Compliance Officer
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About the Role
Line Two is supporting a confidential bank in Dubai to hire a Compliance Officer. You will support the compliance monitoring program by conducting reviews, testing controls, identifying gaps, and documenting findings.
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Responsibilities
- Support execution of the annual compliance monitoring plan across business and operations functions
- Perform sample reviews, control checks, and testing activities across compliance related processes
- Review documentation, customer files, transactions, approvals, and evidence to assess compliance with internal requirements
- Identify gaps, exceptions, recurring issues, and potential control weaknesses
- Document findings clearly and support the preparation of monitoring reports and action trackers
- Follow up with stakeholders on remediation actions and ensure timely closure of open items
- Support monitoring activities related to AML/KYC, onboarding, customer due diligence, regulatory compliance, complaints, or conduct risk where applicable
- Maintain accurate working papers, testing evidence, trackers, and audit ready documentation
- Support reporting/MI on monitoring outcomes, trends, exceptions, and remediation progress
- Assist with improving monitoring checklists, templates, SOPs, and testing approaches
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Law, Risk, or a related field
- 1–4 years experience in compliance monitoring, regulatory compliance, AML/KYC, internal audit, risk and controls, compliance operations, or banking operations
- Good understanding of compliance controls, documentation standards, testing, and issue tracking
- Strong attention to detail and ability to identify gaps and inconsistencies
- Strong Excel skills and comfort working with samples, trackers, and reports
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
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About the Role
- Line Two is supporting a confidential reputable bank / regulated financial institution in Dubai to hire a Compliance Officer.
- This role will support the compliance monitoring program by conducting reviews, testing controls, identifying gaps, documenting findings, and helping ensure business activities are aligned with internal policies and regulatory expectations.
Key Responsibilities
- Support execution of the annual compliance monitoring plan across business and operations functions.
- Perform sample reviews, control checks, and testing activities across compliance related processes.
- Review documentation, customer files, transactions, approvals, and evidence to assess compliance with internal requirements.
- Identify gaps, exceptions, recurring issues, and potential control weaknesses.
- Document findings clearly and support the preparation of monitoring reports and action trackers.
- Follow up with stakeholders on remediation actions and ensure timely closure of open items.
- Support monitoring activities related to AML/KYC, onboarding, customer due diligence, regulatory compliance, complaints, or conduct risk where applicable.
- Maintain accurate working papers, testing evidence, trackers, and audit ready documentation.
- Support reporting/MI on monitoring outcomes, trends, exceptions, and remediation progress.
- Assist with improving monitoring checklists, templates, SOPs, and testing approaches.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Law, Risk, or a related field.
- 1–4 years experience in compliance monitoring, regulatory compliance, AML/KYC, internal audit, risk and controls, compliance operations, or banking operations.
- Good understanding of compliance controls, documentation standards, testing, and issue tracking.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to identify gaps and inconsistencies.
- Strong Excel skills and comfort working with samples, trackers, and reports.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English; Arabic is a plus.
Preferred / Nice to Have
- Experience in banking, fintech, payments, insurance, wealth management, or regulated financial services.
- Exposure to compliance testing, QA/QC, AML/KYC reviews, internal audit, or control testing.
- Familiarity with regulatory compliance, financial crime controls, conduct risk, or customer protection reviews.
- Certifications or progress toward: ICA / CAMS / CIA / CFE or similar.
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