Manager of Sanctions Compliance Unit

Join our team as a Unit Manager for Sanctions Compliance!

Yes, you can! That's our attitude towards our work, ambitious, ideas and relationships. We, at Luminor, believe that anyone has the potential to achieve big things and we encourage everyone to achieve them – professionally and personally. 

Whoever you are, and whatever your role is, with Luminor you will get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to literally build a local banking champion. The Manager of Sanctions Compliance Unit will be leading a pan-Baltic team which is responsible for ensuring sanctions compliance in the Luminor group

Luminor is offering employment for people displaced by the invasion of Ukraine. We are a dynamic, Pan-Baltic bank with a diverse team and have a number of great professional opportunities available both in business and support functions.

What You Will Do:

• Lead Sanctions Compliance Unit in a way it ensures implementation of regulatory requirements and Luminor Sanctions Compliance Framework
• Organize, engage, and motivate employees of the Unit through building the strong team, coaching, and holding direct reports accountable and developing talent in the Unit
• Participate in Sanctions Risk Assessment: identify and assess Sanctions risks associated with the business activities and propose solutions for control developments to ensure Sanctions related risks are managed effectively
• Ensure efficient, timely and compliant execution of processes related to Sanctions investigation of escalated cases and reporting to the relevant authorities
• Make decisions in complicated Sanctions cases according to the Sanctions Compliance Framework
• Support developing and maintenance of internal regulations in Sanctions area following Luminor policies, standards, regulatory requirements, and best practices
• Initiate and implement process improvements to ensure pan-Baltic alignment and process efficiency
• Ensure performance of quality assurance reviews based on identified risks and requirements within Sanctions area
• Support, advise and ensure training within Luminor in accordance to Sanctions Compliance Framework and regulations
• Ensure regular and ad-hoc reporting as per internal/external requests
• Maintain and improve Sanctions knowledge and competences of the team
• Contribute to team and company performance through effective networking, collaboration and leading through example
• Contribute to create great customer experience
• Promote and support living the Luminor values and building a strong Luminor brand

What We Expect: 

• Solid experience and professional skills in Sanctions and AML area, legal background would be an advantage
• Fluent English is required in spoken and written communication
• Initiative and high-level of responsibility
• Risk management and result oriented mindset
• Effective teamwork and collaboration
• High commitment to managing Sanctions Compliance area, keeping oneself pro-actively updated on the regulatory changes
• Excellent communication skills
• Cross functional and cross border cooperation skills
• Suitable interpersonal skills: trustworthiness, ability to maintain confidentiality and to manage sensitive information
• Licenses, certifications as CAMS, CGSS (preferable)

What We Offer:

• Great working environment. Dynamic and international working environment that is filled with interesting challenges and unique opportunities
• Flexibility. Flexible working hours, remote work and possibility to work from anywhere in Europe
• Professional growth. Internal and external training programs, workshops, conferences, online training etc.
• Benefits package. A competitive benefits package in addition to your salary
• More vacation. An additional benefits package for employees after 1 year in the company, which includes additional days of vacation
• Volunteer time off. We care about giving back to community, therefore, you will get additional days off for volunteering purposes
• Wellbeing. Access to tools and resources that helps to feel good and be productive at work and in life
• Pan-Baltic teams. Teams where people value challenging work together with good humor and having fun
• Gross salary. 3000-4300 EUR/month, which is to be determined...