Legal and Compliance Expert

5 days ago

Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Arab Monetary Fund Full time

Job Summary

The Arab Monetary Fund seeks a highly skilled Legal and Compliance Officer to join its team. As a key member of the organization, you will be responsible for providing legal advice and support to the business, ensuring compliance with relevant laws and regulations.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide legal advice and support to the business, ensuring compliance with relevant laws and regulations.
  • Conduct legal due diligence for AMF projects to ensure compliance with the AMF Articles of Agreement and operational policies.
  • Complete legal tasks and projects in a timely manner and respond to legal queries.
  • Support AMF affiliates by providing legal oversight and opinions on legal matters and risks.
  • Draft and negotiate contracts and agreements to maximize legal protections while minimizing legal risks.
  • Produce and regularly update standardized legal agreements, contracts, and standard terms and conditions for the AMF.
  • Advise departments and project teams on AMF policies, procedures, and legal inquiries.
  • Prepare legal memoranda on pertinent legal issues.
  • Work closely with other members of the AMF and share legal knowledge and best practices with colleagues.
  • Liaise with external law firms and relevant authorities to ensure the effective resolution of all legal matters affecting the AMF.
  • Make recommendations for improvements to policies, processes, and streamlining the same to bring about efficiency and improve turnaround time.
  • Develop contingency plans to deal with emergencies related to legal matters.
  • Maintain continuous follow-up of regulatory landscape development related to AMF fields of legal interest.
  • Act as the first point of contact for regulatory compliance concerns.
  • Directly respond to counterparty requests for Know Your Client (KYC) and AML/CFT and other compliance-related inquiries.
  • Create and implement a Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) framework with adequate policies and procedures.
  • Provide Financial Crime Compliance advice and assessment.
  • Review the organization's adherence to regulatory compliance procedures in various jurisdictions.
  • Certify the authenticity of documents upon counterparty request.
  • Report regulatory compliance issues and recommend solutions.
  • Stay up to date on current regulatory compliance developments, including international developments in the area of taxation.

Qualifications and Skills

  • An LL.B. degree, JD degree, or equivalent, with at least seven years of relevant work experience and qualified to practice law or Bar admission in at least one jurisdiction.
  • A master's degree in law (LLM) is desirable. Experience in a reputable private sector law firm and/or with an international/regional financial organization is a strong plus.
  • Excellent legal research, writing, drafting, analytical, and communications skills.
  • Certified Anti-money laundering specialist (CAMS) designation and other additional relevant designations such as FSRA/DFSA.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills.
  • Good command of both the Arabic and English languages.
  • Fully proficient in computer skills, particularly in using word processing software, information databases, internet services, and library sources.

Experience

  • Experience in administrative/civil contract and corporate law, in transactional legal work and/or preparation and negotiation of legal agreements.
  • Experience in a financial institution is a plus.
  • Familiarity in the use of varied legal research sources, including electronic sources in the internet, and other databases.
  • Ability to work well as a team member in a multi-cultural and multi-ethnic environment.
  • Ability to work under time pressure and to juggle multiple tasks within tight deadlines.

Terms and Conditions

The AMF offers competitive terms of service in accordance with the applicable employment policy, which includes tax-free salary, housing allowance, furniture allowance, air tickets, education allowance, and life and medical insurance.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

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