Sanctions Expert 80%

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The Sanctions Expert is responsible for the execution, maintenance, and enhancement of the group-wide Sanctions Compliance Programme or for its implementation for the Bank Julius Baer (Europe) S.A.

**YOUR CHALLENGE**:

- Act as a member of the centre of competence for sanctions matters as well as products and services (financial instruments) from a sanctions compliance perspective
- Advise employees on appropriate measures in adherence to Global Sanctions and Control Framework, incl. its implementation
- Establish and/or provide input and feedback to sanctions relevant policies, procedures and other related issues
- Coordinate the identification of sanctioned parties, e.g. Specially Designated Nationals (SDN), through the internal Global Name Search process and name screening
- Collaborate with local Compliance across Group entities to ensure know-how transfer regarding policy decisions, controls, and material developments
- Perform assessment on clients and business relationships with potential material nexus to sanctioned countries or persons, including reputational risk reviews and determines materiality for making a decision
- Perform review of transfers involving countries with a sanctions nexus; perform conduct risk assessments to identify and mitigate sanctions-related risks or breaches on targeted affected clients
- Provide assessment on requests for securities transfers under the current restrictions
- Organize and maintain tracking and monitoring of cases
- Contribute, and to the extend applicable, own and manage the centralized message sanctions screening filter tool and defines the related procedures and hit handling requirements
- Reporting to senior management and relevant governing bodies, including management information as well as key indicators
- Prepare and implement internal guidelines, alerts, and control designs through different communication channels
- Provide advice and conduct training for all lines of defence
- Interact with counterparties, authorities for reporting purposes, and peers within the financial sector’s network

**YOUR PROFILE**:

- Passionate with appetite for driving and implementing change with both a control and a service mind-set
- Ability to deep dive and tackle topics “hands on” when required
- Able to communicate with impact as well as build and maintain sound relationships with stakeholders locally and globally
- Meticulous and precise work ethic
- Strong ability to define and lead the implementation of pragmatic and effective solutions
- Good overall knowledge in international developments regarding sanctions and embargos and their possible impacts on daily business and processes, with a preference for expertise gained on horizontal measures (anti-circumvention), individual financial measures and deposit-related restrictions
- Proactive, solution oriented and ability to work in a team and on own initiative with diligence and necessary quality, providing practical solutions and working independently
- Open for new challenges, interest in geopolitical matters and willingness to learn and substitute colleagues
- Flair for IT and other information utility or database know-how is another advantage
- Advanced knowledge of MS Office products and understanding of IT processes
- Several years of working experience and knowledge, preferably in sanctions and embargoes, war material, legal, compliance, risk, audit, operations, markets or other (control) functions banking
- Completed bank apprenticeship, preferable with corresponding further education (e.g. postgraduate studies in Compliance Management or equivalent) or University degree (Bachelor or Master), preferable in Economics, Legal, Political Science, Audit or Finance
- Proficiency in English, any other language is an asset