Regulatory Compliance Manager

Revolut Ltd; Dubai; Hybrid; AED 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Financial benefits

Flexible work

Metal subscription

Team events

Job summary

Revolut Ltd in Dubai is seeking an experienced Regulatory Compliance Manager to safeguard operations and provide 2LoD compliance advisory. You will help ensure our products meet regulatory requirements and deliver good customer outcomes.

The role requires fluency in English and Arabic, 5+ years in compliance, and a strong background in payments regulations, with the ability to read and implement complex rules across a fast-moving financial tech environment.

Qualifications

• Fluency in English and Arabic is required.
• 5+ years in compliance risk management within finance or regulatory bodies.
• Knowledge of payments regulations and privacy considerations.
• Experience creating and implementing policies.

Responsibilities

• Provide 2LoD compliance advisory oversight.
• Develop and implement the compliance management system.
• Review marketing communications and analyze complaints.
• Break down regulations to implement requirements for the business model.
• Align local risk frameworks with global standards.
• Identify regulatory issues and track actions through to completion.
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders; draft policies from scratch.

Skills

Fluency in English and Arabic

Regulatory risk management

Regulatory knowledge (payments)

Policy creation

Stakeholder collaboration

Regulatory gap analysis

SANADAK familiarity

Tools

SANADAK

Job description

People deserve more from their money. More visibility, more control, and more freedom. Since 2015, Revolut has been on a mission to deliver just that. Our powerhouse of products — including spending, saving, investing, exchanging, travelling, and more — help our 80+ million customers get more from their money every day.

As we continue our lightning-fast growth, 2 things are essential to our success: our people and our culture. In recognition of our outstanding employee experience, we've been certified as a Great Place to Work. So far, we have 13,000+ people working around the world, from our offices and remotely, to help us achieve our mission. And we're looking for more brilliant people. People who love building great products, redefining success, and turning the complexity of a chaotic world into the simplicity of a beautiful solution.

About the role

Our Compliance team blends regulatory expertise with data-driven thinking to make sure our products meet legal and policy requirements and deliver real value to customers. In a fast-moving, digital environment, they stay one step ahead by finding smart, scalable ways to manage conduct risk.

We’re looking for an experienced Regulatory Compliance Manager to safeguard our operations and ensure compliance in a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape. You'll provide 2LoD compliance advisory oversight to ensure we meet our regulatory requirements and deliver good customer outcomes.

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What you'll be doing

• Supporting effective challenge, and providing clear, well-structured compliance input
• Developing and implementing our compliance management system, particularly to ensure compliant customer outcomes, and manage the training programme
• Reviewing marketing communications and analysing complaints to maintain compliance standard
• Reading large pieces of regulation and breaking down what's needed to be done and how it applies to the business model
• Working closely with global Regulatory Compliance Managers to ensure that local risk management frameworks and processes are aligned with global ones and deliver the intended outcome
• Performing regulatory issue identification and tracking actions to completion
• Liaising with key stakeholders as required, both internal (Legal, Risk, BSA/AML Officer, etc.) and external (regulators, advisors, vendors, partners, etc.)
• Creating, assessing, and implementing policies from scratch

What you'll need

• Fluency in English and Arabic
• 5+ years of experience in compliance risk management within a consultancy, compliance function, bank, or regulator
• Expertise in regulatory requirements relating to payments, and a willingness and passion to develop knowledge and expertise in the other areas (e.g., crypto and privacy)
• Knowledge of how to conduct regulatory gap analysis
• A background in policy creation and implementation
• Familiarity with payments, prepaid cards, and/or deposits
• Experience with SANADAK
• An understanding of the interplay between compliance risk and business risk
• Exceptional analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills

Nice to have

• Familiarity with CBUAE or DFSA regulations

Building a global financial super app isn’t enough. Our Revoluters are a priority, and that’s why in 2021 we launched our inaugural D&I Framework, designed to help us thrive and grow everyday. We're not just doing this because it's the right thing to do. We’re doing it because we know that seeking out diverse talent and creating an inclusive workplace is the way to create exceptional, innovative products and services for our customers. That’s why we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to join this multicultural, hard-working team.

Get what you need to succeed

• Financial benefits that show we value your work
• Flexibility to work from home, the office, or abroad
• A Revolut Metal subscription loaded with perks
• Exciting events year-round so you can get to know your team