Assistant Manager/ Manager - Risk Consulting - Regulatory Compliance

We are looking to hire two Assistant Managers/Managers Regulatory Compliance within our Financial Services Risk Consulting team in UAE. Please find the job description below for your reference and request you to kindly share the suitable profiles. Please let me know if we can have a few CVs shared by mid of next week. Happy to connect for a quick discussion if any clarification is needed on the role or candidate profile.

Role Summary

Manager-level Regulatory Compliance professional with strong experience in regulatory frameworks and banking compliance. The role will focus on delivering regulatory gap assessments, conduct risk reviews, market conduct and consumer protection reviews, product governance assessments, and broader compliance advisory engagements for financial institutions.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead execution of regulatory gap assessments against regulations issued by regulatory authorities including CBUAE, SCA, DFSA, FSRA, VARA.
  • Perform Market Conduct Compliance reviews, including assessments against Consumer Protection Regulations and Standards issued by CBUAE
  • Conduct Product Governance assessments, including review of product design, approval, suitability, disclosures, and post-sale monitoring frameworks
  • Deliver Conduct Risk Assessments, including identification of conduct risk drivers, indicators, and mitigation measures
  • Perform Compliance Risk Assessments and support development of remediation and action plans
  • Review and enhance compliance frameworks, policies, procedures, RCMs, and governance structures
  • Deliver compliance reviews aligned to regulatory expectations and applicable standards
  • Provide regulatory interpretation and advisory support to clients on new and existing regulations
  • Assist clients in supervisory examination reviews remediation programs
  • Lead workshops, training sessions, and awareness programs for client compliance and business teams
  • Manage engagement workstreams, review deliverables, and coach junior team members
  • Develop client-ready, regulator-grade deliverables
  • Contribute to proposals, thought leadership, and business development activities
Additional Expectations
  • Ability to manage multiple workstreams and lead junior team members
  • Experience working with global banks or large financial institutions
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills suitable for client and regulator interactions
  • Ability to operate independently in a fast-paced, client-facing environment

Desired Candidate Profile

  • ~10 years of experience in regulatory compliance, internal audit, or compliance advisory
  • Experience across one or more of the following:
    • Regulatory Compliance function in a bank / financial institution
    • Internal Audit (with focus on regulatory / compliance audits)
    • Big 4 / consulting experience in financial services
  • Strong hands-on experience in:
    • Regulatory gap assessments and compliance reviews
    • Market Conduct Compliance and Consumer Protection Regulations
    • Product Governance and product lifecycle compliance
    • Conduct risk and compliance risk frameworks
  • Solid knowledge of UAE regulators: CBUAE, SCA, DFSA, FSRA, VARA
  • Exposure to digital assets / virtual asset regulation preferred
  • Strong regulatory interpretation, analytical, and stakeholder management skills
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