Vice President, Global Financial Crimes Specialist (Sanctions)

Job Description:

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Job Description:

This individual is responsible for executing substantive economic sanctions compliance and operational risk practices in any sanctions related matters requiring input, assisting Global Economic Sanctions (GES) executives. This individual will establish and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders within the Front Line Units (FLUs) and Control Functions (CFs), GFC risk executives and managers and internal audit using effective influence skills; and engage in external regulatory interactions.

Responsibilities
• Advises and directs the development and maintenance of financial crimes owned policies and standards, and reviews relevant Front Line Units/Control Functions-owned policies and standards to ensure that regulatory requirements and operational risks are appropriately addressed specific to sanctions.
• Produces and/or oversees independent sanctions related risk management reporting to Global Compliance & Operational Risk (GC&OR) Senior Leaders and FLU/CF Senior Leaders.
• Monitors the changes in regulations applicable to sanctions, including advising business leaders, directing the appropriate areas to implement or amend policies, standards, procedures and/or processes to address regulatory requirements, and challenging the implementation plan as needed.
• Participates in industry forums and monitors regulatory expectations, emerging legislation and regulation, political scrutiny, litigation and key influencers to identify and mitigate emerging sanction risks.
• Escalates sanctions related compliance and operational risks and issues to appropriate governance routines, management/board level committees.
• Identifies, aggregates, reports, escalates, inspects, and challenges the remediation and thematic analysis of FLU/CF-owned issues and control enhancements related to sanctions.
• Reviews and challenges internal and external operational loss events, including the development of remediation plans to strengthen controls and providing oversight to ensure they are addressed appropriately.
• Draft and maintain sanctions-related Risk Assessments in alignment with the GFC Enterprise Policy, Standard, and Risk Assessment Methodology.
• Input into sanctions related risk assessments and leverage available data and analytical tools during the planning, execution, and oversight of the risk assessment process as applicable.
• Support the drafting and execution of actions plans to prepare for any regulatory deliverables and exams.
• Support the drafting and respond to regulatory partners working with other GES colleagues on voluntary sanctions self-disclosures, subpoenas, and license requests.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum years business and functional experience: 5 Years
• Bachelor’s or equivalent experience

Desired Qualifications:
• Financial Services and/or related government entity
• JD or advanced degree preferred
• Legal background (law firm or other) valuable

Skills:
• Critical Thinking
• Monitoring, Surveillance, and Testing
• Regulatory Compliance
• Risk Management
• Coaching
• Issue Management
• Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines Management
• Strategy Planning and Development
• Written Communications
• External Resource Management
• Reporting
• Talent Development