Sanctions Advisory – Project Analyst | S2 | Economic Crime | Milton Keynes
Job Description
Job title: Sanctions Advisory – Project Analyst | S2 | Economic Crime | Milton Keynes
Company: Santander
Job description: Sanctions Advisory – Project Analyst | S2 | Economic Crime | Milton Keynes
Country: United Kingdom
Interested in part-time, job-share or flexible working? We want to talk to you!
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As a Sanctions Advisory – Project Analyst, you’ll report directly to the Risk Advisory Manager and work alongside colleagues and teams across the Financial Crime Centre of Excellence (FC CoE) and Santander UK (Business Units, Line 2 FC, Technology and Operations)
You’ll be responsible for maintaining and managing a ‘4E’ (Efficient, Economic, Effective and Ethical) Risk Advisory function on behalf RFB’s Business Units (including Retail, Business Banking, Consumer Finance, Corporate & Commercial Banking and Cater Allen)
In your new role, you’ll support the Sanction Advisory Manager in relation to Sanction Projects and change activities and oversight of Sanction risks and issues. You’ll also provide risk management support through to closure on Policy Dispensations, Waivers and Breaches.
The difference you’ll make.
- Helping brief the Economic Crime Risk Management Team to understand the Sanctions change and development activities using Project Management Business support tools (such as templates, quarterly guidance and briefs)
- Proactively supporting the bank in meeting its business, legal, regulatory and stakeholder obligations in respect of Financial Crime Compliance
- Managing related audit trail of referrals; ensuring all relevant emails/discussions are saved in the appropriate file and recorded
- Supporting activities in relation to the Financial Crime Centre of Excellence (CoE) and having an adequate awareness and understanding of financial crime risks and risk management
- Providing expertise to internal senior stakeholders and influencing as well as work in partnership with other functions and business areas to ensure adherence to Sanction Policy and frameworks
- Supporting the delivery of initiatives that produce significant business improvements or cultural change in support of business advantage
What you’ll bring.
- Financial Crime Compliance domain knowledge across AML & Sanctions
- Knowledge and experience of working across Banking products and an understanding of Financial Crime risks
It would also be nice for you to have.
- Ability to work co-operatively and productively with others, openly exchanging information and supporting colleagues from around the organisation to achieve business goals
- Confident communicator, with excellent stakeholder management skills, both internally and externally
- Strong organisational skills
- Ability to assimilate and analyse complex information and demonstrates shows carefulness of language
What else you need to know.
We want our people to thrive at work and home, and we recognise that many people benefit from flexible arrangements. To enable us to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop we understand the importance of having the right balance of spending time together in an office while maintaining flexibility.
By working this way, we can continue to create moments that matter for everyone. To support this, we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and we’re happy to discuss specific requirements throughout the recruitment process.
Our preferred location for this role is Milton Keynes and the current expectation is at least 2 days in an office every week. We would also encourage you to apply if you are in a reasonable travel distance of Bradford, Belfast, Glasgow and Sheffield.
If you’re interested in this role but with part time hours or a job-share we would still love to hear from you and discuss these.
Inclusion
At Santander we’re creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair.
How we’ll reward you.
As well as a salary, we offer a wide range of benefits that you can choose from and tailor to your needs.
- £500 annual cash allowance to spend on our great range of benefits
- Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus
- We put 8% of salary into your pension, even if you don’t contribute yourself. We’ll pay in up to 12.5% of salary, if you contribute as well, and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer
- 27 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 28 days after 5 years’ service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year
- Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates. Including: Bupa medical insurance, dental insurance, healthcare cash plan and health assessments
- Benefits supporting you and your family, such as death-in-service benefit, income protection, and voluntary life assurance and critical illness cover
- 24/7 access to an online employee discount platform including retailers, entertainment, eating out, travel and more
- Share in Santander’s success by investing in our share plans
- Support your favourite causes through charitable giving and our community partnerships
What to do next.
If this sounds like a role you’re interested in, then please apply.
If there’s anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, get in touch. Whether it’s a copy of our application form in another format or additional assistance, we’re available through telephone, email, or face to face. You can contact us at or call 0870 414 9080.
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Location: Milton Keynes
