AML/CFT Assurance Tester

About
Join the UAE’s largest bank and one of the world’s largest and safest financial institutions. Our focus is to create value for our employees, customers, shareholders, and communities to grow through differentiation, agility, and innovation.

Job Description
Job Purpose:
Support the AVP assurance & monitoring in performing AML/CFT related control testing programme in line with GCDD procedures. Follow and implement the annual schedule of reviews in light with regulatory requirements.

Key Accountabilities:

• Perform the approved assurance testing plan and identify key compliance-related risks and issues.
• Ensure assurance testing is performed in line with agreed milestones.
• Track and monitor to completion all assurance testing issues.
• Follow up with the business as required.
• Promote internal control awareness and demonstrate Assurance and Monitoring’s contribution.
• Tracking and closure of recommendations.
• Perform trend analysis and advise corrective measures.
• Manage ADHOC & administrative activities as deemed appropriate and assigned by line managers.

Professional / Technical Requirements:

• The role requires the analysis and challenge of complex activities in light of regulatory requirements.
• Solid analytical skills including the ability to identify discrepancies whilst managing, reviewing, and gathering data.
• The ability to critically analyse data including the identification of trends, themes, and outliers.
• Must have excellent time management skills, the ability to work under pressure, to tight deadlines, and still deliver consistent high standards of work.

Audit Responsibilities:

• Follow up and provide technical support (if required) to the Risk and Control team to assist in the closure of Group Internal Audit / Regulatory / Group Compliance findings.

Reporting Responsibilities:

• Ensure assurance testing results are recorded and appropriately reported to AVP - Head of KYC Review & On-boarding.
• Write high-quality reports presenting review results and articulating the findings.

Qualifications
Minimum Qualification:

• Bachelor’s Degree or Higher in Management, Banking, or Finance, preferably with certification in compliance, corporate governance, risk management, or internal audit.

Minimum Experience:

• At least 3-5 years banking experience preferably in a reputable international bank with experience of working in highly regulated jurisdictions.
• Minimum of 2-3 years of experience within KYC role.
• Internal Audit experience and Compliance Assurance background would be considered an asset.
• Relevant experience in Compliance/AML/KYC/Transaction Monitoring.
• Sound knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.

Pro-active and business-oriented with proven ability to prioritize, manage conflicting demands, and assess effectively.