68 Compliance Programs jobs in Abu Dhabi

Vice President – Financial Risk Management

Our client is aleading multinational group with a diverse portfolio and strong presence across global markets. As part of their ongoing growth and evolution, they are now looking for aVice President – Financial Risk Management to join their senior Treasury leadership team.

The Role

Reporting into senior Treasury leadership, the VP will oversee the design and execution of the company's financial risk frameworks, ensuring resilience across interest rate, FX, credit, and liquidity risks. The role will combine strategic oversight with hands-on delivery, engaging with both internal stakeholders and external financial partners to drive best-in-class practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and embed risk management frameworks, policies, and analytical tools across the group.
• Anticipate and mitigate exposures through effective market monitoring and derivative solutions.
• Provide commercial insights to enhance capital efficiency, optimize investment decisions, and support growth initiatives.
• Build and manage strong banking and advisory relationships to ensure flexible, competitive access to global funding markets.
• Lead initiatives to manage liquidity and optimize cash returns while safeguarding capital.
• Partner with corporate finance on capital structuring and credit rating considerations.
• Deliver clear risk reporting and actionable insights to senior executives and the Board.
• Drive the adoption of modern treasury systems and best practices.

Candidate Profile

• 10+ years' experience in financial risk management within a corporate treasury or multinational environment.
• Expertise in managing FX, interest rate, and liquidity risks, with proven experience in structuring derivatives.
• Strong analytical ability with the gravitas to engage senior stakeholders and external institutions.
• Track record of leadership and cross-functional collaboration.
• Degree in finance, economics, or related discipline; CFA/FRM desirable.
• Fluent in Python, C++ or other coding languages is desirable.

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We are also open to candidates looking to relocate to the UAE.

To apply, please submit your CV and cover letter outlining your relevant experience.

Please note that due to the high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

We are committed to working in collaboration with forward-thinking businesses to deliver high-performing, sustainable recruitment solutions to assembl.

Compliance Associate Venture search Dubai, United Arab Emirates

FX/Currencies Product Manager (Fintech) - Dubai Venture search Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Role Summary:

The Risk Management Specialist is responsible for ensuring that models are validated and risk is appropriately managed according to our organization's policies and regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct thorough validation procedures to assess model risk, identify potential issues, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Review and analyze models to determine their appropriateness, construction, and assumptions, and provide recommendations for improvement.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders, including model owners, developers, and users, to ensure effective two-way communication and facilitate collaboration.
• Produce high-quality validation reports that accurately reflect model limitations, assumptions, conditions for use, and level of risk.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a quantitative science (finance, economics, mathematics, statistics, actuarial science, financial engineering, or similar)
• A minimum of 6 years of experience in quantitative risk management with excellent understanding of Basel II/III standards
• Prior experience developing or validating risk models from end to end is mandatory
• Excellent programming skills using statistical/mathematical software, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access)

This job is looking for an individual who can ensure the efficient issuance of liability letters. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing workflows, identifying risks, and implementing mitigating actions to safeguard the bank.

Responsibilities include:

• Ensuring timely and effective communication with internal customers
• Escalating identified risks and suggesting mitigating actions
• Maintaining professionalism and effective communication with colleagues within the unit and all other departments

The ideal candidate should have good analytical skills, proficiency in MS Office, and a good understanding of banking industry trends in the local market. A Bachelor's degree in finance, banking, business management or a related major field of study is required. 1-2 years of experience in banking or similar experience is preferred.

We are committed to providing a positive and supportive work environment that encourages growth and development. If you are a motivated and detail-oriented individual who is passionate about delivering excellent customer service, we would love to hear from you!

Key Accountabilities:

1. Ensure that request for printing and dispatching Liability letters is done within SLA.
2. Responds promptly and directly to customer issues and questions over the email.
3. Ensures accuracy of information shared with customer and ensure that there is no unauthorized divulging of confidential information.
4. Follow all relevant departmental policies, processes, standard operating procedures, and instructions so that work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner.
5. Demonstrate compliance to organisation's values and ethics at all times to support the establishment of a value drive culture within the bank.
6. Recommend process improvements for increased efficiency and cost effectiveness.
7. Stay current with the revised and updated policy and procedures on products and Norms; and illustrate the prior to the team

Continuous Improvement:

1. Contribute to the identification of opportunities for continuous improvement and sustainability of systems, processes and practices considering global standards, productivity improvement and cost reduction.

SERVICE:

1. Assist in the design of quality assurance processes, procedural audits, and assessment in line with overall strategy.
2. Analyse tasks, workflows, and management activities, and assist in preparation policies and procedure manuals for AMO.
3. Determine the root cause of operational/service defects.
4. Assist in Dormant Account Management related processes.
5. Assist in relevant customer and account updates pertaining to account management operations.
6. Uses data collected from inspections and testing procedures to determine the cause of service/operational quality issues.
7. Participate in employee quality improvement teams to reduce defects and make recommendations to improve the processes based on findings from analysis.
8. Document results of new procedures after implementation to show quality improvements.
9. Ensure that procedures are understood, implemented, and evaluated periodically for continual improvement.
10. Assist in conducting internal quality assurance evaluations on AMO processes, people, facilities, and systems. Records and report results to management.
11. Assist in the development and documentation of quality related training programs.
12. Review and quality check automated reports, identify any risks and issues and raise appropriately.
13. Conduct trend analysis on performance to proactively identify problems and areas for improvements to both behaviour and service, and ensure they are driven through to completion.
14. Assist in conducting quality assurance inspections.
15. Maintain & track process improvement objectives.
16. Prepare reports by collecting, and summarizing data; making recommendations, including QA reports.

RISK:

1. Ensure escalation of any identified risk and suggest and implement mitigating actions and controls to safeguard the Bank.
2. Ensure timely and effective communication is maintained with internal customers taking utmost care in protecting the reputation of the bank.
3. Identify risk and nature of issues and inquiries arising repeatedly. Ensure to escalate these identified risks to the Supervisor / Line Manager / Department Head within the Unit and be a part of the team designing the mitigating factors.

PEOPLE:

1. Maintain professionalism and effective communication with colleagues within the Unit and all other Departments.
2. Adhere to your individual duties and responsibilities and support the team to deliver service excellence.

BUSINESS EFFICIENCY:

1. Manage the work flows efficiently with the resources available without compromising on the risk and services. Provide improvement suggestions to enhance the quality and efficiency in our work resulting in best customer service.
2. Maintain highly efficient turnaround time.

Qualifications:

• Good Product knowledge
• Proficiency in MS Office
• Excellent communication skills
• Good understanding of banking industry trends in the local market
• Good market awareness of product range and pricing
• Good analytical skills
• Bachelor's degree in finance, Banking, Business Management or a related major field of study is required. 1-2 year of experience in banking or similar experience

Vice President – Financial Risk Management

Location: Abu Dhabi

Our client is aleading multinational groupwith a diverse portfolio and strong presence across global markets. As part of their ongoing growth and evolution, they are now looking for aVice President – Financial Risk Managementto join their senior Treasury leadership team.

The Role

Reporting into senior Treasury leadership, the VP will oversee the design and execution of the company's financial risk frameworks, ensuring resilience across interest rate, FX, credit, and liquidity risks. The role will combine strategic oversight with hands-on delivery, engaging with both internal stakeholders and external financial partners to drive best-in-class practices.

Key Responsibilities

• • Develop and embed risk management frameworks, policies, and analytical tools across the group.
  • Anticipate and mitigate exposures through effective market monitoring and derivative solutions.
  • Provide commercial insights to enhance capital efficiency, optimize investment decisions, and support growth initiatives.
  • Build and manage strong banking and advisory relationships to ensure flexible, competitive access to global funding markets.
  • Lead initiatives to manage liquidity and optimize cash returns while safeguarding capital.
  • Partner with corporate finance on capital structuring and credit rating considerations.
  • Deliver clear risk reporting and actionable insights to senior executives and the Board.
  • Drive the adoption of modern treasury systems and best practices.

Candidate Profile

• • 10+ years' experience in financial risk management within a corporate treasury or multinational environment.
  • Expertise in managing FX, interest rate, and liquidity risks, with proven experience in structuring derivatives.
  • Strong analytical ability with the gravitas to engage senior stakeholders and external institutions.
  • Track record of leadership and cross-functional collaboration.
  • Degree in finance, economics, or related discipline; CFA/FRM desirable.
  • Fluent in Python, C++ or other coding languages is desirable.

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We are also open to candidates looking to relocate to the UAE.

To apply, please submit your CV and cover letter outlining your relevant experience.

Please note that due to the high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for executing risk-based Quality Assurance Reviews (QARs) to improve the quality of Know Your Customer (KYC), Anti-Money Laundering (AML) / Sanctions investigations, regulatory reporting, and controls. You will also work to mitigate regulatory and reputational risks.

• To provide management reports and proactively identify risks, assess relevant controls and AML, Sanctions, and KYC processes being reviewed, and provide additional training and suggestions to enhance process effectiveness.

• Experience and knowledge of compliance monitoring and testing methodologies for adherence to applicable regulatory requirements and internal policies.
• Expert-level skills in MS Office products, specifically PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.
• A high level of integrity with the ability to deal with various levels of employees with a high degree of professionalism.
• Strong research and analytical skills to monitor and analyze regulatory requirements and relate them to Financial Crime Prevention (FCP) processes, regulatory risks, and compliance controls to support a broad range of projects.
• The ability to make decisions independently using sound judgment, work well under pressure, and shifting priorities while meeting multiple or conflicting deadlines.
• Meticulous attention to detail and very strong organizational and prioritization skills.
• The ability to interpret and operationalize regulatory requirements.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong execution skills with attention to detail and focus on clear, realistic action steps and timelines.
• The ability to handle multiple initiatives and prioritize work to meet deadlines and fulfill demands of a rapidly changing environment.
• A professional qualification or industry-recognized certification/diploma in Compliance-related fields such as ACAMS/ICA/ACFCS/FIBA is expected.
• Good knowledge of UAE/international regulations/rules.
• Good knowledge of bank's products, policies & procedures.
• Good knowledge of compliance function planning.

Previous experience is required.

3-5 years' experience in a compliance, audit, risk, or governance role in banking or financial services sectors, with a minimum of 2 years spent in KYC, Sanctions, or AML investigation areas.