Senior Specialist - Financial Crime Analytics (UAEN only)

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank
Abu Dhabi
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Data Analytics & Business IntelligenceExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Analytical and problem-solving skills"]

Support ADCB’s Group Compliance & Governance by implementing and optimizing Compliance and Financial Crime systems, models, and data initiatives. Own model performance monitoring, AML typology tuning, data integrity validation, and UAT execution, while coordinating changes with stakeholders and IT. Contribute to AML model development and validation, monitor control performance, and produce management reporting on alert volumes, turnaround times, effectiveness, and key risk indicators.

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Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank
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Senior Specialist - Financial Crime Analytics (UAEN only)

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Job Summary

Support ADCB’s Group Compliance & Governance by implementing and optimizing Compliance and Financial Crime systems, models, and data initiatives. Own model performance monitoring, AML typology tuning, data integrity validation, and UAT execution, while coordinating changes with stakeholders and IT. Contribute to AML model development and validation, monitor control performance, and produce management reporting on alert volumes, turnaround times, effectiveness, and key risk indicators.
Location: Abu Dhabi
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Support implementation, enhancement, and optimization of compliance and financial crime systems, models, and data initiatives, including model performance monitoring and AML typology threshold tuning.
  • •Coordinate compliance and financial crime system/model/data change requests and enhancements by gathering requirements, working with IT on implementation/testing, and maintaining initiative tracking and governance updates.
  • •Participate in AML and financial crime model validation, monitoring model performance and effectiveness, and reporting to ensure models meet business and regulatory requirements.
  • •Monitor financial crime system performance, parameters, and thresholds; identify control weaknesses and exceptions, escalate as needed, and prepare management reporting on alert volumes, turnaround times, and key risk indicators.
  • •Recommend and implement improvements to departmental policies, procedures, and processes to meet procedural requirements and deliver best-in-class services.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceDentalPaid LeaveRemote WorkLearning Budget

Key Requirements

  • •At least 5 years of experience in financial crime systems, transaction monitoring, screening, and related applications in banking or financial services.
  • •Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related quantitative discipline.
  • •Professional certification in Financial Crime Compliance, Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Sanctions, Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, or Model Risk Management (e.g., CAMS, ICA, CFCS).
  • •Hands-on experience with programming/scripting such as SQL, Python, or SAS, plus AML and financial crime systems knowledge.
  • •Strong skills in model development and performance monitoring, including detection rule design/optimization and financial crime data analysis.
Experience:5+ years
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Analytical and problem-solving skills
Certifications:CAMSICACFCS
Tech Stack:SQLPythonSASAML systemsFinancial Crime systemsMicrosoft ExcelPowerPoint

Eligibility

Nationality:UAE National

Company Brief

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank
ADCB (Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank) is a UAE-based public bank offering retail, corporate, investment banking, treasury and wealth management services across the UAE and internationally, serving individuals, SMEs and large corporates.
Industry: Banking
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Founded: 1985
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