Senior Manager Financial Crime Compliance – KYC and Onboarding
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About the Role
We are seeking a Senior Manager for Financial Crime Compliance with expertise in KYC and onboarding. The role involves designing KYC frameworks, managing high-risk customer onboarding, leading teams, and ensuring regulatory compliance.
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Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain customer risk assessment methodologies, risk rating models, KYC workflows, and onboarding/review systems
- Manage onboarding and ongoing monitoring of high risk customers, fintechs, Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs), correspondent relationships, and complex ownership structures
- Interpret regulatory requirements, develop KYC frameworks, advise business units, manage regulatory remediation, and ensure compliance with AML/CFT/CPF obligations
- Lead KYC governance, quality assurance, process optimization, outsourcing oversight, digital onboarding, and implementation of KYC technologies, screening solutions, and automation
- Develop KYC frameworks, enhance policies and procedures, strengthen controls, ensure regulatory compliance, manage remediation, and provide advisory support to the business
- Lead and develop KYC teams, deliver technical training, drive operational excellence, oversee productivity, and produce management information (MIS), KPIs, and executive reporting
Requirements
- 10+ years of FCC experience focusing on KYC Onboarding gained from a top tier bank
- Experience in advising or working in a Compliance function with a focus on delivering a robust KYC & Onboarding compliance program
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, business, or a related subject
- ACAMS certification or equivalent is mandatory
- Arabic speaking is preferred
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Required Skills
- End to end expertise in customer onboarding, customer due diligence (CDD), Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD), periodic reviews, and customer offboarding.
- Designing, implementing, and maintaining customer risk assessment methodologies, risk rating models, KYC workflows, and onboarding/review systems.
- Specialized expertise in onboarding and ongoing monitoring of high risk customers, fintechs, Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs), correspondent relationships, and complex ownership structures.
- Interpreting regulatory requirements, developing KYC frameworks, advising business units, managing regulatory remediation, and ensuring compliance with AML/CFT/CPF obligations.
- Leading KYC governance, quality assurance, process optimization, outsourcing oversight, digital onboarding, and implementation of KYC technologies, screening solutions, and automation.
- Developing KYC frameworks, enhancing policies and procedures, strengthening controls, ensuring regulatory compliance, managing remediation, and providing advisory support to the business.
- Leading and developing KYC teams, delivering technical training, driving operational excellence, overseeing productivity, and producing management information (MIS), KPIs, and executive reporting.
Qualifications
- 10+ years of FCC experience focusing on KYC Onboarding gained from a top tier bank.
- Experience in advising or working in a Compliance function with a focus on delivering a robust KYC & Onboarding compliance program.
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, business, or a related subject.
- ACAMS certification or equivalent is mandatory.
- Arabic speaking is preferred.
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