Senior Compliance Officer - Client Acceptance & Advisory

Full-time Management & Operations

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

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 weal...