Senior Sanctions Manager

From day one, our mission has been to create an independent business with a unique culture - one that is controlled by the people who work for it. Finding the most talented and entrepreneurial people has always been key to our success.

People come to Howden for lots of different reasons, but they stay for the same one: our culture. That’s what sets us apart, and why we nurture and retain the best talent in the market. Whatever your priorities - work/life balance, career progression, sustainability, volunteering - you’ll find like-minded people driving change at Howden.

To manage and oversee a Central Sanctions Function that will be responsible for developing, maintaining and overseeing a sanctions and screening framework that supports and enables UK Howden Broking to meet applicable sanctions and screening requirements.

Provide meaningful analysis and management information about sanctions and screening activities, risk mitigation activities and exposures into the key governance forums to enable review and assessment of the on-going adequacy of sanctions and screening systems and controls and the sanctions and screening risk profile.

Activities-
- Develop, communicate and implement a sanctions and screening strategy, framework and policy that is risk based and suitably mitigates the risk of breaching sanctions or screening associated financial crime risks.- Maintain and deliver strategy for efficient real time and batch screening capabilities.- Oversee the on-going suitability, performance and accuracy of any sanction screening software used.- Oversee and ensure delivery of effective and efficient outsourced sanctions screening operations.- Develop and deliver a training and understanding programme in respect of sanctions and screening related requirements.

Experience Required- Extensive experience of managing compliance with the UK financial sanctions regime within a second line compliance function in a UK-based General Insurance broker.- Strong knowledge of OFSI, OFAC, UN, EU and FCA requirements in respect of sanctions.- General awareness of FCA requirements relevant to GI brokers.- Experience of managing a team.- Broad knowledge and understanding of insurance, principles, products and services.

Team

Direct line management of two people.

Location

Our Culture: People First

We’ve travelled far since opening our first office in 1994. Back then we were local experts - based in London, with direct access to the world’s biggest insurance market. We’re still locals, and we still deliver the right advice and the right insurance to our clients. But now, we’re local all over the world. With 15,000 global colleagues and a partner network spanning more than 100 territories, we are the largest independent insurance broker in the world. But our values haven’t changed since day one, when we set out to create a company grounded in:

- An employee-ownership model
- Aligned external investors
- The trust and integrity born of friendship
- Expertise
- Independence

Our focus on being a people-first business has always been at the very heart of Howden. Our vision was to create an independent business with a unique culture; one that would survive and thrive as a business controlled by the people working for it. Our employee ownership model sets us apart in the market. It’s created a culture of collaboration and innovation, where we’re driven to think bigger and empowered to challenge convention.

Our flat structure and entrepreneurial spirit help us attract the best people and empower them to be the best version of themselves. And when we bring in and nurture great talent, more follows. That makes us better - and that’s better for everyone.

Diversity & Inclusion

Permanent