Team Lead – Compliance Monitoring, Assurance & Testing
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Binance ADGM compliance leader designing risk-based monitoring and testing. Assuring AML/CFT, market conduct, client-asset, and prudential controls meet FSRA requirements.
Responsibilities:
- Own and maintain a risk-based annual Compliance Monitoring & Assurance Plan (CMAP)
- Design and execute control testing across AML/CFT, sanctions, market abuse, client-asset safeguarding, complaint handling, outsourcing, and technology/cyber governance
- Apply full-cycle assurance methodology from scoping through closure validation
- Deliver thematic deep-dives aligned to FSRA supervisory priorities
- Ensure monitoring activities map to FSRA AML/CFT, COBS, GEN, PRU, and Virtual Asset framework obligations
- Support the Compliance Officer and MLRO under FSRA's risk-based supervision model
- Maintain evidence trails for FSRA information requests, inspections, and thematic reviews
- Monitor regulatory change and update the monitoring plan
- Produce board-ready assurance reports with quantified findings, severity ratings, and management action plans
- Operate issue-management and remediation-tracking frameworks
- Present monitoring results to Risk Committees, Compliance Committees, and the Board/Audit Committee where required
- Liaise with Internal Audit and external auditors
- Test CDD/EDD, KYC onboarding, periodic review, PEP/sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, and SAR/STR escalation
- Assess suspicious activity identification and reporting, including FIU-UAE submission quality
- Verify Targeted Financial Sanctions and asset-freeze controls
- Build, mentor, and lead the assurance team
- Set testing standards, perform quality review, and coach team members
- Manage resource allocation and delivery against agreed SLAs
- Maintain CMAT policies, methodologies, and documentation to an auditable standard
- Drive automation and data analytics
- Embed lessons learned into first- and second-line processes and training
Requirements:
- 7–10+ years in compliance, assurance, internal audit, or regulatory supervision within financial services, fintech, preferably within crypto/VASP environments
- 3+ years leading teams or workstreams in a second-line or audit function
- Strong working knowledge of ADGM FSRA rulebooks and the UAE AML/CFT landscape; comparable MAS, HKMA, FCA, or DIFC/DFSA experience will be considered
- Proven track record designing and executing risk-based compliance monitoring/testing programmes
- Depth in AML/CFT, sanctions, and financial-crime control testing
- Excellent written and verbal English; strong report-writing and stakeholder-presentation skills
- CAMS, CGSS, CRMA, CIA, ACCA/ACA, ICA, or equivalent certification desirable
- Prior experience in a regulated crypto/VASP or high-growth fintech desirable
- Data analytics, SQL, or audit-automation tooling skills desirable
- Arabic language proficiency advantageous, not required
Benefits:
- No benefits, perks, or compensation extras are specified in the posting
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