An excellent opportunity is available with a leading commercial banking organisation offering a range of products and services for a Regulatory Compliance Specialist to provide regulatory and compliance advisory services, liaise with the UAE Central Bank as needed and manage applicable regulatory programmes for the Bank to ensure all compliance and regulatory requirements are met. This role will be based in Abu Dhabi.

Reporting to the Executive Manager in Regulatory Compliance you will:

• Review, assess, advise on and obtain approval for all new and amendments to products services and business initiatives to ensure compliance risks are identified and appropriately mitigated
• Review, advise on and obtain approval on bank wide policies and procedures and client facing forms to ensure in line with regulatory requirements
• Conduct gap analysis on new/amended laws and regulations, interpret results, map the regulation to respective business units
• Provide compliance advisory services for all ad-hoc requests and support/guidance on internal projects to ensure any compliance risks are identified and mitigated/addressed
• Maintain the regulatory breach register
• Manage and administer other conduct compliance programmes

The Regulatory Compliance Specialist will possess excellent experience in the banking and financial services sector within a compliance environment specifically within retail/consumer space, ideally with a focus on consumer protection. You will ideally hold a Bachelor's degree in a relevant subject and possess extensive knowledge of banking rules and regulations in the UAE or have knowledge of global best practice.

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