Specialist Sanctions Screening

Role Overview

The Saudi Investment Bank is hiring a Specialist Sanctions Screening professional in Riyadh to support sanctions compliance activities across customer, onboarding, and transaction screening. The role focuses on detecting potential sanctions and embargo-related risks, reviewing alerts, and helping ensure the bank’s controls remain aligned with regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform recurring sanctions checks on customers and related parties to spot possible breaches or matches.
• Support the improvement of screening tools and workflows by validating potential sanctions list matches.
• Assess sanctions alerts and case files, then take action within the required service timelines.
• Stay up to date on sanctions and embargo laws and regulatory developments at both local and international levels, and apply updates where relevant.
• Run delta batch screening to process incremental database updates accurately and without unnecessary delay while meeting compliance standards.
• Screen new account and product onboarding requests to identify sanctions exposure or high-risk entities before approval.
• Review transactional activity to detect, investigate, and escalate suspicious or sanctioned/embargoed transactions in line with regulatory obligations.
• Work according to clearly defined instructions and align output with team and sub-function objectives.
• Use assigned resources efficiently and complete tasks according to established standards and process limits.
• Follow bank policies, procedures, and operating guidelines to maintain consistent and accurate work.
• Handle straightforward and repetitive issues independently, and route more complex matters to the right stakeholders.
• Help improve routine processes by identifying inefficiencies and suggesting practical enhancements.
• Take part in structured development activities and use available learning resources to build capability.
• Carry out any other duties assigned through the bank’s internal processes when required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or a related discipline.
• 0 to 1 year of relevant experience.
• Working knowledge of both Arabic and English.

Additional Information

This is a full-time, onsite position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.