Bilingual Risk & Compliance Officer

Bilingual Risk & Compliance Officer

Dubai

AED 23-30,000 per month

This role requires someone who is fluent in both written and spoken Arabic and English with 1-4 years relevant experience within a law firm to join their friendly Compliance department. This person will offer practice support to the Dubai and regional offices on all aspects of risk, regulatory compliance and conflicts. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate excellent administrative skills, as well as the ability to develop strong working relationships with lawyers and business services staff across the firm. It will be essential to gain a rapid understanding of the firm's business to support the conflict decisions that need to be made as proactively as possible. Please respect the criteria requirements and only apply if you meet these as you will not be considered if you do not, this role is not open to candidates who do not currently reside here. Please respect the criteria requirements and only apply if you meet these as you will not be considered if you do not, this role is not open to candidates who do not currently reside here.

Description:

  • Matter Inception: assisting in on-boarding new clients and matters and ensuring that all details are correct in accordance with regulatory standards and firm policy.
  • Anti-Money Laundering: conducting client due diligence, reviewing KYC documentation and undertaking AML and sanctions searches on clients as appropriate and escalating any issues to the MLRO
  • Terms of Engagement: assisting the firm in maintaining a uniform application of engagement terms as well as reviewing, advising on and recording client-imposed terms
  • On-going monitoring and risk assessment: reviewing any changes to the client which may have an impact on client or matter risk and dealing with these in accordance with regulatory requirements
  • Matter Maintenance: ensuring that matter information is kept accurate and up to date
  • Firm Policy and Procedure: reviewing firm policies and ensuring that they are kept up-to-date and in line with regulatory requirements
  • Compliance reporting, assisting in the production of spreadsheets to monitor client and matter inception process status. Help run weekly / monthly reports
  • Confidentiality: assisting in setting up and amending information barriers and insider lists as required
  • Projects: undertaking research and other projects as needed to improve matter inception, policy and process
  • Audit: assisting Risk Lawyers in preparation of annual internal file
  • Assisting other teams: Revenue & Collections, Marketing, and Conflicts as necessary
  • Responding to ad hoc requests as directed by the business

Criteria:

  • A minimum of 1-4 years’ experience in a compliance function within a law firm
  • Law degree or GDL qualification, with some legal work experience
  • AML experience
  • Demonstrated ability to work within a framework of regulatory compliance
  • Resilience and the ability to develop and maintain strong internal and external relationships, while working both autonomously and as part of a global team
  • Excellent communication skills
  • The ability to work in an environment where quality output is paramount
  • Analytical and organisational skills, including the ability to manage multiple tasks and projects
  • Strong attention to detail and proven ability to handle confidential information in a professional and discreet manner
  • A high level of proficiency in MS Outlook, Word and Excel
  • Fluent written and spoken English & Arabic
  • Must currently reside in the UAE

Please respect the criteria requirements and only apply if you meet these as you will not be considered if you do not. We thank you for your application, however due to the high volume of candidate applications, we only accept online applications in the first instance. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted, however if you are not successful on this occasion, your CV will be stored on our database but to make sure you do not miss out, keep checking our website, follow us on Twitter and follow our Sapphire Recruitment LinkedIn page.

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