Senior Compliance Advisor

Client of Involved Solutions; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 240,000; Part time

Job summary

Involved Solutions in the UAE seeks a Senior Compliance Advisor to provide hands-on regulatory guidance across design, implementation and launch of a major banking build. This role requires translating CBUAE requirements into actionable tasks for product, technology and business teams, with a focus on establishing a new compliance framework and governance from the ground up.

Candidates should have 10+ years in regulatory compliance within banking/fintech, deep UAE market experience, and strong

Qualifications

• 10+ years in regulatory compliance or advisory within banking, payments, or fintech.
• Extensive UAE market experience and knowledge of the CBUAE environment.
• Hands-on experience engaging with CBUAE for meetings, licensing, and inspections.
• Experience designing or enhancing a compliance framework in greenfield or digital transformations.
• Strong communication and ability to challenge senior stakeholders in a fast-paced delivery.

Responsibilities

• Interpret regulatory requirements and translate them into clear actions for business, product, operations and tech teams.
• Support design of the compliance operating model, governance structure and roles.
• Advise on regulatory obligations register, compliance risk assessment and change process.
• Review policies, procedures, committee papers, regulatory submissions and senior management reporting.
• Advise on new products, customer journeys and material business changes from a regulatory perspective.
• Support licensing, regulatory approvals, go-live readiness and regulatory information requests.
• Prepare for and participate in meetings, inspections and supervisory engagements with the CBUAE.
• Enhance the compliance monitoring and testing programme including issue tracking and escalation.
• Work closely with the MLRO and Financial Crime teams on AML/CFT, sanctions, KYC, CDD and fraud obligations.
• Support handover of the compliance framework into business-as-usual ownership post-launch.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Regulatory risk

Stakeholder management

AML/KYC

CBUAE engagement

Job description

Part-time 2 days a week contract until May 2027 with the possibility of a further 12-month extension Candidates with their own UAE visa are preferred Involved Solutions has partnered on a major banking build in the UAE and we re hiring a Senior Compliance Advisor to provide hands-on regulatory advice across the design implementation and launch of the business This is a build environment where frameworks and controls are being established from the ground up not an existing compliance function needing maintenance We re looking for someone with genuine CBUAE engagement experience who can translate regulatory obligations into practical requirements for business product and technology teams and who s comfortable giving pragmatic advice while still holding the line on regulatory challenge where it matters b b b

About the role

• Act as senior subject matter expert on CBUAE requirements and broader UAE banking and financial services regulationInterpret regulatory requirements and translate them into clear actions for business product operations and technology teams
• Support design of the compliance operating model governance structure and roles and responsibilities
• Advise on the regulatory obligations register compliance risk assessment and regulatory change process
• Review compliance policies procedures committee papers regulatory submissions and senior management reporting
• Advise on new products customer journeys and material business changes from a regulatory perspective
• Support licensing regulatory approvals go-live readiness and responses to regulatory information requests
• Prepare for and participate in meetings inspections and supervisory engagements with the CBUAE
• Enhance the compliance monitoring and testing programme including issue tracking and escalation
• Work closely with the MLRO and Financial Crime teams on AML CFT sanctions KYC CDD and fraud-related obligations
• Support handover of the compliance framework into business-as-usual ownership post-launch

10+ years in regulatory compliance, compliance advisory, or regulatory risk within banking, financial services, payments, or fintech

Significant UAE market experience with strong understanding of the CBUAE regulatory environment

Hands-on experience engaging directly with the CBUAE: regulatory meetings, inspections, licensing, submissions, or supervisory reviews

Experience designing or materially enhancing a compliance framework, ideally within a greenfield bank, digital bank, fintech, or major transformation programme

Strong knowledge of UAE regulatory requirements covering consumer protection, conduct risk, governance, outsourcing, and financial crime

Comfortable advising and constructively challenging senior stakeholders in a fast-paced delivery environment

Experience working across Compliance, Risk, Legal, Product, Operations, and Technology

Background with a UAE bank, the CBUAE, a professional services firm, or a regulatory consultancy is particularly relevant

Fluent English required; Arabic is a plus but not essential