PRIMA Partners Global
Senior Compliance Manager – Sanctions
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Senior Compliance Manager – Sanctions | Overview
The Senior Compliance Manager – Sanctions role focuses on supporting the development, enhancement, and governance of a global sanctions compliance framework at our client organisation. Reporting at a strategic level, you will collaborate with Compliance, Risk, Legal, and various business stakeholders to ensure the organisation maintains a robust and effective sanctions risk management framework throughout its entire lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
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Oversight of Sanctions Risk Framework:
- Own the full lifecycle of the organisation’s sanctions framework, including ongoing policy development, legislative/regulatory interpretation, control oversight, and integration of new/changed sanctions regimes
- Ensure alignment of the framework with evolving international sanctions regimes, industry best practices, and regulatory expectations
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Implementation & Governance:
- Lead implementation efforts and maintain the sanctions compliance structure, controls, and governance processes
- Develop and manage the sanit risk framework standards, ensuring continuity and adaption to regulatory changes
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Stakeholder Collaboration:
- Engage with legal teams to interpret complex sanctions regulations and their business implications
- Provide expert advisory support to senior management regarding sanctions-related matters and strategy
- Key player in developing position papers, guidance materials, and compliance training programmes
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Regulatory Change & Risk Strategy:
- Identify regulatory trends and newer threats (across multiple sanctions regimes) to support overall Financial Crime Risk strategies
- Lead or participate in Compliance transformations and regulatory change programmes within the organisation
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Training & Awareness:
- Contribute to the development and delivery of Compliance awareness programmes and training for internal and/or external stakeholders
About the Role
You will thrive in a role that demands strategic thinking with a hands-on approach. This should be you if you enjoy working in dynamic environments where governance, transparent frameworks, and stakeholder collaboration are core elements of success. The ideal candidate combines technical sanctions expertise with a broad regulatory and compliance skillset that spans respective international domains. Your work will both keep pace with a flexible sanctions landscape and shape an organisation's future compliance needs in this critical area.
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Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain comprehensive sanctions risk frameworks, ensuring they adapt to evolving regulations and demonstrate resilience to identified risks
- Develop and enhance controls, policies, and procedures to manage and mitigate sanctions-related risks across global operations
- Conduct continuous assessments of sanctions frameworks, monitoring regulatory changes across major geopolitical and jurisdictional areas (e.g., US, EU, other key sanctions regimes)
- Build cross-functional relationships with business leaders, legal, risk management, and other compliance teams to foster alignment around sanctions obligations
- Lead or contribute to regulatory reporting and the communication of sanctions risks, ensuring transparency to relevant stakeholders and authorities
- Implement improvements, automate processes, and support the integration of sanctions screening solutions and supporting technologies across the business
- Support in the creation or refinement of compliance documents, including risk assessments, internal reports, position papers, and sanctions-related guidance notes
- Develop and manage awareness initiatives, training programmes, and certification standards to promote a sanctions-aware culture throughout the organisation
- Contribute to strategic thought leadership on sanctions and related compliance issues within the organisation
Requirements
Essential Skills
Must possess:
- Proven compliance experience with at least 5 years dedicated to sanctions, economic sanctions, financial crime, or regulatory risk-related fields
- Strong expertise in sanctions and trade regimes, with an ability to interpret complex regulatory developments and assess business impact across relevant sectors (finance, trade, services, etc.)
- Experience designing, implementing, and sustaining compliance risk frameworks, including policy creation, processes adherence, and governance structures
- Demonstrable history in translating sanctions-related regulatory changes into actionable risk responses and practical business guidance
- Robust understanding of international sanctions risk frameworks, conduct controls, governance nuances, and regulatory expectations in complex settings
- Experience offering expert advisory counsel to senior management on sanctions issues, proactively shaping position papers, governance documentation, and risk responses
- Ability to translate regulatory requirements into scalable, effective compliance frameworks, operational controls, and training initiatives
- Fluent English language proficiency, alongside effective communication skills– scenarios span both internal compliance and business-facing audiences
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Desired Skills
Ideally bring experience in:
- Financial services, insurance, or banking compliance sectors
- Certified Global Sanctions Specialist (CGSS) or equivalent sanctions or regulatory qualification
- Wider Financial Crime disciplines beyond sanctions– including Anti-Money Laundering (AML), fraud prevention, Bribery & Corruption (B&C), and Counter Terrorist Financing (CTF)
- Proactive experience in transformational compliance efforts, framework improvements, or managing regulatory change programmes
- Country/functional expertise in high-risk regions (e.g., dealing with Middle East, Russia, China, or globally tension-prone markets)
- Project and change management experience within compliance/risk domains, with proven ability to drive transformation across international businesses
- Additional German language skills (as an asset in an international environment)
- First-hand familiarity with monitoring solutions, utilising control frameworks, and supporting tools for sanctions screening and compliance management
Frameursk druk, globalty! (A strong grasp of sanctions across diverse jurisdictions will elevate your approach to this dynamic role)
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