Sanctions Administrator - 12 months Fix Term Contract in Liverpool

Job description

At BNY, our culture empowers you to grow and succeed. As a leading global financial services company at the center of the world’s financial system we touch nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day around the globe, our 50,000+ employees bring the power of their perspective to the table to create solutions with our clients that benefit businesses, communities and people everywhere.    

We continue to be a leader in the industry, awarded as a top home for innovators and for creating an inclusive workplace. Through our unique ideas and talents, together we help make money work for the world. This is what #LifeAtBNY is all about.

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Sanctions Administrator to join our BNY Pershing EMEA Sanctions team. Pershing provides a broad range of financial business solutions to investment banks, broker-dealers, wealth managers, financial planners, and advisers across EMEA. We provide sophisticated front-end technology and flexible middle office capabilities with execution, settlement, and custody services. These are supported by a robust regulatory and compliance framework with dedicated client asset experience and expertise. This role is located in Liverpool and is hybrid.

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways: 

• Responsibility for the daily investigation and clearance of sanctions and non-sanctions alerts ensuring suitable investigation and escalation as appropriate, and ensuring all alerts are completed within specified timeframe and to the expected standard.
• Acting as liaison for sanctions-related inquiries.
• Assisting the Business Sanctions Controller in identifying sanctions risk associated with clients, products, services, new business initiatives, transactions, and technology on the implementation of sanctions screening processes and/or other appropriate broader controls.
• Escalation of complex transactions for further guidance.
• Assisting the Business Sanctions Controller with monitoring sanctioned stock, DNDBW and PEP lists.
• Reviewing potential OFAC, PEP and World Check alerts to determine if they are material with respect to existing clients and potential clients
   

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following: 

• Proven experience of investigations within a role.
• Operational background in financial services.
• Beneficial to have knowledge of Sanctions legislation to include UK Treasury and OFAC, Money Laundering Regs, Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and JMLSG Guidance or similar.
• Can analyse business queries as they relate to regulatory issues and provide practical alternatives / solutions.

At BNY, our culture speaks for itself. Here’s a few of our awards: 

• America’s Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2024
• World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune 2024
• Human Rights Campaign Foundation, Corporate Equality Index, 100% score, 2023-2024

• Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion

  , Disability: IN – 100% score, 2023-2024
• “Most Just Companies”, Just Capital and CNBC, 2024
• Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, Top performing company for Sustainability, 2024
• Bloomberg’s Gender Equality Index (GEI), 2023

Our Benefits and Rewards:

BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life’s journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter. 

BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Liverpool

Type of Contract

Full Time Jobs

Published at

02-12-2024

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English