Sanctions Manager

at  Plenitude Consulting

Appointed to the FCA’s Skilled Person Panel for Financial Crime, we enable our clients to stay ahead of emerging risks and evolving regulations by optimising systems and controls, leveraging the latest AI-powered technology and data analytics, in order to drive greater effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability, reducing the overall cost of compliance.
Our best-in-class team come from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines. This breadth and depth of industry and deep subject matter expertise, alongside our scalable, full-service offering and tech-enabled delivery, enables us to meet all of our clients’ needs, inspiring confidence and delivering excellence.
We work with a broad range of retail, commercial and investment banks, insurers, asset managers, as well as payment service firms, electronic money issuers, FinTechs and crypto firms across the world, ranging from startups to global financial institutions. We have a proven delivery track record and have provided advisory and transformation services on some of the most challenging projects in the industry.

Reasons our employees join and stay with us include:

• Learning from the best. Our owners and subject matter experts are ‘hands-on’ with every engagement and will invest their time in your development.
• Our focus is on maximising our value to clients through collaborative working and delivering genuine synergy where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
• Fast growth. Plenitude has enjoyed 4X growth over the past 3 years.
• Its owners are actively identifying the next generation of leadership to shape the new relationships, value propositions, products and delivery engagements of the future.
• There are no artificial barriers or constraints on career progression.
• Culture is entrepreneurial with a focus on Career and personal development.
• We will sponsor training for every employee based on your needs. This includes specialist technical training (e.g. Association of Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) or International Compliance Association (ICA)) as well as commercial, leadership, coaching and management domains.

Key Responsibilities:

• Advisory Services: Provide high-level sanctions advisory services, offering insights and recommendations to help clients navigate complex sanctions challenges.
• Risk Frameworks: Oversee the development, implementation, and enhancement of sanctions risk frameworks, ensuring they are comprehensive and effective.
• Compliance Strategies: Develop and implement sanctions compliance strategies to mitigate risk and ensure adherence to legal and regulatory requirements.
• Policy Development: Draft, review, and refine sanctions-related policies, standards, and procedures to ensure they meet current regulatory and operational needs.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with senior management, clients, and other stakeholders.

Role Requirements:

• Experience: A minimum of 5–10 years of experience working within sanctions.
• Expertise: Extensive understanding of UK sanctions regimes, with additional experience in EU, US, and other international sanctions regimes preferable.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in assessing, enhancing, and implementing comprehensive sanctions risk frameworks, systems, and controls.
• Policy Development: Proven ability to develop and refine sanctions-related policies, standards, and procedures.
• Advisory Capability: Experience in providing high-level sanctions advisory services.
• Consulting Background: Strong background in consulting, with relevant industry experience preferred.
• Leadership: Experience in leading and delivering sanctions consulting services.

We offer the opportunity to work solely on FCC engagements with leading financial institutions across banking, insurance, investment management and cryptoasset firms.
For the right candidate we offer very competitive compensation package consisting of base salary, performance related bonus, training allowance, pension, life assurance and family medical cover.
Here at Plenitude Consulting we take great pride in being an Equal Opportunities Employer. We ensure fair treatment of staff and are committed to delivering diversity and championing real inclusivity throughout the business. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion or belief, sex, age, national origin, marital status, military/veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.
We want to create a safe working environment for all our staff members, one that reflects diversity, inclusion, integrity, and respect. It’s important that our environment not only protects our staff but is inclusive of all

Key Responsibilities:

• Advisory Services: Provide high-level sanctions advisory services, offering insights and recommendations to help clients navigate complex sanctions challenges.
• Risk Frameworks: Oversee the development, implementation, and enhancement of sanctions risk frameworks, ensuring they are comprehensive and effective.
• Compliance Strategies: Develop and implement sanctions compliance strategies to mitigate risk and ensure adherence to legal and regulatory requirements.
• Policy Development: Draft, review, and refine sanctions-related policies, standards, and procedures to ensure they meet current regulatory and operational needs.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with senior management, clients, and other stakeholders

Role Requirements:

• Experience: A minimum of 5–10 years of experience working within sanctions.
• Expertise: Extensive understanding of UK sanctions regimes, with additional experience in EU, US, and other international sanctions regimes preferable.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in assessing, enhancing, and implementing comprehensive sanctions risk frameworks, systems, and controls.
• Policy Development: Proven ability to develop and refine sanctions-related policies, standards, and procedures.
• Advisory Capability: Experience in providing high-level sanctions advisory services.
• Consulting Background: Strong background in consulting, with relevant industry experience preferred.
• Leadership: Experience in leading and delivering sanctions consulting services