Senior Compliance Manager

Overview

In this role, you will be Klarna’s sanctions expert across OFAC, EU, UK, and UN regimes, translating regulatory changes into actionable policy and product requirements. You will collaborate with product, legal, and business teams to embed sanctions controls and ensure risk is managed across 26 countries. You’ll lead risk assessments, shape policy, and guide technical teams on screening and model validation. This is a hands-on, cross-functional role with high-stakes decisions that impact how Klarna stays compliant while delivering products efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Interpret new sanctions designations and regulatory changes and translate them into Group policies
• Lead annual sanctions risk and exposure assessment and convert findings into policies, standards, or risk appetite
• Serve as sanctions expert in the NPA process, advising product and business teams on policy requirements
• Embed sanctions requirements in products and processes by engaging with the business
• Advise and direct technical teams on sanctions and PEP screening including tuning, testing, and model validation
• Make case decisions, breach determinations, and escalations when needed
• Structure and prioritise remediation actions, validate closure, and support implementation

Key requirements

• Hands-on knowledge of OFAC, EU, UK, and UN sanctions regimes
• Experience turning designations into policy and end-to-end risk assessments
• Deep understanding of sanctions and PEP screening tools, including matching logic, list management, and data quality
• Experience with in-house-built screening systems is preferred
• Comfort with high-stakes compliance decisions and cross-functional collaboration
• Ability to work with Compliance, Legal, and business teams and manage stakeholders

• Proactive and self-driven
• Detail-oriented and thorough
• Strong stakeholder management
• Sanctions and PEP screening tools
• Matching logic
• List management

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