Legal Compliance Specialist

1 week ago

Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Arab Monetary Fund Full time
Job Title: Legal Compliance Specialist

Arab Monetary Fund is seeking a highly skilled Legal Compliance Specialist to join our team. As a key member of our legal department, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the organization's compliance with relevant laws and regulations.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Provide legal advice and support to the business, ensuring compliance with AMF's strategic and business objectives.
  • Conduct legal due diligence for AMF projects, ensuring compliance with the AMF Articles of Agreement and operational policies.
  • Complete legal tasks and projects in a timely manner, responding to legal queries and providing expert advice.
  • Support AMF affiliates by providing legal oversight and opinions on legal matters and risks.
  • Draft and negotiate contracts and agreements, ensuring maximum legal protections while minimizing 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 colleagues to share legal knowledge and best practices, providing formal and informal legal training sessions.
  • Liaise with external law firms and relevant authorities to ensure effective resolution of all legal matters affecting AMF.
  • Make recommendations for improvements to policies, processes, and streamlining to bring about efficiency and improve turn-around 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 a first point of contact for regulatory compliance concerns.
  • Directly respond to counter-party requests for Know Your Client (KYC) and AML/CFT and other compliance-related inquiries.
  • Create and implement an FCC framework with adequate policies and procedures.
  • Provide Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) advice and assessment.
  • Review the organization's adherence to regulatory compliance procedures in various jurisdictions.
  • Certify the authenticity of documents upon counter-parties' request.
  • Report regulatory compliance issues and recommend solutions.
  • Stay up-to-date on current regulatory compliance developments, including international developments in taxation.
Requirements:
  • LL.B. degree, JD degree, or equivalent, with at least seven years of relevant work experience and qualified to practice law/Bar admission (or equivalent) in at least one jurisdiction.
  • 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 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.
What We Offer:

Arab Monetary Fund offers competitive terms of service in accordance with the applicable employment policy, including 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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