Deputy Head of Sanctions Compliance

A senior-level opportunity with a large, globally active financial institution that is continuing to strengthen and expand its U.S. sanctions compliance framework. They are seeking a Deputy Head of Sanctions Compliance to play a key role in building, enhancing, and overseeing a comprehensive sanctions program.

This is a full-time leadership role focused on sanctions advisory, investigations, and program oversight. You would work closely with senior compliance leadership to interpret sanctions laws and regulations, advise front-line and business units, lead complex investigations, oversee sanctions monitoring and alerts, and support regulatory examinations and inquiries. The role also includes responsibility for identifying control gaps, driving process improvements, reviewing sanctions metrics and reporting, and supporting voluntary disclosures where appropriate.

The position offers high visibility across the organization, significant interaction with senior stakeholders, and the opportunity to influence sanctions governance, controls, and strategy within a complex, global operating environment.

• Review and analyze sanctions alerts to determine investigative requirements, leading sanctions-related investigations and enhanced due diligence across transactions, onboarding, and trade activity.
• Investigate potential and actual breaches of sanctions regulations, including matters involving money laundering or other financial crime, and identify key risks, red flags, and control gaps.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to front-line units on sanctions regulations, escalation requirements, and risk mitigation, proposing practical and compliant solutions.
• Assess and enhance sanctions compliance processes, conducting ad hoc investigations and analyses to support regulatory inquiries, examinations, and voluntary disclosures.