Compliance Officer - Sanctions Screening
Capitex · Sharjah
Job description
About the role
The Compliance Officer will focus on sanctions screening, reviewing alerts and conducting risk‑based investigations to ensure regulatory compliance.
Key responsibilities
- Review sanctions screening alerts and perform timely investigations to determine potential matches.
- Conduct name matching, fuzzy‑logic review and false‑positive analysis using customer and transaction data.
- Gather and verify supporting information such as identifiers, date of birth, address, nationality and ownership details.
- Document decisions, rationale and evidence in line with internal procedures and audit requirements.
- Escalate true matches, potential matches and high‑risk cases to appropriate stakeholders promptly.
Required profile
- Minimum 3 years’ sanctions screening experience within UAE banks.
- Knowledge of global sanctions regimes.
- Experience using sanctions screening systems.
Required skills
- Strong analytical and documentation skills.
- Proficiency with name‑matching and fuzzy‑logic review techniques.
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Capitex
Sharjah