Sanctions Analyst job at London Full Time

At Gallagher Re, we bring clarity to complexity by helping clients around the world make confident, data-driven decisions in a rapidly evolving risk landscape. Here, you’ll be part of a team that leverages world-class analytics and deep reinsurance expertise to deliver strategic advisory services and transactional excellence. Together, we transform advanced insights and market intelligence into strategies that protect businesses, drive performance, and shape the future of reinsurance. We’re a community of decision makers, future shapers, and trusted experts working side by side to deliver meaningful impact through innovative thinking and practical solutions. At Gallagher Re, your curiosity is welcomed, your growth is championed, and your work truly matters. This is a place where you’ll have the freedom to explore new ideas, take ownership of your career, and collaborate with people who are as driven and inquisitive as you are.
Overview

Join Gallagher Re as a Sanctions Analyst and play a key role in ensuring compliance with financial and trade sanctions, export control, and anti-boycott regulations. This is a newly created role due to team expansion is based in London, you’ll be part of a global Centre of Excellence for Financial Crime and International Trade. This is your chance to make a real difference in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

How you’ll make an impact

This is a Hybrid role where you would be in our London office 2 – 3 days a week. You’ll work closely with the Sanctions Manager and the Financial Crime Team to provide expert advice and support on sanctions compliance. You’ll help the business identify, assess, and manage risks while ensuring adherence to legal and regulatory requirements.

Your day-to-day will include:

• Supporting the development and maintenance of a sanctions compliance framework.
• Researching and advising on sanctions-related issues, including legal and regulatory updates.
• Responding to complex queries and providing clear, practical guidance to colleagues and stakeholders.
• Assisting with financial crime projects and contributing to business-led initiatives.
• Acting as a point of escalation for sanctions screening alerts.

About You

We’re looking for someone who’s organised, detail-oriented, and thrives under pressure. You’ll have:

• A degree or equivalent experience.
• A basic understanding of UK, EU, and US sanctions regulations or a strong background in the (re)insurance sector.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex issues.
• A proactive approach to problem-solving and a focus on client service.
• Experience in trade sanctions, particularly in Marine and Aviation.
• You must be eligible to work in the UK.

Compensation and benefits

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days
• Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to
• Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x
• Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up
• Health cash plan or Private medical insurance

Other benefits include:

• Three fully paid volunteering days per year
• Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount
• Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan
• Critical illness cover
• Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
• Season ticket loan
• Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
• Emergency back-up family care
• And many more…

We value inclusion and diversity

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.

We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know.

Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with . If you’d prefer to speak on the phone, please request a call back, leaving details, so we get in touch.

Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, c