Sanctions Analyst - Advanced Escalations

Job description

Do you want your voice heard and your actions to count? Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world’s leading financial groups. Across the globe, we’re 150,000 colleagues, striving to make a difference for every client, organization, and community we serve. We stand for our values, building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world. With a vision to be the world’s most trusted financial group, it’s part of our culture to put people first, listen to new and diverse ideas and collaborate toward greater innovation, speed and agility. This means investing in talent, technologies, and tools that empower you to own your career. Join MUFG, where being inspired is expected and making a meaningful impact is rewarded. The selected colleague will work at an MUFG office or client sites four days per week and work remotely one day. A member of our recruitment team will provide more details. Overview We are seeking a Sanctions Advanced Escalations Analyst to join the Global Sanctions Advisory team. This role serves as a Level 3 (L3) reviewer responsible for investigating and dispositioning complex sanctions and other risks in the Bank’s products and services including transactions, trade finance activity, customer screening matters, and lending arrangements. The position provides significant exposure to the Bank's global operations and requires close collaboration with the Financial Crimes Compliance Office of Europe, Middle East, and Africa (FCOE), other Regional Financial Crimes Offices (RFCOs), Regulatory Advisory, Sanctions Operations, and first-line business stakeholders across multiple jurisdictions. The ideal candidate is intellectually curious, possesses strong investigative and analytical skills, and has a passion for sanctions compliance, financial crime prevention, international affairs, and regulatory risk management. Successful candidates will demonstrate the ability to apply complex sanctions regulations and internal policies to unique fact patterns while producing clear, defensible, and well-supported analysis. Responsibilities: Review and investigate complex sanctions escalations, including transaction screening alerts, trade finance matters, prospective lending arrangements, customer screening cases, and other sanctions-related concerns. Support the review of FCOE sanctions investigations against applicable sanctions regulations (i.e., EU and UK) and MUFG policies and provide reserve support to FCOE as needed. Conduct detailed sanctions analysis to assess customer, counterparty, ownership, jurisdictional, vessel, goods, and payment-related risks. Evaluate escalated alerts and determine appropriate outcomes based on applicable sanctions regulations, internal policies, procedures, and risk considerations. Understand and apply MUFG policies and procedures. Perform research utilizing regulatory guidance, internal systems, open-source intelligence, and third-party risk intelligence tools to support investigative conclusions. Prepare clear, concise, and defensible written analyses documenting investigative findings, rationale, supporting evidence, and recommended dispositions. Provide Advanced Escalations support to Regional Financial Crimes Offices (RFCOs), including Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) sanctions teams, through review of complex sanctions matters and advisory support. Partner with Regulatory Advisory and other sanctions subject matter experts to resolve complex regulatory questions and support four-eye review processes where applicable. Communicate with Sanctions Operations, Regulatory Advisory, RFCOs, and first-line stakeholders to obtain information, clarify fact patterns, and facilitate timely case resolution. Escalate significant sanctions concerns, emerging risks, or material findings to senior sanctions leadership as appropriate. Identify opportunities to enhance investigative processes, escalation workflows, screening effectiveness, and sanctions controls. Support sanctions governance activities, reporting, recordkeeping, metrics production, management information, and special projects as assigned. Monitor developments in sanctions regulations, enforcement actions, and geopolitical events to ensure investigative decisions remain aligned with current regulatory expectations. Contribute to cross-regional collaboration efforts, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement initiatives across the Global Sanctions Compliance organization. Qualifications: Minimum 2 years of experience in sanctions compliance, financial crimes compliance, anti-money laundering, regulatory compliance, investigations, banking, or a related field preferred. Knowledge of U.S. and international sanctions regulations, including OFAC sanctions programs and related financial crime compliance requirements. Experience conducting investigations, analyzing complex fact patterns, and documenting risk-based conclusions. Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills with the ability to make sound judgments in complex situations. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to clearly articulate complex regulatory issues to diverse audiences. Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment. Strong attention to detail and commitment to maintaining high-quality, audit-ready documentation. Ability to effectively collaborate with stakeholders across multiple regions, functions, and levels of seniority. Demonstrated interest in financial crime compliance, sanctions, geopolitical developments, national security, and international affairs. Professional certifications such as CAMS, CGSS, ACSS, or similar compliance-related credentials are preferred but not required. Education Bachelor's degree required. The typical base pay range for this role is $70,000 to $82,000 depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and location. This role may also be eligible for certain discretionary performance-based bonus and/or incentive compensation. Additionally, our Total Rewards program provides colleagues with a competitive benefits package (in accordance with the eligibility requirements and respective terms of each) that includes comprehensive health and wellness benefits, retirement plans, educational assistance and training programs, income replacement for qualified employees with disabilities, paid maternity and parental bonding leave, and paid vacation, sick days, and holidays. For more information on our Total Rewards package, please click the link below. MUFG Benefits Summary We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws (including (i) the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, (ii) the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, (iii) the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and (iv) the California Fair Chance Act) to the extent that (a) an applicant is not subject to a statutory disqualification pursuant to Section 3(a)(39) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 8a(2) or 8a(3) of the Commodity Exchange Act, and (b) they do not conflict with the background screening requirements of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the National Futures Association (NFA). The major responsibilities listed above are the material job duties of this role for which the Company reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of conditional offer of employment, if any. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to leveraging the diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experience of our workforce to create opportunities for our colleagues and our business. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender expression, gender identity, sex, age, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran and military status, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status of an individual or that individual’s associates or relatives that is protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.