Sr. Sanctions Manager (Payments)

Location: London, United Kingdom; at least 3 days per week in the office

Company

Global payments technology company facilitating transactions among consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities.

What you will do

• Provide sanctions and export control advice to regulated entities, operations, and technology teams.
• Assess product sanctions risks with product teams and propose mitigation controls.
• Support sanctions screening controls covering customer and payment activities.
• Lead sanctions-related escalations, remediation oversight, and risk mitigation activities.
• Enhance sanctions compliance tools and technology, including user acceptance testing.
• Develop training, policies, risk assessments, and KPI/KRI reporting for management and stakeholders.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience implementing OFAC and sanctions programs, export control regulations, AML, ATF, BSA, and the USA PATRIOT Act.
• Strong knowledge of global sanctions regulations and regulatory expectations, including OFAC, OFSI, EU, and UN requirements.
• Experience representing sanctions compliance and working with auditors, regulators, and partners.
• Strong research, analytical, written, oral, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Highly organized with a proven ability to take ownership of multiple responsibilities.

Nice to have

• CAMS certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment in a global payments organization.
• Work with business, product, legal, compliance, risk, operations, and technology stakeholders.
• Opportunity to address sanctions risks across more than 200 countries and territories.