Senior Executive-Free Zone Operations

Experts Plus Recruitment Services; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment services firm in the United Arab Emirates is looking for a professional to provide operational and administrative support to the Free Zone Operations Department. Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor's degree in business administration and a minimum of 2–4 years in Free Zone operations or regulatory administration. Familiarity with compliance regulations such as UBO, AML, and FATF is highly desirable. This role requires strong attention to detail and excellent communication skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2–4 years of experience in Free Zone operations or regulatory administration.
• Familiarity with UBO, AML, FATF, and ESR regulations is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational and administrative support to Free Zone Operations.
• Manage registration and service requests via online portal.
• Liaise with clients to ensure timely submission of documents.
• Coordinate cross governmental projects as assigned.

Skills

Company registration processes

Regulatory compliance knowledge

Strong communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business administration or related field

Job description

To provide operational and administrative support to the Free Zone Operations Department, ensuring seamless day-to-day activities, timely processing of company services, and strict compliance with regulatory and government requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to department to facilitate seamless day to day FZ Operations as agreed with line manager.
• Manage and complete registration, amendment and company service requests received through the online portal as per the agreed timeframe with line manager.
• Ensure full set of requirements for registration, amendment and company service requests are obtained, verified and documented in a timely manner and liaise with clients to submit any missing documents.
• Support department in coordinating and managing cross governmental projects (such as ESR, DFZC, TEC and others) as and when assigned by line manager.
• Support Line Manager in regular maintenance of regulations, guidelines, laws, collateral material relevant to free zone.
• Liaise and coordinate between internal companies' stakeholders in order to fulfil requests in a timely and accurate manner as needed.
• Obtain, verify and validate all documents to ascertain UBO and ensure stringent adherence to FATF/AML compliance as per applicable regulations.
• Assess and monitor the Free Zone Portal and engage with the Information Technology Team in BRD and UAT Sessions to continuously enhance the systems.
• Perform and complete any other duties as assigned by line Manager.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Management, Public Administration, or a related field.
• Minimum 2–4 years of experience in Free Zone operations, government services, or regulatory administration (UAE experience preferred).
• Strong knowledge of company registration processes, amendments, and compliance requirements.
• Familiarity with UBO, AML, FATF, and ESR regulations is highly desirable.