Project Manager (Compliance, AML, KYC) - 6 Month Contract
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About the Role
A financial services client in Abu Dhabi seeks an experienced Project Manager to lead Compliance, AML, and KYC initiatives. The role involves end-to-end project delivery, stakeholder coordination, and regulatory compliance within a 6-month contract offering up to AED 20,000 per month.
Key Skills for This Role
Responsibilities
- Manage end to end delivery of Compliance, AML, and KYC projects
- Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, and delivery roadmaps
- Coordinate activities across business, compliance, operations, and technology teams
- Track project progress, milestones, risks, issues, and dependencies
- Drive accountability across stakeholders to ensure delivery against agreed objectives
- Prepare status updates and progress reports for senior stakeholders
- Facilitate project meetings, workshops, and governance forums
- Ensure projects are delivered on time and within scope
- Escalate risks and delivery challenges where required
- Support regulatory and compliance related change initiatives
Requirements
- Extensive Project Management experience within Financial Services
- Strong experience delivering Compliance, AML, and KYC projects
- Proven track record managing complex regulatory or compliance related initiatives
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Strong organisational and programme delivery skills
- Ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously
- Knowledge of Financial Crime, AML, KYC, and regulatory compliance frameworks
Full Job Posting
About the Role
- We are recruiting on behalf of one of our clients in Abu Dhabi and are seeking an experienced Project Manager to support Compliance, AML, and KYC related initiatives.
- The successful candidate will be responsible for driving project delivery, coordinating stakeholders, and ensuring successful execution across regulatory and compliance focused programmes.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage end to end delivery of Compliance, AML, and KYC projects.
- Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, and delivery roadmaps.
- Coordinate activities across business, compliance, operations, and technology teams.
- Track project progress, milestones, risks, issues, and dependencies.
- Drive accountability across stakeholders to ensure delivery against agreed objectives.
- Prepare status updates and progress reports for senior stakeholders.
- Facilitate project meetings, workshops, and governance forums.
- Ensure projects are delivered on time and within scope.
- Escalate risks and delivery challenges where required.
- Support regulatory and compliance related change initiatives.
Your Profile
- Extensive Project Management experience within Financial Services.
- Strong experience delivering Compliance, AML, and KYC projects.
- Proven track record managing complex regulatory or compliance related initiatives.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Experience working with senior business and compliance stakeholders.
- Strong organisational and programme delivery skills.
- Ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously.
- Experience within consulting environments is advantageous.
- Knowledge of Financial Crime, AML, KYC, and regulatory compliance frameworks.
What's Offered
- Initial 6 month contract with potential extension.
- Up to AED 20,000 per month.
- Onsite role based in Abu Dhabi.
- Opportunity to work on high profile Compliance and Financial Crime initiatives within a leading financial services environment.
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