Senior Manager - Financial Crime Compliance (Transaction Monitoring)
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About the Role
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank is seeking a Senior Manager to lead the Transaction Monitoring function within Financial Crime Compliance. The role involves overseeing detection, investigation, and reporting of suspicious activities, enhancing AML systems, and ensuring regulatory compliance.
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Responsibilities
- Lead and oversee ADCB’s Transaction Monitoring function within the Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) framework
- Ensure effective detection, investigation, and reporting of suspicious activities across the Bank
- Drive the design, implementation, and continuous enhancement of transaction monitoring controls, systems, and processes
- Lead and manage the end to end transaction monitoring function, ensuring timely review and investigation of alerts
- Define and enhance the transaction monitoring framework, including methodologies, typologies, and risk based approaches
- Oversee optimization of AML systems, including scenario calibration, threshold setting, and alert tuning
- Ensure accurate and timely filing of SARs/STRs and regulatory reporting
- Contribute to enterprise wide AML/CFT risk assessments with a focus on transaction monitoring risks
- Engage senior stakeholders across business, operations, and compliance to ensure alignment on financial crime risk management
- Lead, develop, and scale the transaction monitoring team, ensuring strong performance management, capability building, and succession planning
- Own and enhance transaction monitoring policies and procedures, ensuring they remain compliant, practical, and aligned with regulatory expectations
- Drive ongoing improvements in processes, controls, and investigation quality
Requirements
- Minimum 7 years of experience in Financial Crime Compliance within banking or financial services
- Bachelor's Degree with relevant specialization
- Strong experience leading Transaction Monitoring teams and frameworks
- Proven track record managing AML systems, alert investigations, and regulatory reporting
- Deep expertise in AML/CFT regulations (CBUAE, FATF)
- Strong understanding of transaction monitoring systems and optimization
- Thorough knowledge of AML regulatory framework in UAE and global best practices
- Knowledge of International Banking best practices
- Knowledge of CBUAE AML regulations
- Research skills
- Report writing skills
- Relationship management skills
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About the business area
- Compliance is an independent function at ADCB which takes an active approach to risk management and monitoring, ensuring the Bank complies with applicable laws, regulations, rules and market standards.
- The Group creates, implements and monitors policies and procedures designed to prevent or detect financial crime and any compliance breaches of the Bank, its employees and clients.
Key Responsibilities
- To lead and oversee ADCB’s Transaction Monitoring function within the Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) framework, ensuring effective detection, investigation, and reporting of suspicious activities across the Bank.
- Lead and manage the end to end transaction monitoring function, ensuring timely review and investigation of alerts, identification of suspicious activities, and escalation in line with AML/CFT and sanctions requirements.
- Define and enhance the transaction monitoring framework, including methodologies, typologies, and risk based approaches.
- Oversee optimization of AML systems, including scenario calibration, threshold setting, and alert tuning to improve effectiveness and reduce false positives.
- Ensure accurate and timely filing of SARs/STRs and regulatory reporting.
- Contribute to enterprise wide AML/CFT risk assessments with a focus on transaction monitoring risks.
- Engage senior stakeholders across business, operations, and compliance to ensure alignment on financial crime risk management.
- Lead, develop, and scale the transaction monitoring team, ensuring strong performance management, capability building, and succession planning.
- Own and enhance transaction monitoring policies and procedures, ensuring they remain compliant, practical, and aligned with regulatory expectations.
- Drive ongoing improvements in processes, controls, and investigation quality, incorporating regulatory changes, audit findings, and industry best practices.
Ideal Candidate Experience
- Minimum 7 years of experience in Financial Crime Compliance within banking or financial services
- Bachelors Degree with relevant specialization (mandatory)
- Strong experience leading Transaction Monitoring teams and frameworks
- Proven track record managing AML systems, alert investigations, and regulatory reporting
- Deep expertise in AML/CFT regulations (CBUAE, FATF)
- Strong understanding of transaction monitoring systems and optimization
- Thorough knowledge of AML regulatory framework in UAE and global best practices
- Knowledge of International Banking best practices
- Knowledge of CBUAE AML regulations
- Research skills
- Report writing skills
- Relationship management skills
What we offer
- Competitive Salary & Additionally, all employees are eligible to participate in one of our rewarding variable pay plans.
- Comprehensive Benefits Package: This includes market leading medical insurance, group life and personal accident insurance, paid leave and leave airfare, employee preferential rates on loans and finance facilities, staff discounts and offers, and children education assistance (for certain job levels
- Flexible and Remote Working Options: We understand the importance of work life balance and offer flexible working arrangements, subject to eligibility and job requirements.
- Learning and Development Opportunities: We value and facilitate continuous learning and personal development through a variety of exciting learning opportunities, such as structured instructor led courses, a comprehensive
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