Senior Officer - Payments Sanctions Monitoring - Part time (Emiratization)

Company Description

Join the UAE’s largest bank and one of the world’s largest and safest financial institutions. Our focus is to create value for our employees, customers, shareholders and communities to grow through differentiation, agility and innovation. We are looking for top talent and your success is our success. Accelerate your growth as you help us reach our goals and advance your career. Be ready to make your mark a top company, in an exciting & dynamic industry.

Job Description

Job Purpose

Responsible for supporting the Sanctions Compliance Monitoring Program for the bank ensuring adherence to the policies and procedures of the bank to confirm compliance with the Regulatory guidelines with regard to Sanctions Screening and other monitoring requirements.

Responsible for the First Line of Defence Surveillance activities undertaken for:

• Sanctions (Payments) Screening
• Ensure the monitoring program covers the complexities of regulations and procedures required to be adhered to by all FAB jurisdictions
  
  

Key Accountabilities

• First Level Investigation and clearance of Payments Screening alerts along with recording the rationale for clearance for array of clients across UAE and International geographies
• Escalate cases not cleared by investigation to respective CIB/PB Risk & Control Alert Management support unit or related unit within the Group Compliance SLOD
• Gather supportive information from a list of internal and external databases based on global standard process
• Conducting enhanced due diligence investigations in support of policies and procedures
• Conducting searches, gathering data and recording evidence from internal systems, the internet and enquiry with business within the organization.
• Record and retain the alerts and cases in line with record keeping requirements of the respective jurisdictions.
• Building and applying knowledge of sanctions and anti-money laundering processes.
  
  

Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities for continuous improvements to Sanctions Payment Screening related systems, processes and practices based on risks and control deficiencies identified.
• Recommend, initiate and implement, optimizations to screening methodologies and parameters in order to maximize cost efficiency and effectiveness of FAB’s regulatory compliance locally as well as for all jurisdictions where FAB operates.
  
  

Others

• Support the implementation of Internal Audit, Regulatory Compliance and Group Compliance SLOD recommendations for findings pertaining to Sanctions Payment Screening
• Responsible for monitoring and supporting timely implementation of Compliance systems projects applicable to domain.
  
  

Qualifications

Minimum Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in management, banking, finance, preferably with certification in compliance, transaction monitoring/sanctions screening, KYC/AML/CFT, financial crime or risk management
  
  

Technical Competencies/ Experience

• Preferably 1 years of experience in a reputed bank preferably in a Compliance role
• Fair knowledge and capabilities to decipher Sanctions and AML/ CTF regulations for Global regimes.
• Excellent communications skills, written and spoken.
• Positive and enthusiastic attitude
• Excellent interpersonal skills
  
  

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