Sr. AML Specialist

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Job purpose:

Mentor, coach, and support with supervising the AML officers in their day to day operations to ensure that all the transactions (both banking business and merchant business lines) that go through Geidea’s system are abiding by the risk and compliance regulations, and is responsible for reporting suspicious activities to the relevant authorities. In addition, is responsible for performing Customer Identification Program (CIP), KYC, and AML compliance functions including efficient gathering and reviewing of new client information, as well as monitoring financial transactions for existing clients to identify suspicious activities.

Key accountabilities and decision ownership:

• Mentor, coach, and support the head of department with supervising AML junior officers.
• Investigate and assess alerts relating to potential money laundering risks and ensure efficient and timely identification and monitoring of activities and transactions considered suspicious
• Undertake client due diligence checks and determine the nature and level of due diligence required to comply with AML Regulations
• Liaise with Sales to ensure client identification is maintained up to date and changes in structure and beneficial ownership are properly documented.
• Validate KYC documentation
• Conduct research as part of due diligence using databases, external and internal sources
• Stay up to date with money laundering and terrorist financing behaviours, issues, policies, regulations, criminal typologies, industry best practices, and developing trends
  
  
  

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in any field
• 3 to 5 years risk/compliance experience in a financial institution (bank, fintech, … etc) including anti-money laundering specific experience
• At least one certificate in AML is a must – CAMS
• Central Bank of UAE regulations knowledge – preferred
• Merchant Acquiring experience is a must
• Central Bank of UAE regulations knowledge of AML regulations and RPSCS is a must.
• Arabic speaker is preferred.
  
  
  

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