Sanctions Screening Design, Vice President - State Street

The role will be responsible for working with other groups across the bank to analyze, understand, and document sanctions screening needs and opportunities. This includes deep dives into State Street operational systems and processes business models to help define and implement enhancements to our transactional screening platform Firco Continuity. These projects aim to make the platform more effective and efficient as well as improving the control environment. The individual in this position will gather information from multiple sources and reconcile conflicts decompose high-level information into details and actionable activities.

This role can be performed in a hybrid model, where you can balance work from home (1 day per week) and office (4 days per week) to match your needs and role requirements.

Why this role is important to us

The team you will be joining plays an important role in the overall success of the organization. Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. To make that happen we need teams like yours to help navigate employees and the organization as a whole. In your role you will strive for cutting-edge solutions, that are straightforward and scalable. You will help us build resilience and execute day to day deliverables at our best. Join us if making your mark in the financial services industry from day one is a challenge you are up for.

What you will be responsible for

As Sanctions Screening Design, Vice President, you will

• Help set the strategic direction of the sanction screening platform set priorities and develop the roadmap.

• Work closely with the project team: business analyst project manager IT and external vendor to develop business requirements use cases operational procedures etc.

• Coordinate execution of the user acceptance test planning with the stakeholders or execute it within the team if required.

• This role will be the point of contact for audit (external/internal) some of the responsibilities are timely communication raising issues as and when identifies in the process etc.

• Yearly review of procedures to make sure they are in line with the activities performed identify gaps and create procedures if they don’t exist.

• Frequent review of the process to make sure we have strong controls in place and recommend additional controls where required.

• Participate in other initiatives as needed providing business analysis and data expertise.

What we value

These skills will help you succeed in this role

• Advanced reasoning; excellent verbal written and presentation skills.

• Strong abilities in analytical thinking problem solving research time management and verbal and written communication.

• Ability to liaise between the business and technology teams strong collaboration and relationship management skills.

• Able to manage multiple simultaneous tasks in a high pressure deadline environment.

Education & Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum of 7-10 years relevant experience.

• Familiarity with transaction processing (operationally and technical) at large and global financial institutions such as State Street Bank is preferred but not required

• Knowledge of financial transaction types such as SWIFT MT and MX FED Wires SEPA ACH etc. is a plus

• Familiarity with sanction screening (a.k.a. watch list filtering) and the systems performing this such as Firco Continuity is preferred but not required

• Prior AML & Sanctions compliance Risk Management Data Analytics and/or Audit Experience.

What we offer

Wide range of benefits, including:

• Medical

• Prescription Drug

• Health Savings Account (HSA)

• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

• Dental

• Vision

• Employee-Paid Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance

• Employee-Paid Long-Term Disability

• Critical Illness Insurance

• Accident Insurance & Hospital Indemnity Insurance

• Business Travel Accident Insurance

• Short-Term Disability

• Identity Theft Protection

• Legal Benefits

• BeWell Programme

• Paid Time Off

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Salary Savings Program (SSP)