Assistant Compliance Manager – Sanctions Unit

🔥 33 minutes ago

🇵🇰 Pakistan – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🚔 Compliance

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Mashreq

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1967

🏦 Banking

💸 Finance

💳 Fintech

Banking • Finance • Fintech

Mashreq is a leading financial institution based in the UAE, offering a wide range of banking services including personal, corporate, and investment banking. The bank focuses on providing innovative financial solutions to its customers and has a strong digital banking presence.

📋 Description

• Interpret domestic and international sanctions, including UAE, US, UK, EU and UN sanctions • Maintain awareness of sanctions impacting the bank, branches and subsidiaries • Conduct end-to-end reviews of cases escalated from sanctions alert reviews or otherwise • Investigate potential illegal activity and violations of economic or trade sanctions • Ensure adherence to Group Sanctions Policy, guidance and operating procedures • Support the Compliance Manager in identifying sanctions themes and trends • Investigate customer activity across business segments and portfolios for sanctions and export-control risks • Apply analytical techniques to complex information and make supported recommendations • Exercise judgment in case investigations and recommendations • Document findings in case-management systems and prepare management reports • Handle sanctions referrals according to bank policies and escalate to the Compliance Manager when required • Develop and maintain policies and procedures relevant to the function • Maintain metrics and statistics and prepare monthly and ad hoc management reports • Identify areas requiring strengthening and recommend regulatory and industry-standard improvements • Maintain confidential and secure records in accordance with retention policies and SOP guidelines • Maintain effective relationships with Business, Operations and Compliance functions • Assist with Compliance projects, including system and procedural changes

🎯 Requirements

• 3-5 years of banking experience including 2 years of compliance experience • Experience in one or more risk compliance roles, including Sanctions experience • Knowledge of Sanctions regulations and industry guidances • Ability to interpret and solve complex issues • Ability to work efficiently with attention to detail in investigations, analysis and writing • Excellent communication, interpersonal and problem-solving skills • Ability to adapt to change and provide inputs where necessary • Ability to work collaboratively as a team player • Professional qualification such as ACAMS or CGSS is desirable • Effective knowledge of Compliance, Sanctions, AML and KYC / CDD policies and procedures • Understanding of OFAC, UN, UK, EU and UAE Target Financial Sanctions programmes • Experience within the financial services industry • Understanding of business and operations processes supporting sanctions screening • Good understanding of core banking systems and their interaction/use

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