Summary: The Senior Compliance Officer - Client Acceptance & Advisory is responsible for supporting complex onboarding decisions and providing advisory input on high-risk customers. This role involves reviewing and approving high-risk client onboarding cases while ensuring compliance with KYC, CDD, and EDD requirements. The officer will also act as an escalation point for complex customer risk issues and provide guidance to business and onboarding teams.
Key Responsibilities:
- Review and approve high-risk client onboarding cases
- Provide advisory guidance to business and onboarding teams
- Ensure compliance with KYC, CDD, and EDD requirements
- Support policy interpretation and risk appetite alignment
- Act as escalation point for complex customer risk issues
Key Skills:
- Minimum 5 years' experience in Client Acceptance / KYC within UAE banks
- Prior senior or advisory role experience
- Strong understanding of customer risk assessment
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Sharjah
Country: United Arab Emirates
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Finance
The Senior Compliance Officer - Client Acceptance & Advisory will support complex onboarding decisions and provide advisory input on high-risk customers.
Key Responsibilities
- Review and approve high-risk client onboarding cases
- Provide advisory guidance to business and onboarding teams
- Ensure compliance with KYC, CDD, and EDD requirements
- Support policy interpretation and risk appetite alignment
- Act as escalation point for complex customer risk issues
Requirements
Minimum 5 years' experience in Client Acceptance / KYC within UAE banks, with demonstrated exposure to onboarding, periodic reviews, and remediation of customer files across relevant segments.
Prior senior or advisory role experience, providing guidance to stakeholders, reviewing complex cases, and supporting decision-making on high-risk relationships.
Strong understanding of customer risk assessment, including source of wealth/funds, PEP and sanctions considerations, adverse media, ownership/control structures, and ongoing monitoring expectations.
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, managing workload and priorities effectively while delivering accurate outcomes within required timelines and service standards.
