AVP Sanctions Officer

Bank located in Midtown is looking to hire an AVP Sanctions OfficerMaintain a high degree of relevant knowledge with respect to OFAC and other sanctions laws and regulations. This includes monitoring new and proposed sanctions-related legislation, regulatory requirements, key enforcement actions, key trends, and emerging issues, as directed by the Head of Sanctions.Manage day-to-day operational components of the ETSU program. This includes, but is not limited to, oversight of screening analysts in their completion of payment screening, name screening, customer screening, MI Reporting, and providing relevant training to ETSU staff.Investigate all cases escalated by Level 1 reviewers and conduct screening of Level 1 cases as needed.Assist in the onboarding of new hires by guiding their transition through knowledge transfer, closely tracking their progress, and serving as a first line in answering questions and sharing internal institutional information about the Bank.Serve as a SME and advisor to lines of business across a wide spectrum of products, services and transactions to ensure compliance with the regulatory obligations and the Bank's overall Sanctions Compliance Program.Assist with maintaining sanctions policies and procedures to identify, detect and mitigate sanctions risks.Assist with reviewing and enhancing sanctions control processes, such as customer screening at onboarding, batch screening, transaction screening, alert disposition and escalation, investigations, list management, configuration testing, change management and root cause analysis for any program breaches, as directed by the Head of Sanctions.Assist respective teams in the completion of the sanctions risk assessment and NYSDFS Part 504 certification.Partner with colleagues in AFC Systems Unit and Information Technology on tuning and optimization of the screening model.Escalate material issues or emerging risk to the Head of Sanctions.