Sanctions Screening Analyst

Assignment description

We are now looking for Sanctions Screening Analyst for our Banking client.

Responsibilities:

• Support analysis of sanctions screening matches generated against transactions & relationship records to identify patterns pertaining to false positives
• Analysing opportunities to reduce false positive matches through risk-based whitelisting
• Create risk-based rules within the screening system which relate identified false positive patterns, supported by documentation explaining the basis & the risk based approach
• Conduct testing to ensure developed rules are functioning as desired, stopping the target false positive population from generating matches for investigation & not having undesirable outcomes in screening (eg creating undue risk)
• Conduct four eyes review of rules created by others & submit rules for four eyes review
• Seek approval of rules ahead of implementation & present into forums as required
• Validate the efficacy of implemented rules with information from real life screening, reacting if necessary to make changes to rule logic, documentation & approvals
• Conduct trigger based (eg changes to list entry) or cyclical (eg annual) reviews of rules in production to ensure they are still value add (eg removing false positives) & risk based (not creating undue risk)
• Follow processes, alongside helping to conduct updates & changes to keep documented process governance up to date, relevant & compliant

Your background will include:

• Experience working directly with configuring Sanctions Screening
• Strong analytical skills & structured problem solving
• Experience planning & executing complex tasks independently & as part of a team
• Experience with data base extraction & data manipulation (SQL/R or VBA)
• Working in a complex & international environment & presenting to senior stakeholders
• Strong English language communication skills (oral & written)
• Developing your own capability
• A Bachelor's Degree or significant equivalent experience
• Experience working with logical statements (design, build & test)
• Experience in forming processes with complex hand offs, analysing risks & control points

Your background including the following would be advantageous:

International Compliance Association (ICA) Certification (sanctions focused) or Association of Certified Sanctions Specialists (ACSS) Certification or a relevant Master's Degree

Location: Helsinki, Stockholm, Oslo or Copenhagen, candidate's can be based in any Nordic Capital and must already be living in the Nordics.

Hybrid model: 3 days at the office per week and 2 days per week remote work possible.

Languages English Fluent.