Financial Crime Compliance PMO Manager

Capitex; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in the United Arab Emirates is seeking an experienced FCC PMO Manager / Senior Manager to lead and oversee the delivery of Financial Crime Compliance projects. This role involves ensuring compliance with regulatory commitments and maintaining governance. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in managing FCC projects, strong understanding of regulatory frameworks, and excellent stakeholder management skills. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a critical function within the organization.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in a banking or regulated environment.
• Strong understanding of Financial Crime Compliance regulations.
• Capability to produce concise management reports.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of FCC projects, programmes, and regulatory remediation actions.
• Develop and maintain project plans, RAID logs, and dashboards.
• Monitor project progress and proactively mitigate risks.
• Coordinate between multiple teams and manage external vendors.

Skills

Strong experience managing complex FCC or regulatory change programmes

Solid understanding of AML/CFT, FCC frameworks

Proven PMO and governance expertise

Experience working with regulators

Excellent stakeholder management skills

Job description

Job Title

FCC PMO Manager / Senior Manager

Location

Dubai

Contract Duration

6 months

Level

Manager to Senior Manager

Openings

1 position

Introduction

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.