Compliance Senior Associate

An excellent opportunity is available with a provider of compliance services for a Senior Compliance Associate within the Compliance Solutions Team. This role will be based in Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC).

Reporting to the Director, you will:

Key Responsibilities:

• Providing day to day support to clients and colleagues in executing compliance, and AML deliverables.
• Undertaking the role of Compliance Officer/MLRO and possibly Risk Officer.
• Develop, initiate, maintain, and revise policies and procedures to ensure compliance with various regulatory requirements.
• Drafting and/or executing a compliance monitoring and testing program and performing deskbased reviews to ensure compliance with regulatory and internal procedures.
• Commitment to minimum continuing professional development requirements, in accordance with internal and external standards.
• Assist and/or providing training on compliance, AML, and corporate governance.
• Providing outsourcing, authorization, and projects support to ADGM, DIFC, and onshore firms.
• Ensuring that the regulatory returns and relevant notifications are submitted on a timely basis and acting as a point of contact with the regulator.
• Undertaking client on-boarding/KYC.
• Be the first point of contact for internal suspicious activity reports and when submitting external.
• suspicious activity reports to the financial intelligence unit and regulator.
• Working with senior staff in investigating and responding to raised compliance risk management issues and preparing routine correspondence

The Senior Compliance Associate will possess strong experience either in Compliance, AML or at the Regulators and preferably educated to degree standard (or equivalent). You will be a well-versed candidate, from within the Compliance, AML, and Risk Management space, who can act in a vigorous and independent manner to develop both policy, and culture across the organization.

This is an excellent opportunity for growth and progression, joining a team of highly skilled Compliance professionals. Please apply now of for further information contact Kayte Short at Robert Walters at [email protected]