Sanctions Advisory Lead

Are you a senior sanctions advisory professional looking for an exciting new opportunity in a fast paced global fintech? We are seeking an expert, dynamic and autonomous individual who is keen to learn and grow while also bringing exceptional value through provision of high-quality sanctions advice to the business.

Banking Circle is a fintech, bank, and fun all in one. We are on a journey to become payment pioneers. Every day more than one million payments run through our platform. We work closely with central banks and clients worldwide to constantly improve our payment flows. Banking Circle was founded in 2013, and today we are a fully licensed bank with 800 colleagues in 11 countries. We are still growing rapidly, and we invite you to join us and experience a fun and international workplace, where people prefer to come to the office rather than work from home.

Your team welcomes you with open arms

As our new Sanctions Advisory Lead in the Sanctions team in London you’ll have responsibility for overseeing a team that provides expert advice across Banking Circle’s growing global business, including its traditional payments and growing digital assets business lines. You will experience an open and knowledge driven culture, where everyone can thrive, connect with colleagues, learn and grow. Here you will be empowered to make an impact every day.

You must be comfortable navigating the full range of global sanctions regulations to provide tailored and expert advice to the business. This will include dealing with day-to-day escalations relating to potential sanctions violations, require complex analysis to understand treatment considering policy and regulatory requirements, and require you to provide strategic input to change and transformation initiatives.

The role requires independent decision making and expert judgment when assessing sanctions risk, and you must be able to adapt to a rapidly changing business and regulatory environment. You will work effectively with minimal supervision to align yourself with responsibilities outlined by the function.

You will continually maintain and develop a good working knowledge of HMT, EU, OFAC, UN and other applicable sanctions programs to provide appropriate advice and direction to colleagues in sales, product development, operations, technology and Business AML teams.

We offer a hybrid work model for our employees to allow for flexibility and productivity. However, we do expect you to spend most of your time in the office to build community and efficiency in the team.

Exciting work is waiting for you

• Accountability for all components of the Sanctions Advisory team including people, process and strategy
• Deploying your skills as a subject matter expert in global sanctions regimes and sanctions control frameworks
• Oversee team as escalation point for SS/TM/ KYC sanctions-based queries, ensuring the team provides robust advice and that risk is appropriately mitigated, documented and addressed.
• Working directly with the Head of Sanctions & Web3 AML to deliver strategic projects, controls testing and screening system assurance activities
• Lead interactions with internal and external stakeholders as required, achieving appropriate outcomes for both BC and clients
• Ownership and delivery of sanctions training program
• People management and mentorship

Things we’ll look for on your resume

We expect you to have minimum 10 years of experience within sanctions in an advisory capacity (or similar) where you have built excellent knowledge of sanctions legislation in US, UK, EU and other relevant jurisdictions.

You have strong leadership and relationship building skills, and you are well-organized, a strong communicator, and a proactive individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment.

You have solid understanding of sanctions systems and controls, and a broad understanding of Financial Crime Risk (Sanctions, AML and ABC).

Experience within Payments/FinTech space is desirable and AML/Sanctions certification or similar is considered a plus.

Banking Circle is an international company. Our internal workforce consists of over 50 nationalities, and our clients and partners are located all over the globe. Therefore, our company language is English.

Go ahead and take the first step

We look forward to hearing from you. We review applications and interview candidates continuously. Please note that we don’t accept or consider CVs received through email or direct messages.

If you have questions, please reach out to Global Recruitment Partner, Simon Scott Hansen on simh@bankingcircle.com. No recruitment agencies, please.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, age, religion, sexual orientation, national origin or any other characteristic protected under federal, state or local laws, regulations and ordinances. To learn more about Banking Circle, visit is at www.bankingcircle.com