Manager Compliance - AML UAE National

Mashreq; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Mashreq in Dubai seeks an AML Compliance Lead to oversee financial crime controls, lead investigations, and ensure conformity with UAE AML/CTF regulations. You will coordinate with business units and regulators to mitigate risk and maintain compliance.

The role requires strong leadership, risk assessment, and timely escalation of critical issues. You will mentor the AML Unit and liaise with the MLRO and FIU for STR/SAR filings.

Responsibilities

• Maintain awareness/knowledge of AML & CTF requirements and regulatory environment; provide AML guidance to ECF staff.
• Escalate critical issues to avoid regulatory action by UAE Central Bank and other authorities.
• Lead complex, intelligence-driven investigations across groups and geographies.
• Lead the AML Unit teams in HO; train and guide the unit, including the investigation team.
• Manage team productivity and meet targets; optimise resources to build a dynamic team.
• Oversee quality analysis during investigations and highlight financial crime risks to senior management.
• Support the MLRO/Delegate in filing STR/SAR with the FIU.
• Engage with First Line of Defense and Auditors on financial crime risks and due diligence.

Job description

Job Description:

• Maintain ongoing awareness/knowledge of all applicable internal/external AML & CTF requirements and existing/emerging legal/statutory environment - identifying any issues that could impact bank.Provide AML advice and guidance to the other ECF staff members/ business & operations.Promptly escape any critical issues to ensure that the Bank is not investigated, charged, fined or publicly castigated by any of the regulatory authorities and/or international bodies for breach of AML & CTF controls.
• Assist Manager in monitoring compliance to statutory regulations/guidance notes issued by the UAE Central Bank &/or other regulatory authorities.
• Must pro-actively and promptly escape any critical issues to ensure that the bank is not investigated, charged, fined or publicly castigated by either UAE Central Bank or any other regulatory authority.
• Lead complex, proactive, intelligence-driven investigations, leveraging resources from across the Group to support investigations involving multiple geographies or financial crime typologies.
• Lead the Respective Teams in AML Unit in HO.
• Train and provide guidance to AML Unit including complex investigation team.
• Manage Team Productivity and meet the required target.
• Manage the available resources effectively by creating a well built and dynamic team.
• Manage complex investigations within AML Unit by providing guidance on complete quality analysis for the reviewed cases at the analysis stage.
• Highlight any key Financial Crimes risk throughout the review and analysis of customers’ account to the senior management in the form of Intelligence / Complex Investigation Reports.
• Support MLRO / Delegate for filing STR / SAR with the FIU
• Engage with First Line of Defense (Business Segments) and Auditors on matters related to financial crime risks, due diligence and customer relationship management