COMPLIANCE MANAGER

Job Title: Compliance Manager — FX (Dubai)

Location: Dubai, UAE Employment Type: Full-time

Role Summary: Experienced Compliance Manager with minimum 1 year of hands-on compliance experience in the foreign exchange (FX) industry. Responsible for building, maintaining and enforcing the firms regulatory compliance framework, ensuring adherence to UAE and international AML/CTF, licensing and market conduct requirements applicable to FX/retail forex/OTC currency products.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, implement and maintain compliance policies, procedures and controls specific to FX operations.
• Monitor regulatory developments in the UAE (DFSA if DIFC, SCA, or relevant mainland regulators) and key international jurisdictions; update policies and advise senior management on impact.
• Oversee Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Counter-Terrorist Financing (CTF) and sanctions compliance for FX products: KYC/CDD, transaction monitoring, SAR/STR filing, sanctions screening.
• Conduct regular risk assessments, compliance reviews and periodic testing across trading, payments, client onboarding, and treasury functions.
• Provide day-to-day compliance support to trading, sales, onboarding and operations teams; review marketing/promotional materials for regulatory appropriateness.
• Manage regulatory reporting, license renewals, and interactions with regulators and auditors; prepare responses to regulatory inquiries and examinations.
• Lead investigations into compliance breaches, recommend remediation, oversee implementation and track corrective actions.
• Design and deliver compliance training for staff, maintain training records and promote compliance culture.
• Maintain and update recordkeeping, logs and registers (incident, gifts & hospitality, conflicts of interest, transaction reporting).
• Supervise or coordinate with external compliance/legal advisors where necessary.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelors degree in Law, Finance, Business, or related field.
• Minimum 1 year of direct compliance experience in the FX industry (retail or institutional FX, CFDs, or related FX derivatives). Strong preference for candidates with longer tenure in FX.
• Familiarity with UAE regulatory frameworks (DFSA, SCA, ADGM rules as applicable) and international AML/CTF standards (FATF).
• Practical experience with KYC/CDD, transaction monitoring tools, sanctions screening systems and AML case management.
• Experience preparing regulatory reporting, SAR/STR filing and handling regulator audits/examinations.

Skills & Competencies:

• Strong knowledge of FX products, trading lifecycle and operational risks.
• Excellent analytical, investigative and risk-assessment skills.
• Good understanding of relevant laws and regulatory expectations for financial services and payments.
• Strong communication skills — able to advise senior management and translate regulatory requirements into operational controls.
• High attention to detail, integrity and ability to handle confidential matters.
• Proficient with compliance software, MS Office; familiarity with AML/transaction monitoring platforms preferred.
• Ability to work under pressure and in a fast-paced regulatory environment.

Reporting & Team:

• Reports to: Head of Compliance / COO / General Counsel (depending on organisation)
• May manage junior compliance analysts or external consultants.

Compensation:

• Competitive salary and benefits package (to be discussed based on experience).