Compliance Officer

4 weeks ago

Dubai, United Arab Emirates Ebury Full time

Ebury is a hyper-growth FinTech firm, named in 2021 as one of the top FinTechs to work for by Glassdoor and AltFi. We offer a range of products including FX risk management, trade finance, currency accounts, international payments and API integration.

**Compliance Officer & MLRO - Maritime Shipping Business Vertical - Dubai DIFC Office**

The main purpose of this role is to assist in maintaining the integrity and compliance of our maritime shipping business vertical, ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements, reporting obligations and maintaining an open, transparent and effective relationship with our regulators within the country.

In addition, this role will assist with the implementation of policies and procedures and keeping them up to date when needed, as well as supporting our training and development program.

**Responsibilities**:

- Hold the role of the Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) for the shipping business vertical globally
- Drafting and updating local policies and procedures, while ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements
- Updating and/or enhancing the current shipping business compliance framework, working closely with the other departments to ensure a smooth operations (e.g. onboarding, transaction monitoring, screening, periodic reviews, vessels tracking, etc) and best client experience
- Assist with reporting obligations and ensure compliance with statutory deadlines (including but not limited to AML Reports, Payments Reports, etc.)
- Handle connection to authorities regulatory portals
- Liaise with regulatory bodies, ensuring effective and smooth communication
- Develop and maintain relevant parts of the compliance framework (AML/CFT and Regulatory Policies)
- Liaise closely with the Group Compliance (UK and EU) to ensure that compliance policies and procedures are consistent with company policy
- Help improving the operational compliance processes based on the local policies (liaise with the MLROs and local ops teams)
- Provide ongoing training about the products and ensure the sales team is continuously monitored for the regulated activities
- Keep abreast of ordinances/circulars/recommendations from the Regulator and continuously ensure that the Entity's policies and procedures adhere to these
- Audit the first line of defence procedures and processes
- Assist with external AML audits
- Provide advice on High Risk clients/escalations and SARs
- Assist with ad-hoc queries from the business teams
- Attend regulatory forums and industry meetings to keep up to date with industry standards
- Desirable to have experience dealing with the country regulators/national bank

**Requirements**:

- We are looking for a self-driven Compliance Officer with at least 4-5 years of relevant experience within the maritime shipping industry in Dubai.
- Solid knowledge in regulatory (mainly payment services and foreign exchange products ) and AML compliance and the ability to take ownership of parts of a Compliance framework in a fast-paced Fintech environment.
- The person must demonstrate proven organisational and time management skills, have excellent communications skills (both written and verbal), with the ability to gain credibility fast and influence key stakeholders.
- The working environment is fast paced, agile and highly results orientated so the individual must be comfortable working within this type of highly rewarding, dynamic environment.
- In addition, the individual must be comfortable with working autonomously, have relevant Compliance/Legal qualifications and a good level of commercial awareness.
- It will be pivotal to have good interpersonal skills to interact with the local regulatory bodies.
- Proficiency in English is required.
- Any professional certifications or a law/economics degree will be considered a plus.

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**About Us**

**Ebury is a FinTech success story, positioned among the fastest-growing international companies in its sector.**

Founded in 2009, we are headquartered in London and have more than 1300 staff with a presence in more than 20 countries worldwide. Cultural diversity is part of what makes Ebury a special place to be. From Sao Paulo to Dubai, Bucharest to Toronto, we enjoy sharing team experiences and celebrating success across the Ebury family.

Hard work pays off: in 2019, Ebury received a £350 million investment from Banco Santander and has won internationally recognised awards including Financial Times: 1000 Europe's Fastest-Growing Companies.

None of this would have been possible without our proudest achievement: our great people. Enthusiastic, innovative and collaborative teams, always ready to disrupt and revolutionise the fast-paced FinTech sector.
- We believe in inclusion. We stand against discrimination in all forms and have no tolerance for the intolerance of differences that makes us a modern and successful organisation. At Ebury, you can be whoever you want to be and still feel a sense of belonging no matte

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