At a glance
- Workplace
- Onsite
- Location
- UAE, Abu Dhabi
About the role
- The role provides senior compliance expertise and leadership to the ADGM Recognised Bodies and the ADGM financial services provider entity.
Responsibilities
- Review and approve new products, features, and business initiatives to ensure alignment with FSRA rules and requirements
- Act as a key point of contact for new product request/proposal submission, regulatory queries, and approvals concerning product scope and respective FSRA compliance
- Conduct compliance risk assessments, gap analyses, and operational testing for new financial instruments, assets, products or features
- Generate product compliance plan with joint efforts from cross functions to ensure it is managed in accordance with the BU’s objectives
- Draft, update, and maintain internal compliance policies, frameworks, and monitoring controls.
- Provide advice to staff, training and support as necessary to ensure adherence with the product compliance plans
- Assist with internal compliance audits.
Requirements
- Minimum of 10 years in regulatory compliance, specifically within fintech, crypto, or traditional financial services.
- Deep familiarity with FSRA rulebooks in particular to GEN, COBS, MIR,, etc.
- Track record on regulatory engagement on product compliance aspect and hands on experience in responding regulatory queries on new product approval process
- Ability to effectively organize rulebook gap analysis and risk assessment with good execution credentials and manage detailed proposal for FSRA’s review and approval
- Ability to provide and communicate advice & guidance in a practical & commercial manner with internal stakeholders
- Strong attention to detail
Benefits
- Competitive salary and company benefits
Workplace
- Work-from-home arrangement (the arrangement may vary depending on the work nature of the business team)
