Financial Crime Compliance PMO Manager / Senior Manager - Dubai

Capitex; Dubai; On-site; AED 279,000 - 502,000; Full time

Job summary

Financeroles is seeking an experienced FCC PMO Manager / Senior Manager in Dubai to lead delivery of Financial Crime Compliance projects, regulatory remediation, and supervisory actions. The role requires strong governance, stakeholder alignment, and evidence-based reporting to senior management and regulators.

You will establish PMO frameworks, manage multi-workstream delivery, coordinate with Compliance, IT, Risk, Internal Audit and Business teams, and ensure timely regulatory responses and

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading FCC/regulatory change programmes in banking.
• Strong AML/CFT knowledge and regulatory remediation exposure.
• Proven PMO governance, RAID management, and executive reporting.
• Experience coordinating with regulators and audits.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of FCC projects, programmes, supervisory actions, and remediation items.
• Establish robust PMO governance frameworks with project plans, milestones, and risk registers.
• Ensure adherence to project management standards and regulatory change governance.
• Develop detailed project plans, RAID logs, and delivery dashboards across multiple FCC workstreams.
• Monitor progress against milestones, budgets, and resource plans.
• Provide senior management and regulatory reporting including status updates and issues.
• Coordinate responses and evidence packs for regulatory validation (CBUAE).
• Act as central coordinator between Compliance, FCC, IT, Operations, Risk, Internal Audit, and Business teams.
• Manage interdependencies across multiple workstreams (policy, process, technology, data, people).
• Support vendors and consultants delivering FCC initiatives.
• Handle scope changes and delivery trade-offs under regulatory deadlines.
• Ensure deliverables meet quality standards for regulatory scrutiny.
• Support internal QA, independent testing, and audit reviews.
• Maintain project documentation and audit trails.

Skills

FCC PMO

Regulatory change

Stakeholder management

PMO governance

Job description

Job Title: FCC PMO Manager / Senior Manager

Location: Dubai
Contract Duration: 6 months
Level: Manager to Senior Manager
Openings: 1 position

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced FCC PMO Manager / Senior Manager to lead and oversee the delivery of Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) projects, regulatory remediation programmes, and supervisory actions. The role will play a critical part in ensuring delivery against regulatory commitments while maintaining strong governance, transparency, and stakeholder alignment.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end delivery of FCC projects, programmes, supervisory actions, and management commitments.
• Establish and maintain robust PMO governance frameworks for FCC initiatives, including project plans, milestones, dependencies, and risk registers.
• Ensure adherence to the Bank’s project management standards and regulatory change governance requirements.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, RAID logs, and delivery dashboards across multiple FCC workstreams.
• Monitor progress against milestones, budgets, and resource plans; proactively identify and mitigate delivery risks and delays.
• Produce clear and concise senior management, steering committee, and regulatory reporting, including status updates, key issues, and delivery risks.
• Track and evidence closure of regulatory findings, management actions, and remediation items required for CBUAE validation.
• Coordinate the preparation of regulatory responses, progress updates, remediation evidence packs, and attestations.
• Act as the central coordination point between Compliance, FCC, IT, Operations, Risk, Internal Audit, and Business teams.
• Manage interdependencies across multiple workstreams, including policy, process, technology, data, and people.
• Support the management of external vendors and consultants delivering FCC initiatives.
• Manage scope changes, prioritisation decisions, and delivery trade-offs in line with regulatory deadlines and the Bank’s risk appetite.
• Ensure all project deliverables meet defined quality standards and are suitable for regulatory scrutiny.
• Support internal quality assurance, independent testing, and audit reviews of FCC programmes.
• Maintain comprehensive project documentation, audit trails, and evidence repositories.
• Support FCC steering committees, regulatory forums, and senior management meetings, including agenda preparation and action tracking.

Required Knowledge & Skills

• Strong experience managing complex FCC or regulatory change programmes within a banking or regulated environment.
• Solid understanding of AML/CFT, FCC frameworks, and regulatory remediation expectations.
• Proven PMO and governance expertise, including RAID management and senior stakeholder reporting.
• Experience working with regulators and supporting supervisory actions and audits.
• Excellent stakeholder management, organisation, and communication skills.