Sanctions & Compliance Analyst at Safaricom Kenya

Responsibilities
Sanctions Screening & Alert Management

• Review and investigate sanctions screening alerts generated from customer onboarding, payments, partner onboarding, and customer databases.
• Perform name screening against applicable sanctions, watchlists, politically exposed persons (PEP), and adverse media databases.
• Differentiate true matches from false positives and document rationale for decisions.
• Escalate confirmed or potential sanctions matches in line with internal procedures.

Investigations & Risk Assessment

• Conduct comprehensive investigations on customers, transactions, and counterparties.
• Assess sanctions, AML, CFT, and reputational risks associated with alerts and cases.
• Gather and analyze customer information, transactional activity, and supporting documentation.
• Recommend appropriate risk mitigation measures and control actions.

Regulatory Compliance & Governance

• Ensure compliance with local and international sanctions regulations (UN, OFAC, EU, UK HMT, and other applicable regimes).
• Support the implementation and monitoring of sanctions compliance policies and procedures.
• Maintain awareness of regulatory changes and sanctions developments.
• Ensure all investigations and decisions meet regulatory and audit standards.

Case Management & Documentation

• Maintain accurate and complete records of investigations, reviews, and decisions.
• Prepare detailed case summaries, management reports, and escalation memos.
• Ensure timely closure of alerts and cases within established service level agreements (SLAs).
• Support regulatory examinations, audits, and compliance reviews through high-quality documentation.

Training & Continuous Improvement

• Promote awareness of sanctions compliance obligations across the organization.
• Support training initiatives for staff on sanctions, screening, and financial crime risks.
• Contribute to process enhancement projects and automation initiatives.
• Share lessons learned and emerging typologies to strengthen the compliance framework.

Monitoring, Controls & Testing

• Participate in the testing and validation of sanctions screening systems and controls.
• Identify control weaknesses, process gaps, and areas for improvement.
• Support periodic reviews of screening rules, parameters, and risk-based controls.
• Contribute to quality assurance activities and compliance monitoring programs..

Sanctions List & Blacklist Management

• Maintain and update sanctions lists from global and local regulators
• Manage customer, partner and internal blacklist databases
• Ensure timely updates and synchronization of screening systems

Stakeholder Engagement & Advisory

• Provide sanctions and compliance guidance to business units and operational teams within Agile squads.
• Respond to sanctions-related queries and targeted financial sanctions notices from the Financial Reporting Centres
• Support the implementation of compliance initiatives and remediation actions.

Health and Safety

• Uphold the company code of conduct, policies and procedures, ensuring integrity and accountability in every aspect of your work.
• All employees have a responsibility to adhere to safety, health, and wellbeing policies, guidelines and procedures in all actions and decisions

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Law, Finance, Business or related field
• Professional certifications such as: CAMS (Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist), CGSS (Certified Global Sanctions Specialist), ICA Certificate/Diploma in AML or Financial Crime Compliance or CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner)
• At least 2 years experience in Financial Crime Compliance, AML, or Sanctions Compliance
• Good knowledge of global sanctions regimes and regulatory requirements (OFAC, UN, EU, local regulators) 
• Experience working within a regulated financial institution.
• Experience participating in sanctions model validation, tuning, or screening optimization initiatives.

End Date 31st August 2026