Senior Compliance Manager – Sanctions in Slough

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

• Proven experience within Compliance, with at least 5 years focused on Economic Sanctions, Financial Crime, or related regulatory risk disciplines.
• Strong expertise across financial, economic, and trade sanctions regimes, including the ability to interpret complex regulatory developments and assess business impact.
• Demonstrable experience designing, implementing, and maintaining Compliance Risk Frameworks, including policies, standards, controls, and governance processes.
• Experience translating sanctions developments, regulations, and enforcement trends into practical risk responses and business guidance.
• Solid understanding of sanctions risk management frameworks, control environments, and regulatory expectations within complex international organisations.
• Experience providing expert advisory support to senior stakeholders on sanctions-related matters and developing position papers, guidance, and governance documentation.
• Ability to analyse regulatory requirements and translate them into scalable, effective compliance frameworks, controls, and operational processes.
• Fluent English language skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with both business and Compliance stakeholders.

DESIRED SKILLS

• Experience operating within the Insurance, Financial Services, Banking, or wider regulated sectors.
• Professional sanctions qualifications such as Certified Global Sanctions Specialist (CGSS) or equivalent certification.
• Knowledge of wider Financial Crime disciplines, including Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Fraud, Bribery & Corruption, and Counter Terrorist Financing.
• Previous involvement in Compliance transformation initiatives, framework enhancements, or regulatory change programmes.
• Experience developing and delivering Compliance training programmes and awareness initiatives across international organisations.
• Additional language skills, particularly German.
• Strong project management and change management experience within Compliance or Risk functions.
• Experience working with sanctions screening solutions, control frameworks, and supporting technology platforms.

OVERVIEW

Our client is seeking a Compliance Officer – Sanctions Risk Framework Owner to support the ongoing development, enhancement, and governance of its global sanctions compliance framework. Working closely with Compliance, Risk, Legal, and business stakeholders, you will be responsible for ensuring the organisation maintains an effective and robust sanctions risk management framework. The role will focus on the full lifecycle of sanctions framework ownership, including policy development, regulatory interpretation, control oversight, stakeholder advisory, implementation support, and continuous improvement activities. The successful candidate will bring strong sanctions expertise and experience operating within complex international environments. Whilst the primary focus is framework ownership and strategic oversight, there will also be opportunities to support regulatory change initiatives, develop guidance materials, contribute to training programmes, and help shape the organisation's wider Financial Crime Risk strategy. This position would suit an experienced sanctions compliance professional who combines strong regulatory knowledge with excellent communication skills and enjoys working within international environments where governance, risk management, and stakeholder collaboration are critical to success.