AVP – Assistant Manager, CIBG Compliance

• Conduct second-line-of-defense compliance reviews of high-risk corporate KYC and name-screening referrals
• Ensure compliance with the Bank’s KYC Standards and regulatory requirements
• Review high-risk KYCs within agreed SLA/TAT
• Coordinate with centralized compliance verticals such as AML and Sanctions for comprehensive financial crime and sanctions risk assessments
• Provide technical guidance, coaching, and quality assurance oversight to Compliance Officers and Analysts
• Review complex cases and identify skill development needs for performance assessment
• Act as backup point of contact with Compliance Assurance Unit and Internal Audit for independent RCSA testing and internal audit engagements
• Coordinate with the CIBG Compliance Squad Lead to address critical errors identified through testing and audits
• Support the Squad Lead in business scrums, compliant solutions, and addressing business inefficiencies
• Serve as delegated backup for the Squad Lead during absences, ensuring continuity of advisory support, case allocation, escalation management, stakeholder engagement, and SLA delivery
• Support the Head of CIBG Compliance with management reports
• Support operational risk activities, including Operational Risk Register review, RCSA, Business Continuity, and Disaster Recovery Planning
• Act as backup LEAN Champion and align periodic huddle meetings with LEAN Sustain requirements
• Review SOPs periodically and coordinate updates with management to align processes and controls with regulatory or bank policy and standards updates
• Report solid-line to the Squad Lead and dotted-line to the Head of CIBG Compliance

• Maintain awareness and knowledge of all applicable regulations set by UAE regulators and bank Compliance policies and standards
• Knowledge of the existing and emerging legal/statutory/regulatory environment in the UAE
• Ability to provide technical guidance, coaching, and quality assurance oversight to Compliance Officers and Analysts
• Ability to review complex compliance cases and identify skill development needs
• Ability to coordinate with Compliance Assurance Unit, Internal Audit, AML, Sanctions, Squad Lead, Head of CIBG Compliance, and business stakeholders
• Knowledge of KYC standards, name screening, financial crime risks, sanctions risks, RCSA, operational risk, business continuity, disaster recovery, SOPs, and LEAN Sustain requirements