Compliance Officer

Invictus Investment Company PLC; Dubai; On-site; AED 223,000 - 446,000; Full time

Job summary

Invictus Investment Company PLC in Dubai, UAE, is seeking a hands-on Compliance Officer with solid experience in commodity trading and related fields. You will manage corporate KYC/KYB, onboarding, sanctions screening, and due diligence across subsidiaries, with travel when needed.

Your role requires reviewing complex structures, ensuring banking and financing readiness, and maintaining audit-ready documentation in a dynamic, multinational trading environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience in compliance, counterparty due diligence, onboarding, sanctions screening or trade compliance.
• Strong understanding of commodity-trading counterparties and trade flows.
• Practical knowledge of UAE, UN, EU, UK and OFAC sanctions relevant to commodity trading.
• Experience with compliance screening/corporate intelligence platforms.
• Exposure to multinational or multi-entity groups is preferred.
• Experience supporting operations across Africa would be an advantage.
• Willingness to travel

Responsibilities

• Corporate KYC/KYB and counterparty onboarding
• Review of complex corporate structures, UBOs, ownership chains and authorized signatories
• Sanctions, PEP and adverse-media screening
• Vessel screening, including IMO, ownership/beneficial ownership, operator/manager, flag, registration history and sanctions exposure
• Enhanced due diligence (EDD) on higher-risk customers, suppliers, agents, intermediaries and other trading counterparties
• Assessment of high-risk jurisdictions and commodity-trading red flags
• Preparation and coordination of compliance and corporate-information packs for banks, lenders, investors and financing transactions
• Compliance oversight across subsidiaries, including monitoring, reporting and remediation
• Compliance KPIs, periodic reviews, audit-ready documentation and control monitoring

Skills

Compliance experience

KYC/AML

Sanctions screening

Trade compliance

CDD onboarding

Multinational exposure

Travel willingness

Job description

We're Hiring - Compliance Officer

We are looking for a hands-on compliance professional with strong experience in commodity trading, energy, agricultural commodities, shipping, chartering, or a closely related trading environment.

• Corporate KYC/KYB and counterparty onboarding
• Review of complex corporate structures, UBOs, ownership chains and authorized signatories
• Sanctions, PEP and adverse-media screening
• Vessel screening, including IMO, ownership/beneficial ownership, operator/manager, flag, registration history and sanctions exposure
• Enhanced due diligence (EDD) on higher-risk customers, suppliers, agents, intermediaries and other trading counterparties
• Assessment of high-risk jurisdictions and commodity-trading red flags
• Preparation and coordination of compliance and corporate-information packs for banks, lenders, investors and financing transactions
• Compliance oversight across subsidiaries, including monitoring, reporting and remediation
• Compliance KPIs, periodic reviews, audit-ready documentation and control monitoring

Dubai, UAE

What we are looking for:

• 5+ years of relevant experience in compliance, counterparty due diligence, onboarding, sanctions screening or trade compliance
• Strong understanding of commodity-trading counterparties and trade flows
• Practical knowledge of UAE, UN, EU, UK and OFAC sanctions relevant to commodity trading
• Experience with compliance screening/corporate intelligence platforms
• Exposure to multinational or multi-entity groups is preferred
• Experience supporting operations across Africa would be an advantage
• Willingness to travel