Manager - Financial Crime Regulatory Reporting

About the role

HSBC is seeking a Manager to lead the end‑to‑end delivery of UAE financial crime regulatory reporting. The role operates with considerable autonomy, ensuring all AML, CTF, sanctions and proliferation financing submissions are accurate, timely and audit‑ready.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver regulatory returns and notifications for sanctions, AML, CTF and PF, meeting accuracy and deadline requirements.
• Own the reporting calendar, coordinating dependencies and hand‑offs across stakeholders.
• Maintain a robust reporting control framework, including reconciliations, sign‑offs and audit trails.
• Analyse data movements, provide commentary and escalate emerging risks or control weaknesses.
• Manage post‑submission queries from regulators and ensure complete audit documentation.
• Coordinate impact assessments, maintain interpretation logs and drive regulatory decision making.
• Lead implementation planning and delivery across UAE Financial Crime and relevant business lines.
• Conduct gap assessments, maintain a prioritized register and track remediation actions.
• Serve as the central contact for regulatory change, aligning with SMEs and documenting justified local deviations.
• Produce consolidated status reports, governance packs and MI covering upcoming changes and remediation status.

Required profile

• UAE national.
• Significant experience in financial crime regulatory reporting (AML, CTF, sanctions, PF).
• Ability to work autonomously and manage complex stakeholder relationships.
• Strong analytical capability with a focus on risk identification and control effectiveness.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Required skills

What we offer

• Competitive remuneration package.
• Opportunities for professional development within a global bank.
• Dynamic and inclusive work environment.