An excellent opportunity is available for a Compliance Due Diligence and Monitoring Senior Manager with Russian Speaking skills with a banking business who offer a wide range of banking products and services based in the head office location in Sharjah.

You will act as a first line of defense for business segments and ensure conformity to Central Bank’s regulations. This role will be responsible for ensuring business compliance with the AML, CTF, KYC and sanctions policies, procedures besides the applicable regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure compliance with the applicable regulatory requirement
• Ensure compliance with the bank set risk appetite statement, including but not limited to, the high risk / prohibited lines of business / customers, and the percentage of high risks customers specified in the same
• Conduct initial financial crime due diligence review, screening, and investigation for both new and existing / prospective customers in both corporate and retail banking segments including analyzing corporate structures and other documentation as necessary to gain an insight in the value drivers and the performance of the targeted business
• Coordinate / report / escalation of any risk / breaches related findings to internal business contacts, Compliance and/or Legal experts for further input where appropriate.

The successful candidate will possess Russian speaking and English speaking skills to a business level. You will possess strong experience of working within a compliance role focused on customer due diligence and financial crime investigations within the banking sector. You will ahve a strong working knowledge of performing due diligence, basic knowledge of Anti-money Laundering, ‘Know-Your-Customer’ regulatory requirements, proficiency and experience using Compliance/Due Diligence platforms when undertaking checks, searches, and screening of third parties, acquiring such data as company information, corporate structures, sanctions and regulatory findings and adverse media. You will have in depth knowledge of CB UAE and other related AML / CTF regulations.

This is an excellent opportunity in the United Arab Emirates. Please apply now or for further information contact Kayte Short at Robert Walters at Kayte.short@robertwalters.com