Assistant Compliance Manager

Job description / Role

We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Assistant Compliance Manager to join our dynamic corporate banking team in Qatar. In this role, you will play a key part in ensuring our operations comply with regulatory requirements and internal policies. You will work closely with compliance teams, business units, and regulatory bodies to maintain our commitment to integrity and compliance in a rapidly changing financial landscape.

Responsibilities:
- Assist the Compliance Manager and perform regular on-site and off-site inspection.
- Assist MLRO to establish and maintain AML/CFT policies, procedures, systems & controls and compliance with AM:/CFT legislation and regulations.
- Day-to-day operations for compliance with the AML/CFT policies, procedures, systems and controls.
- Establishing and maintaining an appropriate AML training program to ensure the staff understand the AML/CFT framework.
- Any other responsibilities assigned by the Head or Deputy Head of Compliance Department.

- Masters/Bachelor's degree in finance, Law, Legal, Economics or related fields.
- Minimum of 1 years of experience in compliance or risk management within the banking sector.
- Strong understanding of regulatory frameworks and Anti-Money Laundering.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.
- Effective communication skills in English (oral & writing) is a must, with the ability to convey complex compliance issues clearly to diverse stakeholders. Communication skills in Chinese will be an added advantage
- Ability to work independently, manage multiple projects, and collaborate with teams in a fast-paced environment.
- Professional certifications such as CAMS, CGSS, Passed Bar Examination preferred

About the Company

In October 2008, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) formally entered into the Middle East region, establishing Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Middle East) Limited (regulated by the DFSA) and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (QFC) Branch (authorized by the QFCRA) in quick succession and commencing businesses. This enables ICBC to become the pioneer of China-owned banks in the Middle East region, and will, on the basis of its advanced market position, excellent client base, multiple product structure, strong innovative ability and prominent brand value, allows ICBC to support various infrastructure financing demands in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and the greater Middle East, and comprehensively provide various financial services including international trade, domestic guarantee and oversea credit, project financing, to become the economic bridge and channel between China and the Middle East region.

At the end of 2009, ICBC succeeded in acquiring a wholesale banking license from Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates, which is seen as a big progress for ICBC in the Middle East region. Now a chain has been formed between the cities of Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Doha to provide more comprehensive financial services to ICBC clients in the region.

ICBC will keep on improving its network within the Middle East region by relying on abundance of market resources, insistence on prioritizing commercial banking, striving to develop investment banking and asset management, so as to strengthen ICBC's influence and competitiveness, and become the most influential and respectable bank in the region.