Sr. Manager - Regulatory Compliance & MLRO (UAE)

Overview

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the designated Money Laundering Reporting Officer, reviewing, investigating, and filing Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) or Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) with the UAE FIU.
• Act as the primary point of contact for the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE), DFSA, and law enforcement agencies.
• Develop, implement, and monitor comprehensive compliance policies, procedures, and internal controls to meet UAE regulatory standards (e.g., CBUAE, DFSA, SCA).
• Identify, assess, and mitigate compliance and financial crime risks. Perform regular compliance assessments and audits to ensure compliance integrity.
• Provide expert guidance to senior management and staff on regulatory matters. Act as the primary point of contact for regulatory inspections and audits.
• Oversee KYC, EDD, transaction monitoring, and sanction screening.
• Provide regular reports to Senior Management/Board on AML risks and the efficacy of controls. Requirement to be part of the management or board of a subsidiary entity, where applicable.
• Ensure Nium’s global compliance teams are aligned with applicable UAE regulatory requirements and frameworks.

Requirements

• Minimum 8 years’ experience in compliance roles within regulated environments.
• Strong understanding of UAE Regulatory frameworks (CBUAE, SCA, DFSA, etc.) and international AML standards.
• Strong expertise across Compliance and AML/CFT domains, including KYC/KYB, sanctions, and financial crime.
• Solid understanding of the Payments and Fintech industry in UAE.
• Prior experience in payments or fintech strongly preferred.
• Prior experience in stablecoins is highly preferred
• ACAMS and/or ICA certification preferred
• Strong analytical skills with experience in problem solving and being able to implement and deliver solutions.
• Demonstrate clear sense of accountability in performing the role and a positive demeanour.
• Ability to identify risks, control gaps, inefficiencies, see the bigger picture, challenge the current status quo and define scalable and sustainable processes and methodology.
• Ability to lead end-to-end process and control improvements cross-functionally and across various regions.
• Able to prioritize quickly and meet deadlines even under pressure.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Team player with strong collaborative qualities, including some previous experience (or willingness) to build, lead and motivate a team.
• Proficiency in English is essential and fluency in Arabic is strongly preferred
• What we offer at Nium
• **We Value Performance:** Through competitive salaries, performance bonuses, sales commissions, equity for specific roles and recognition programs, we ensure that all our employees are well rewarded and incentivized for their hard work.
• **We Care for Our Employees:** The wellness of Nium’ers is our #1 priority.
• We offer medical coverage along with 24/7 employee assistance program, generous vacation programs including our year-end shut down.
• We also provide a flexible working hybrid working environment (3 days per week in the office).
• **We Upskill Ourselves:** We are curious, and always want to learn more with a focus on upskilling ourselves.
• We provide role-specific training, internal workshops, and a learning stipend.
• **We Celebrate Together:** We recognize that work is also about creating great relationships with each other.
• We celebrate together with company-wide social events, team bonding activities, happy hours, team offsites, and much more!
• **We Thrive with Diversity:** Nium is truly a global company, with more than 33 nationalities, based in 18+ countries and more than 10 office locations.
• As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing a safe and welcoming environment for everyone.
• We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses.
• These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment.
• Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans.
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