Assistant Manager – Regulatory & Financial Crime Compliance Advisory (Dubai) - Full-time

Overview

• Job Title: Assistant Manager – Regulatory & Financial Crime Compliance Advisory (Dubai) - Full-time
• Location: Dubai
• Employment type: Full-time
• Environment: Growing advisory practice supporting financial institutions

About the Role

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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