Assistant Sanctions Manager (Financial Services)

Location: Hybrid role based at Edinburgh New Uberior House Head Office or Bristol Harbourside, with at least two days per week or 40% of working time at an office site.

Salary: £47,396–£49,890 per year

Company

hirify.global is a UK banking group investing in people, data, and technology to provide secure banking services and support businesses and communities.

What you will do

• Provide specialist sanctions advice and guidance to business partners across the Group.
• Assess sanctions payments and cases, completing Sanctions Authorisation Forms in line with policy and international law.
• Conduct sanctions risk assessments covering customers, transactions, products, and emerging risks.
• Investigate sanctions breaches, control issues, and regulatory concerns, supporting remediation.
• Manage sanctions referrals and technical queries from Commercial Banking and Trade Finance colleagues.
• Support governance, reporting, and continuous improvement across the sanctions control environment.

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of sanctions regulations and sanctions risk management in a regulated financial services environment.
• Experience providing sanctions advice and guidance, completing risk assessments, and reviewing complex sanctions cases.
• Ability to analyse complex information and make balanced, risk-based decisions.
• Experience building relationships with business partners and providing constructive challenge.
• Ability to investigate issues, identify root causes, and support practical solutions and controls.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting sanctions screening frameworks, governance activities, or investigations.
• Knowledge of trade finance, payments, or corporate banking.
• Experience handling complex sanctions referrals or working with regulators and regulatory expectations.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive workplace supporting colleagues from diverse backgrounds and experiences.
• 28 days of annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Generous pension contribution and discretionary annual performance award.
• Private healthcare options, wellbeing support, and colleague assistance programmes.
• Flexible benefits tailored to individual needs.