Assistant Manager – Regulatory & Financial Crime Compliance Advisory (Dubai) - Full-time
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About the Role
A growing advisory practice in Dubai seeks an Assistant Manager for Regulatory & Financial Crime Compliance Advisory. The role involves leading FCC advisory engagements, conducting AML assessments, designing frameworks, and supporting client development.
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Responsibilities
- Lead smaller FCC advisory engagements and support workstreams on larger transformation projects
- Conduct AML programme assessments, internal audits, gap analyses, and independent FCC reviews
- Support the design and enhancement of FCC frameworks, including risk assessments, policies, procedures, customer risk models, and transaction monitoring typologies
- Assist with project planning, stakeholder management, quality assurance, and engagement delivery
- Contribute to proposal development, thought leadership, and client presentations
- Mentor junior team members and support knowledge sharing initiatives
- Help clients assess, enhance, and remediate their financial crime frameworks
- Support business growth and client development activities
Requirements
- 5+ years’ experience in Financial Crime Compliance consulting or within a financial institution’s second line of defence function
- Strong understanding of AML, CFT, sanctions, and financial crime risk management frameworks
- Experience with transaction monitoring and sanctions screening systems
- Proven ability to manage stakeholders and deliver regulatory or FCC related projects
- Excellent communication and report writing skills
- Familiarity with UAE regulations is highly desirable
- Familiarity with other major jurisdictions such as UK, EU, Singapore, or Hong Kong is highly desirable
- Professional certifications such as CAMS, ICA, CFE, or equivalent are preferred
- Knowledge of anti bribery, corruption, fraud, or market abuse regulations is preferred
- Arabic language skills are advantageous
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About the Role
- Our client is seeking an experienced Financial Crime Compliance professional to join a growing advisory practice in Dubai supporting financial institutions across AML, sanctions, CFT, and broader financial crime risk management initiatives.
- The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering regulatory and FCC advisory engagements, helping clients assess, enhance, and remediate their financial crime frameworks while supporting business growth and client development activities.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead smaller FCC advisory engagements and support workstreams on larger transformation projects.
- Conduct AML programme assessments, internal audits, gap analyses, and independent FCC reviews.
- Support the design and enhancement of FCC frameworks, including risk assessments, policies, procedures, customer risk models, and transaction monitoring typologies.
- Assist with project planning, stakeholder management, quality assurance, and engagement delivery.
- Contribute to proposal development, thought leadership, and client presentations.
- Mentor junior team members and support knowledge sharing initiatives.
- Help clients assess, enhance, and remediate their financial crime frameworks.
- Support business growth and client development activities.
Your Profile
- 5+ years’ experience in Financial Crime Compliance consulting or within a financial institution’s second line of defence function.
- Strong understanding of AML, CFT, sanctions, and financial crime risk management frameworks.
- Experience with transaction monitoring and sanctions screening systems.
- Proven ability to manage stakeholders and deliver regulatory or FCC related projects.
- Excellent communication and report writing skills, including producing high quality reports.
- Familiarity with UAE regulations is highly desirable.
- Familiarity with other major jurisdictions such as the UK, EU, Singapore, or Hong Kong is highly desirable.
- Professional certifications such as CAMS, ICA, CFE, or equivalent are preferred.
- Knowledge of anti bribery, corruption, fraud, or market abuse regulations is preferred.
- Arabic language skills are advantageous.
What's Offered
- Opportunity to join a growing advisory practice in Dubai.
- Exposure to regulatory and Financial Crime Compliance advisory engagements supporting financial institutions.
- Opportunity to work across AML, sanctions, CFT, transaction monitoring, screening, and broader financial crime risk management initiatives.
- Involvement in client development, proposal development, thought leadership, and client presentations.
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