Job Description : Legal Compliance Manager, UAE/Bahrain
Our client, an international law firm is looking for a Legal Compliance Manager for its teams in UAE as well as Bahrain.
Responsibilities:
• Run and circulate reports to EXCO, Global Heads, IMPs and other interested parties.
• Undertake research to obtain satisfactory money laundering evidence for clients using online data sources.
• Ensure that the regulations on Client Due Diligence (CDD aka KYC) are adhered to within the firm.
• Update all users on the firm’s standards and procedures, as outlined in Best Practices policies, by training talks.
• Ensure that complete and accurate information required for New Client and New Matter opening is updated in the CMS.
• Research all new clients and new matters in High and designated Medium Risk jurisdictions and pass results to Head of Compliance for approval or reference to Conflicts Group.
Requirements:
• University degree in Law; preferred but not essential.
• Candidates with 3-7 experience.
• AML procedures in law firms.
• Sound knowledge of SRA code of conduct.
• Arabic (Preferred but not essential).
Candidates who qualify for this position may kindly quote the Job Title in the subject of your email and send your CV as an attachment in MS Word Document format to
karan.trehan@gulfconnexions.com