Financial Crime Investigations Manager

An excellent opportunity is available with a banking organisation based in Abu Dhabi for a Manager in Level Two (L2) Financial Crime Investigations.

Reporting to the Senior Manager in AML (Anti-Money Laundering) Investigations and Deputy MLRO (Money Laundering Reporting Officer) you will form part of a Management team within Compliance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage self and team in line with people management policies, procedures and processes
• To investigate and report suspicious activity and transaction cases that have been referred by peers or external/internal stakeholders
• Manage the daily investigation activities and detection of transactions related to the crimes of money laundering, financing of terrorism and of illegal organisations in order to report suspicions to the Central Bank Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)
• Investigate suspicious cases referred by the AML Monitoring Unit and cases raised by other external/internal stakeholders in order to ensure escalation of the AML process and support the reporting of such suspicious cases to the Central Bank
• Develop and update regulatory and statutory reporting programmes, such as Suspicious Activity Report (SAR)
• Attend to FIU queries on filed cases and attend to Law Enforcement meetings on filed cases in order to provide required information on specific investigations

The Financial Crime Investigations Manager will possess strong experience in managing teams of investigators within a banking environment. You will have experience of looking in to complex cases and approving and filing STR's (Suspicious Transaction Reviews). You will ideally hold a relevant certification such as CAMS or ACAMS. You will ideally hold a Bachelor's Degree in a relevant subject.

This is an excellent opportunity in the UAE. Please apply now or for further information contact Kayte Short at Robert Walters at [email protected]