Team Leader- Operations-Regulatory and Compliance

Mashreq
Bengaluru
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceSkills: ["Communication","Interpersonal skills","Problem-solving","Decision-making"]

Lead operations for regulatory and compliance activities, including managing sanctions screening queues and releasing/accepting/rejecting messages in accordance with SOP and bank policy within TAT and zero-error tolerance. Monitor compliance and sanction risks, ensure training and awareness for staff across CPC/IBG, and provide timely MIS reports to unit managers and stakeholders. Use systems such as Fircosoft and SWIFT processes to maintain records and confirm end-of-day queue processing.

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Team Leader- Operations-Regulatory and Compliance

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Job Summary

Lead operations for regulatory and compliance activities, including managing sanctions screening queues and releasing/accepting/rejecting messages in accordance with SOP and bank policy within TAT and zero-error tolerance. Monitor compliance and sanction risks, ensure training and awareness for staff across CPC/IBG, and provide timely MIS reports to unit managers and stakeholders. Use systems such as Fircosoft and SWIFT processes to maintain records and confirm end-of-day queue processing.
Location: Bengaluru
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Receive and manage responses/decisions via email, release or reject messages as instructed, and escalate or generate reminders when decisions are not received within TAT.
  • •Explore and raise potential compliance issues on various products and maintain current knowledge of legal/statutory/regulatory changes impacting the bank.
  • •Ensure all transactions are processed per SOP and bank policy within agreed TAT with zero error tolerance, including managing daily day-end confirmation emails.
  • •Own all queues in Fircosoft and maintain total control of activities, including release/accept/reject/modification of OFAC-validation queue actions for screening of payment messages and cheque payments.
  • •Provide ongoing compliance awareness and training for staff, filter compliance/regulatory issues for prioritization, and deliver timely and accurate MIS/reports to unit manager and other units.

Key Requirements

  • •4-6 years’ experience in banking operations in a hands-on checker role with all-round banking skills and technical expertise.
  • •Extensive knowledge of sanctions screening for cheque payments and inward/outward payments, including MT103, MT202, MT199, MT400, and MT700 series messages, within an AML environment.
  • •Expertise in interpreting banking regulations, laws, and anti-money laundering regulations applicable across jurisdictions.
  • •Good working knowledge of SWIFT and Mashreq processes and systems, including queue ownership responsibilities.
  • •Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Experience:Banking operationsAMLSanctions screeningCheque paymentsSWIFT
Skills:CommunicationInterpersonal skillsProblem-solvingDecision-making
Tech Stack:SWIFTFircosoft

Company Brief

Mashreq
Mashreq Bank is a UAE-headquartered full-service bank offering retail, corporate, Islamic and digital banking, treasury, and capital markets services across the Middle East and internationally.
Industry: Banking
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Founded: 1967
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