Sanctions Compliance Officer

2 weeks ago

Montréal QC, Canada Société Générale Full time

**Responsibilities**:
Société Générale’s US Financial Crime Compliance (“FCC”) Department is responsible for ensuring compliance with anti-money laundering (“AML”), Bank Secrecy Act, USA PATRIOT Act, OFAC and sanctions regulations for the operations of SG in the U.S. The Department performs, among other responsibilities, AML transaction monitoring and SAR filing, OFAC screening and reporting, as well as advisory and control functions across SGUS bank and broker dealer businesses. The Department is also responsible for the management of the tools used for sanctions screening and AML transaction monitoring.

**ABOUT THE JOB**:
The Sanctions Compliance Investigations Team is responsible for reviewing and investigating all potential violations of OFAC, E.U. and other sanctions program processed through or otherwise involving SGUS. This includes reviewing alerts on transactions and static data for matches to the OFAC, E.U. and any other applicable lists, reviewing and approving OFAC-licensed transactions, investigating potential matches, reporting blocked property or rejected transactions to OFAC, investigating and drafting Voluntary Self-Disclosures to OFAC, training business lines and SGUS Employees on OFAC/Sanctions issues, liaising with relevant business lines on alerts and sanctions incidents, and coordinating with the Head Office/Group Sanctions Compliance on global investigations, as appropriate. The team is functionally divided into two core functions - Alerts Management and Sanctions Remediation.

This role supports the Sanctions Investigations team in accomplishing one of its key responsibilities, the review of static and live transactional alerts for potential matches to OFAC, EU, and other targets. Working closely with OFAC SMEs, the role analyzes transactions escalated to Sanctions Compliance to determine permissibility within the scope of assigned duties.

**What will be your DAY-TO-DAY?**

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Support the Head of Investigations and the Sanctions Alerts Management Lead in matters related to sanctions alert management. The position reports to the VP, Sanctions Alerts Management Lead.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Alert Management and Investigations: Conduct thorough analysis of escalated live transaction and static data alerts within scope of delegated responsibilities.

Evaluate and document potential matches against sanctions lists, following established protocols for review and handling of sanctions alerts.

Draft and articulate recommendations based on the investigation with a clear rationale and supporting evidence.

Escalate matters to team members and management as appropriate.

Compiling metrics and other key data points to address sanctions risk as required.

Identify OFAC compliance issues/concerns and make suggestions and/or take corrective action to implement solutions to improve controls/operations.

As needed, assist in projects, task forces, and working groups related to sanctions alerts management.

**Profile required**:
**Skills and Qualifications**:
***Must Have**:

- 3 years of work experience in a compliance or regulatory affairs capacity, with at least one year focused on sanctions compliance. This experience can be gained from either the private or public sector, or any combination thereof.
- Experience evaluating live transactions for sanctions indices. Previous work with OFAC sanctions is highly preferred.
- Familiarity with OFAC and EU sanctions regulations and USA PATRIOT Act.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Ability to multitask and manage multiple deliverables and a range of OFAC risk management responsibilities.
- Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent research and analytical skills.
- Ability to conduct legal and investigative research utilizing open-source and private research systems.
- High ethical standards, as well as respect for confidentiality and privacy.

**Nice to Have**:
***- Familiarity with FircoSoft and PEGA is a plus.

**LANGUAGE**:
Ability to communicate in English, both orally and in writing, is a requirement as the person in this position will need to collaborate regularly with colleagues and partners in the United States.

**Why join us**:
**OUR BENEFITS**:
**WHAT WE DO DIFFERENTLY AT SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE**

Competitive compensation & benefits offering, including but not limited to:

- Minimum of 20 Vacation days + 4 personal days
- Supportive Maternity, paternity, parental and adoption leave policy
- Health spending ($2,000/year) and personal spending ($1,000/year) accounts with 75+ eligible reimbursement categories (health, training, electronics etc.)

Fully sponsored virtual healthcare assistance and Employee Assistance Program to you and your immediate family

Various Employee Resource Groups (ERG) to engage with such as Pride and Allies, American Women Network, Black Leadership Network, One planet, etc.
- A culture of continuous development by encouraging our employees variou

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