Senior Officer - Client Acceptance

Supervising a team of Compliance Due Diligence analysts in daily High-risk case reviews and their interactions with Business and Operations;

Reviewing and advising on escalated cases by Unit Head / Business Head;

Ensuring the timely blacklisting of rejected cases from DD perspective;

Maintaining MIS and registers of EDD cases and PEP portfolio of the Bank;

Performing case management by ensuring all submitted requests to Compliance are timely assigned to the DD analyst;

Filtering cases and instances raised by Business which does not fall under Compliance remit by providing due guidance to Business;

Providing Compliance advisory in conjunction with the Bank's CDD Policy and Procedure to Business and Operations;

Assisting in creating management reports periodically;

Assisting in timely and duly complying with CBUAE reporting requirements;

Advising Business and Operations on FATCA and CRS regulations and procedural requirements;

Conducting Compliance training sessions as per the annual training program as well as need basis;

Participating in periodic system reviews, implementation of new system or redefining the controls in the existing ones;

Participating in Policy and Procedures review from DD perspective;

Conducting 'Health Check Exercise' on quarterly basis to ensure DDU operations in line with approved internal policies, processes and guidelines;

Serving as a back-up to other staff assigned with equivalent roles.

Education

Bachelor's Degree and or Professional qualifications in Risk & Control professions, i.e., Audit, Compliance etc.

Work Experience

Process overall banking experience in financial products & processes such as General Operations, Branch Management with a minimum of 3 to 4 years’ experience in Client Due Diligence.