Senior Sanctions Escalations Manager

As a Senior Sanctions Escalations Manager, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and maintaining Barclays' sanctions framework. You will act as a central escalation point for complex sanctions queries, providing specialist guidance to internal teams and ensuring alignment with both Barclays' internal standards and evolving international regulatory expectations. A key part of your role will involve maintaining sanctions policy documentation, drafting, reviewing, and refreshing policies to ensure they remain robust, compliant, and fit for purpose.

You will also support governance processes and regulatory reporting, ensuring the bank meets its obligations with precision and integrity.

In this high-profile position, you will support the Head of Sanctions for the Investment Bank Advisory Team by advising on technically complex business initiatives and contributing to the design and effectiveness of the sanctions risk management framework. You will engage with industry bodies, monitor regulatory developments, and help shape responses to changes in the sanctions landscape. Your ability to build partnerships across Compliance, Risk, and Financial Crime teams will be essential, as will your experience in policy development and regulatory interpretation. This is a unique opportunity to influence the strategic direction of sanctions compliance within a global financial institution.

To be successful as a Senior Sanctions Escalations Manager, you should have experience with:

• Sanctions Expertise - experience in sanctions advisory within a large financial institution.

• Policy Development - ability to draft, review, and update regulatory and policy documents.

• Regulatory Knowledge - Deep understanding of UK and international sanctions regimes.

• Experience in regulatory reporting and governance processes.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

Your role will be located from our London office.

Purpose of the role

To identify and conduct the appropriate analysis and due diligence on Sanctions alerts to ensure the appropriate action is taken against customers and payment activity as defined by the Sanctions Standards and Restricted Activity Matrix, ensuring that the organisation adheres to all applicable sanctions laws and regulations and internal governance, such that client accounts are not held and transactions are not processed in breach of applicable laws and regulations.

Accountabilities

• Understanding the objectives of the Global Sanctions Function and the control frameworks and embedding a culture of compliance with sanctions.

• Revision of escalated cases and confirming a True Match in line with regulations/policy accurately and in a timely manner, feeding back on instances of incorrect escalation.

• Management and guidance in the completion of complex sanctions investigations, ensuring proper management and escalation, involving relevant stakeholders early and fully.

• Due diligence on Payment Screening alerts to determine the appropriate treatment and next steps, following documented procedures and governance processes.

• Escalation of Customer Screening True Matches to the appropriate Sanctions Team for assessment.

• Identification of opportunities to improve efficiencies in alert management and feedback for implementation.

Vice President Expectations

• Contribute to strategy, requirements, and recommendations for change. Manage resources, budgets, policies, and deliver continuous improvements.

• If managing a team, define roles, plan for future needs, and lead and develop team members.

• Demonstrate leadership behaviors to create a thriving environment, including listening, inspiring, aligning, and developing others.

• For individual contributors, serve as a subject matter expert, guide technical direction, lead assignments, and train less experienced staff.

• Advise stakeholders, manage risks, and demonstrate leadership in controls and risk management.

• Collaborate across functions and develop solutions based on analytical thinking and research.

• Build trusting relationships and influence stakeholders to achieve objectives.

All colleagues are expected to embody Barclays' values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship, and to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset of Empower, Challenge, and Drive.