Assistant Sanctions Manager - Advisory & Decisioning

End Date Tuesday 01 September 2026

Salary Range £44,901 - £49,890;
We support flexible working –  for more information on flexible working options;
Flexible Working Options:
Hybrid Working, Job Share.

The Assistant Manager, Sanctions Advisory & Decisioning, plays a key role in protecting the Bank from sanctions risk by providing expert sanctions advice, conducting risk assessments and supporting business decision making across Business & Commercial Banking (BCB) and Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB). The role acts as a trusted adviser to stakeholders, helping identify, assess and manage sanctions risks while supporting the ongoing development of a robust sanctions control environment.

Salary: £44,901 - £49,890 pa

Location(s):
Glasgow, Edinburgh or Bristol Harbour side

Hours:

35 hours per week, Full Time

Working Pattern:
Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of your time, at one of our office sites.

We are looking for x3 Assistant Sanctions Managers to join our Commercial Sanctions team, which sits within the Economic Crime Prevention function! As an Assistant Sanctions Manager, you'll provide specialist sanctions advice, guidance and industry knowledge to colleagues across the organisation. You'll work closely with business, operational and oversight teams to identify, assess and manage sanctions risks and complying with international sanctions regulations and laws whilst helping to maintain a strong and effective control environment.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a team involved in complex sanctions decision making, sanctions screening, sanctions risk assessments, investigations and the ongoing enhancement of sanctions controls. Depending on business needs and your experience, you'll support activity across our Advisory & Decisioning team or our Screening, Investigations & Governance team.

• Providing specialist sanctions advice and guidance to business partners across the Group.
• Assessing sanctions payments / cases and completing Sanctions Authorisation Forms (SAFs) as required in line with policy and international law and regulations.
• Conducting sanctions risk assessments relating to customers, transactions, products and emerging risks.
• Investigating sanctions breaches, control issues and regulatory concerns, helping to support effective remediation.
• Managing sanctions referrals and technical queries from Commercial Banking and Trade Finance colleagues.
• Supporting governance, reporting and continuous improvement activity across the sanctions control environment.

• Sanctions knowledge and policy compliance
• Strong knowledge of sanctions regulations and sanctions risk management and experience providing sanctions advice and guidance within a regulated financial services environment.
• Experience completing sanctions risk assessments and reviewing complex sanctions-related cases.
• Decision making & risk:
  Ability to analyse complex information and make balanced, risk-based decisions.
• Managing key relationships:
  Experience building effective relationships with a wide range of business partners and providing constructive challenge where required.
• Critical thinking:
  Ability to investigate issues, identify root causes and support practical solutions and controls.
• And any experience of this would be really useful Experience supporting sanctions screening frameworks, governance activities or investigations.
• Knowledge of trade finance, payments or corporate banking activities.
• Experience handling sanctions activity or complex sanctions referrals.
• Experience working with regulators or regulatory expectations relating to sanctions compliance.

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