Senior AML Compliance & Investigations Lead

Mashreq; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 200,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Mashreq is seeking a senior AML investigations leader to oversee compliance with UAE Central Bank guidance and to promptly escalate critical issues to prevent investigations, fines, or public sanctions. You will lead intelligence-driven investigations across multiple geographies and guide the AML unit in complex case analysis.

You will train staff, manage resources, and drive productivity while engaging with the First Line of Defense and auditors on financial crime risks, due diligence, and

Responsibilities

• 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

Job description

Mashreq is seeking a senior AML investigations leader to oversee compliance with UAE Central Bank guidance and to promptly escalate critical issues to prevent investigations, fines, or public sanctions. You will lead intelligence-driven investigations across multiple geographies and guide the AML unit in complex case analysis.

You will train staff, manage resources, and drive productivity while engaging with the First Line of Defense and auditors on financial crime risks, due diligence, and