Global Economic Sanctions (GES) Payments Specialist

The Global Economic Sanctions (GES) Payments team is a unique function in Global AML Compliance group. Reporting to the Platform AML Officer and Senior Director Global Economic Sanctions, you will review, investigate and decide on real-time wire payments and cross-border Automated Clearing House transactions initiated or received by RBC clients globally.

You will assess and address sanctions risk, investigate transactions to ensure they are permissible under regulations, and make decisions in accordance with applicable sanctions regulations (US, UK, EU, and Canada).

Responsibilities

• Review and decision payments (incoming and outgoing) to support global business units and local compliance teams.
• Investigate transactions to ensure they are permissible under regulations.
• Assess and address sanctions risk.
• Make decisions in accordance with applicable sanctions regulations.

Requirements

• Undergraduate Bachelor’s Degree.
• 2-5 years of financial industry or payments processing experience, ideally including sanctions experience.
• Prior experience as a payments analyst at a Canadian Financial Institution.
• Ability to work in a high-paced, high-pressured environment.
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Knowledge of SWIFT and ACH Transactions.
• Knowledge of US, EU, UK, and Canadian sanctions regulations.

Nice to Have

• ACAMS certification.

What’s in it for you?

• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities.
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact.
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team.
• A world-class training program in financial services.
• Opportunities to do challenging work.