capital - Compliance Manager - Deputy MLRO
Requirements
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Risk Management, Law or a related field; a postgraduate qualification (LLM, MBA, or equivalent) is an advantage. • Professional Certification: Holding CAMS, CFCS, ICA qualifications and CISI qualification as recognised by the CMA is advantageous. • Experience: Minimum 4–5 years of hands-on AML/financial crime and compliance experience within a regulated financial services or virtual asset service provider, including demonstrable ownership of a transaction monitoring programme. • Regulatory Knowledge: Deep familiarity with the UAE CMA regulations and AML/CFT legal framework including Cabinet Decision No. 134 of 2025, AML Law No. 10 of 2025, FATF recommendations, and CMA-specific obligations for virtual asset service providers. • Blockchain & Technology: Practical experience with blockchain analytics tools (Chainalysis, Crystal Intelligence, or equivalent); • SAR / STR Filing: Proven track record of preparing and submitting suspicious transaction reports to a financial intelligence unit; direct experience with the UAEFIU is strongly preferred. • Language: Professional proficiency in English is required; Arabic language proficiency (written and spoken) is a strong advantage.
Responsibilities
• Transaction Monitoring Ownership: Design, manage, and continuously tune CVUAE’s transaction monitoring programme including rule governance, alert prioritisation, threshold calibration, and blockchain analytics producing regular MI on alert volumes, closure rates, and SAR conversion ratios for the MLRO and board. • Suspicious Activity Reporting: Review and investigate escalated alerts, prepare well-reasoned SAR/STR narratives, and submit filings to the UAE Financial Intelligence Unit (UAEFIU) in a timely and accurate manner, maintaining a complete internal register of all cases filed. • Customer Risk & Due Diligence: Oversee day-to-day KYC/CDD operations including EDD reviews for high-risk clients such as PEPs, high-volume traders, and clients from higher-risk jurisdictions, providing guidance to onboarding teams on complex or borderline cases. • Sanctions Screening: Manage the firm’s sanctions screening process — reviewing and disposing of name-match alerts, maintaining documented screening decisions, and escalating confirmed matches to the MLRO with clear recommendations. • Regulatory & Cross-Functional Engagement: Support the preparation of CMA submissions, inspection materials, and supervisory responses; represent the financial crime team in cross-functional forums to embed regulatory and AML requirements into new products, features, and client segments. • Training & AML Culture: Design and deliver role-specific AML/CFT training across the organisation, maintain training completion records, and act as a visible subject-matter expert on virtual assets financial crime typologies and evolving regulatory expectations. • Policy Governance: Draft, maintain, and enforce internal compliance policies aligned with CMA rules, FATF recommendations, and international best practices, ensuring the firm’s policy framework remains current and fit for purpose. • Regulatory Documentation: Maintain all compliance registers, regulatory calendars, and audit preparedness materials to ensure operational transparency and readiness for CMA inspections and supervisory reviews. • Regulatory Change Management: Monitor regulatory developments across UAE and relevant international frameworks, ensuring timely updates to internal policies, processes, and controls as obligations evolve. • Crypto Asset Safeguards: Support the implementation of operational and technical controls to protect client assets, including wallet security protocols and asset segregation requirements. • Competitive Salary: We believe great work deserves great pay! Your skills and talents will be rewarded with a salary that makes you feel valued and motivated. • Work-Life Harmony: Join a company that genuinely cares about you -because your life outside of work matters just as much as your time on the clock. • Generous Time Off: Need a breather? Our annual leave policy lets you recharge and enjoy life outside of work without a worry. • Employee Referral Program: Love working here? Share the love! Bring your talented friends on board and get rewarded for growing our awesome team. • Comprehensive Health Benefits: We’ve got your back with a medical insurance plan. Plus, location-specific benefits and perks! • Workation Wonderland: Live your digital nomad dreams with 30 extra days to work remotely from anywhere in the world (some restrictions apply). Adventure awaits! • Volunteer Days: Make a difference! Take two additional paid days each year to support causes you care about and give back to the community. • Be a key player at the forefront of the digital assets movement, propelling your career to new heights! Join a dynamic and rapidly expanding company that values and rewards talent, initiative, and creativity. Work alongside one of the most brilliant teams in the industry.
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