Our client is seeking a Senior Compliance Advisor
Responsibilities
About the role:
- Act as senior subject matter expert on CBUAE requirements and broader UAE banking and financial services regulation
- Interpret regulatory requirements and translate them into clear actions for business, product, operations, and technology teams
- Support design of the compliance operating model, governance structure, and roles and responsibilities
- Advise on the regulatory obligations register, compliance risk assessment, and regulatory change process
- Review compliance policies, procedures, committee papers, regulatory submissions, and senior management reporting
- Advise on new products, customer journeys, and material business changes from a regulatory perspective
- Support licensing, regulatory approvals, go-live readiness, and responses to regulatory information requests
- Prepare for and participate in meetings, inspections, and supervisory engagements with the CBUAE
- Enhance the compliance monitoring and testing programme, including issue tracking and escalation
- Work closely with the MLRO and Financial Crime teams on AML/CFT, sanctions, KYC/CDD, and fraud-related obligations
- Support handover of the compliance framework into business-as-usual ownership post-launch
Desired Candidate Profile
- 10+ years in regulatory compliance, compliance advisory, or regulatory risk within banking, financial services, payments, or fintech
- Significant UAE market experience with strong understanding of the CBUAE regulatory environment
- Hands-on experience engaging directly with the CBUAE: regulatory meetings, inspections, licensing, submissions, or supervisory reviews
- Experience designing or materially enhancing a compliance framework, ideally within a greenfield bank, digital bank, fintech, or major transformation programme
- Strong knowledge of UAE regulatory requirements covering consumer protection, conduct risk, governance, outsourcing, and financial crime
- Comfortable advising and constructively challenging senior stakeholders in a fast-paced delivery environment
- Experience working across Compliance, Risk, Legal, Product, Operations, and Technology
- Background with a UAE bank, the CBUAE, a professional services firm, or a regulatory consultancy is particularly relevant
- Fluent English required; Arabic is a plus but not essential
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