Sr. Sanctions Advisor - Trading & Supply

Overview

Shell Trading and Supply (T&S) trades natural gas, electrical power, crude oil, refined products, chemical feedstocks and environmental products in energy markets globally. With a leading shipping and maritime network, Shell T&S is one of the largest global energy trading operations, delivering hundreds of cargos each day to customers inside and outside Shell.

Responsibilities

• Lead the global T&S sanctions compliance programme, owning the sanctions policy, procedure and associated standards and controls.
• Serve as custodian/focal point for any questions or needed changes.
• Support Business Leadership decision making in the High Risk Committee, reviewing cases before they reach senior leadership and providing advice on sanctions risks.
• Provide operational sanctions advice and instructions directly to the business, through Compliance Advisors and the Compliance Operations team.
• Update and deliver sanctions training to the T&S business and Compliance Advisory teams as needed.
• Lead the upskilling and development of junior members of the Compliance organisation.
• Independently identify operational, regulatory, compliance and/or technical sanctions risks and assess them using recognised Shell methodologies.
• Recommend and implement sanctions related mitigation measures, process improvements and governance adjustments.
• Keep appraisal of, and communicate, changes in global sanctions regulatory requirements; ensure updates are delivered to the business and leadership in a user friendly and timely manner.
• Maintain robust knowledge of the T&S business to enable integration of mandatory sanctions procedures into business processes.
• Promote awareness of sanctions risks and required processes throughout the organisation.

Qualifications and Experience

• Extensive experience in legal, compliance or regulatory roles, with deep, hands on expertise in economic and trade sanctions.
• Strong track record of advising on sanctions or other related regulatory areas across different lines of defence and levels of seniority.
• Experience briefing senior leadership on high visibility sanctions issues and changes; ability to answer questions in real time and articulate risks and mitigations clearly.
• Experience undertaking holistic analysis of transactions and determining appropriate course of action.
• Experience analysing and interpreting regulatory changes in sanctions, export controls and customs domains; assessing impact on the business and identifying required procedural changes.
• Experience in designing and implementing compliance management frameworks and systems is preferred.
• Experience drafting the full suite of policy documents in the sanctions space.
• Strong stakeholder engagement track record, including liaising with government agencies and managing investigations related to trade controls.

Benefits

• Competitive starting salary with annual performance related increases.
• Flexible working options and paid parental leave, including for non birthing parents.
• Inclusive, psychologically safe and accessible workplace encouraging diversity and equal opportunity.
• Opportunities to develop transferable skills through training and development programmes.
• Collaborative environment with experienced colleagues in a values led culture.
• Participation in Shell's net zero emissions business transition.

Shell is an Equal Opportunity Employer.