Proactively identifies and communicates improvements to process.

Specific to role:

• Strong analytical skills.
• Strong financial sanctions knowledge in particular OFAC and EU regulations.
• Strong understanding of sanctions systems and controls.
• Strong relationship building and management skills.

Education / Qualifications:

Preferred:

• Degree.
• Relevant Qualification.

PERSONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Excellent communication skills.
• Results driven, with a strong sense of accountability.
• A proactive, motivated approach.
• The ability to operate with urgency and prioritise work accordingly.
• Strong decision making skills, the ability to demonstrate sound judgement.
• A structured and logical approach to work.
• Strong problem solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• The ability to manage large workloads and tight deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• A calm approach, with the ability to perform well in a pressurised environment.

We are open to considering flexible working requests in line with organisational requirements.