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Senior Sanctions Analyst - Law Firm - London
An opportunity has arisen to join a well-respected and growing global law firm as a Senior Sanctions Analyst. The role provides practical sanctions analysis and advisory support across the Group’s global businesses and office network.
Key Responsibilities
- Assess sanctions risk across new and existing clients, beneficial owners, counterparties, transactions, and jurisdictions.
- Review and escalate sanctions alerts and potential issues, including complex ownership and control structures.
- Conduct OSINT research, sanctions case reviews, and horizon scanning.
- Support onboarding, periodic reviews, and trigger-event assessments.
- Monitor OFAC, OFSI, EU, UN, and relevant local sanctions regimes.
- Support sanctions policies, procedures, training, control testing, and management reporting.
- Prepare clear recommendations and escalation papers for senior Compliance stakeholders.
- Work with Compliance, Legal, and business teams on complex sanctions and financial crime matters.
- Support audits, remediation, and improvements to sanctions screening and case-management processes.
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Requirements
- Experience in sanctions, financial crime, compliance, risk, or trade controls, ideally within financial or professional services, legal services, fiduciary, or fund administration.
- Good knowledge of US/OFAC, UK/OFSI, EU, and UN sanctions.
- Experience with sanctions/watchlist screening, alert triage, false-positive analysis, and case management.
- Strong analytical and written communication skills, particularly around complex ownership structures and risk assessments.
- Sound judgement, attention to detail, and confidence escalating potential sanctions exposure.
- ICA, sanctions, or equivalent professional qualifications are advantageous.
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