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Sanctions Senior Lead (1st Line)

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Hybrid
London, Greater London, England
Mid level
Hybrid
London, Greater London, England
Mid level
The Sanctions Senior Lead will oversee the Sanctions Specialist Team to review and investigate sanctions violations and manage training within Sanctions Operations. Responsibilities include leading operational projects, maintaining compliance relationships, and developing team capabilities over a 12-month plan.
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Company Description

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money. Min fees. Max ease. Full speed.

Whether people and businesses are sending money to another country, spending abroad, or making and receiving international payments, Wise is on a mission to make their life easier and save them money.

As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money. For everyone, everywhere.

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced operations lead and sanctions expert to lead the Sanctions Specialist Team and Training Team within Sanctions Operations.
The Sanctions Specialist team serves as the sanctions subject matter experts responsible for reviewing and investigating all potential violations of OFAC, E.U., UK and other sanctions programs processed through Wise. This includes: reviewing and final approval regarding escalated alerts on transactions and matches to the OFAC, E.U., UK and any other applicable lists and programs; reviewing and approving licensed transactions; reporting blocked property and rejected transactions to the respective regulatory agencies; drafting and filing Voluntary Self-Disclosures to OFAC; investigation into potential circumvention attempts; advising teams on sanctions related issues and sanctions incidents. The team also owns training and knowledge management for the whole of Sanctions Operations.

Here’s how you’ll be contributing to the team

  • Lead the Specialist teams

  • Lead complex operational projects acting as a subject matter expert for the rest of the business

  • Reviewing current operational processes and policies

  • Implement effective controls to reduce risk 

  • Maintain strong relationships with Compliance, ensuring we have the right structure and processes in place for effective oversight 

  • Own the plan to develop Sanctions Operations team capabilities, strategic placement of staff across teams, skills and capacity over 12+ months, including skills mapping and training plans, leading significant cross-team projects requiring material decisions and content contribution as well as project management

Qualifications

  • 2-3 years experience leading an Operations Team preferably within Financial Crime

  • 3+ years of Sanctions experience

  • Certified Global Sanctions Specialist (CGSS) certification or similar

  • Great communicator both verbal and written

  • You have proven track record of taking individual ownership and responsibilities as well as being a great team-player

  • You have good understanding and ability to analyse, forecast and move of team’s metrics

  • You can work collaboratively within a complex organisation, across multiple cultures, geographies, and disciplines

  • You have project management and organisational skills and capability to handle multiple projects at one time

  • You're able to travel as needed.


Some extra skills that would be awesome:


  • Experience in L&D and Knowledge Management

  • Experience with outsourced sanctions operations and controls

  • Experience interfacing with regulatory enforcement agencies

  • Experience with the OFAC e-filing system and potential VSD analysis

  • Additional language skills in one or more jurisdictions in which Wise has operation

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