Manager Compliance - AML (UAE National)

Mashreq; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 210,000 - 330,000; Full time

Job summary

Mashreq is seeking an AML/CTF compliance leader to maintain awareness of applicable requirements, provide guidance to the AML team, and escalate critical issues to avoid regulatory action. The role involves leading complex investigations, training the AML Unit, managing resources, and coordinating with the MLRO and external authorities on STR/SAR filings.

You will engage with business segments and auditors to assess financial crime risks, perform high-quality analyses, and communicate findings

Responsibilities

• Maintain ongoing awareness/knowledge of AML & CTF requirements and regulations.
• Provide AML guidance to staff and escalate critical issues to avoid regulatory action.
• Lead complex, intelligence-driven investigations across geographies and typologies.
• Lead and train AML Unit teams, manage productivity and resources.
• Provide quality analysis of reviewed cases and highlight financial crime risks to senior management.
• Support MLRO/Delegate for filing STR/SAR with FIU.
• Engage with first line of defense and auditors on risk matters.

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 escalte 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 escalte 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