Assistant Manager – Financial Crime & Regulatory Compliance

About BDO

BDO UAE provides audit and assurance, advisory, tax and business outsourcing services to companies across all sectors of the economy.

As one of the world’s leading audit and accounting organizations, we have clients of all types and sizes, from large corporate organizations to private businesses, entrepreneurs and individuals across various industry sectors.

From a global beginning in 1963 with five firms, today BDO extends across 166 countries and territories, with 115,661 people working out of 1,776 offices.

• Lead and execute projects independently related to Regulatory / Financial Crime / AML compliance reviews, including planning, execution, and delivery of client projects. This involves managing project timelines, budgets, and resources.
• Prepare detailed reports and present findings to senior management and stakeholders.
• Mentor junior team members and manage project timelines, deliverables, and quality standards.
• Contributes to the growth of Forensics practice through supporting for strategic planning, business development, proposal support, organizing conferences/client events and developing marketing materials.
• Deliver high-quality engagement work with minimal supervision, ensuring timely analysis and reporting.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across the organization to drive integrated solutions and knowledge sharing.
• Maintain operational excellence in documentation, client communication, and internal compliance protocols.
• Actively identifying and pursuing opportunities to learn and develop your technical knowledge through training, coaching and on-the-job learning opportunities.

• A proven ability to manage end-to-end AML/CFT and Compliance engagements independently with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrable experience in developing and conducting AML business risk assessments, CDD, EDD, transactions monitoring
  and sanctions screening
  .
• Hands-on experience on submitting SAR /STR and CNMR/PNMR reports via the GoAML platforms and working knowledge of IEMS platform.
• Experience of preparing and periodic risk assessment of compliance governance framework
  , compliance policies, and risk registers
  .
• Sound knowledge of Financial Crime remediation program design, customer risk rating model design, transactions monitoring and sanctions screening systems.
• Demonstrable experience in researching, collating, analyzing, and delivering intelligence analysis and written reports.
• Experience of developing and delivering compliance training and awareness sessions
• A flexible and adaptive approach to work, with the ability to operate in dynamic environments.
• High ethical standards and integrity, especially when working with confidential information.
• Experience working with diverse teams and managing multiple stakeholders.
• A skeptical mindset and sound judgement, alongside problem solving skills.
• IT proficiency across the MS365 suite of products.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English, including strong business writing and reporting capabilities.
• Actively seeks to enhance own expertise and knowledge

• Bachelor’s degree with a strong academic background, preferably in Finance, Law, Audit, or Risk.
• Certification ACAMS (Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist) is mandatory.
• 7 to 9 years of professional experience in Financial Crime/AML of Financial Institutions.
• Prior experience in Consulting ,
  Financial Institutions and DNFBP (Real Estate, Precious Metal) and with a focus on compliance governance, and Financial Crime/AML in UAE is mandatory

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