Job Description

Job Title: Head of Financial Crime Compliance – MENA, Regional Leadership

Job Description: As Head of Financial Crime Compliance for MENA at a multinational bank, you will apply senior financial crime compliance leadership — overseeing AML/CFT, sanctions, fraud, and financial crime governance across MENA operations for a globally connected multinational banking organization with significant GCC and MENA presence.

Responsibilities:

• Apply senior financial crime compliance leadership to MENA AML/CFT, sanctions, and fraud governance
• Lead the MENA financial crime compliance function — AML/CFT, sanctions, and financial crime risk management
• Develop and maintain MENA financial crime compliance frameworks, policies, and monitoring programmes
• Engage with CBUAE, UAE FIU, and MENA central banks on financial crime regulatory compliance and reporting
• Oversee MENA KYC, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and financial crime investigations
• Lead and develop the MENA financial crime compliance team with accountability and excellence culture
• Produce Board-level MENA financial crime compliance reports for senior leadership and governance review
• Monitor MENA and global financial crime regulatory developments for compliance programme enhancement

Qualifications Needed:

• Proven Head of Financial Crime Compliance experience with MENA regional leadership background
• Deep financial crime compliance expertise — AML/CFT, sanctions, fraud — across MENA banking operations
• Strong CBUAE, UAE FIU, and MENA central bank regulatory engagement and compliance governance skills
• CAMS or equivalent AML qualification required for Head of Financial Crime Compliance mandate
• Excellent team leadership, MENA regulatory engagement, and Board-level governance communication
• GCC or MENA multinational bank Head of Financial Crime Compliance experience strongly preferred

What the Company Offers:

• Head of Financial Crime Compliance MENA Regional Leadership role at a multinational bank
• MENA regional financial crime compliance leadership mandate overseeing AML/CFT, sanctions, and fraud governance across a globally connected multinational banking organization

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