Head of Anti-Money Laundering

McGregor Boyall

UAE

Ref: NP388-329

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

A compliance/risk expert to maintain global anti-money laundering, anti-terrorist financing and sanctions policies and procedures for an international financial services firm. You will co-ordinate closely with regional compliance officers and the business teams to ensure necessary client due diligence, product and case information is requested, received and assessed in a timely and quality manner.

Requirements

* Bachelor's degree or other higher education qualifications
* Professional AML/ATF accreditation required
* 8 to 10 years of experience in management of AML/ATF and Sanctions programs within financial services
* Exposure to transaction monitoring applications/systems
* Good knowledge of industry products, regulations and related AML/ATF trends
* Highly analytical and self-motivated, adept at working independently and in a dispersed team environment covering multiple and varied tasks
* Capable of working collaboratively with employees from all levels of the organization
* Flexible to work in an environment where needs are continually changing
* Corporate experience with a proven track record of managing multiple projects in a complex matrix business and operational environments
* Intuitive, highly ethical and comfortable to question and challenge when required
* Ability to multi-task and able to work with minimal supervision
* Arabic language skills required
* French language skills preferred
* Some travel may be required

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, age, sexuality, gender identification, or physical ability.

About the Company

Established in 1987, McGregor Boyall is a global recruitment consultancy providing permanent and contract / interim professionals across a wide variety of disciplines including Technology, Risk, Finance, Compliance, Legal, Marketing and HR & Talent Management. Since our inception, we have built an unrivalled reputation for helping organisations recruit the very best talent to ensure that they realise their business and operational objectives.

Headquartered in the city of London, and with further offices throughout the UK (Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh and Glasgow) as well as globally in Dubai and Singapore, we are able to offer recruitment solutions throughout the UK & Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific regions.

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