AI-Driven Financial Crimes Operations Lead

Confidential; Abu Dhabi; Sur place; AED 300 000 - 520 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Confidential in the United Arab Emirates is building a digital-first, AI-enabled financial services organization. As Financial Crimes Operations Lead, you will build and lead a unified FRAML operations function, partnering with the MLRO to set the operating model, controls, and AI-enabled capabilities from day one.

You will oversee transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and fraud investigations; design detection scenarios; recruit and develop a high-performing team; align with regulatory

Qualifications

• 8+ years of financial crime operations experience with leadership responsibility
• Deep expertise across monitoring, sanctions, fraud investigations, and case management
• Experience building detection frameworks, investigation processes, and controls in a regulated environment
• Strong understanding of AML/CFT regulations and reporting obligations
• Experience leveraging technology and AI-enabled tools to strengthen detection and investigations
• Professional certifications such as ACAMS/CAMS, ICA or equivalent are desirable

Responsabilités

• Lead day-to-day operation of the unified financial crime function across transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and fraud investigations.
• Oversee alert triage, investigations, case management, and adjudication across financial crime activities.
• Direct sanctions screening activities, true-match investigations, and escalation of sanctions-related matters.
• Ensure suspicious activity is investigated and escalated to support regulatory reporting obligations.
• Build and continuously improve detection scenarios, screening thresholds, and case management workflows.
• Recruit, develop, and lead a high-performing financial crime operations team with AI-enabled tooling.

Connaissances

Financial crime ops

Transaction monitoring

Sanctions screening

Fraud investigations

AI-enabled tooling

Team leadership

Regulatory reporting

Analytics

Formation

ACAMS/CAMS or ICA

Description du poste

Confidential in the United Arab Emirates is building a digital-first, AI-enabled financial services organization. As Financial Crimes Operations Lead, you will build and lead a unified FRAML operations function, partnering with the MLRO to set the operating model, controls, and AI-enabled capabilities from day one.

You will oversee transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and fraud investigations; design detection scenarios; recruit and develop a high-performing team; align with regulatory