Senior Compliance Counsel📣 Job Ad

Role Overview

The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) is seeking a Senior Compliance Counsel to join its team. This full-time position is based in Jeddah or Makkah, within the Makkah region, and is central to ensuring the bank's adherence to compliance standards and mitigating risks.

Purpose of the Role

The primary purpose of this role is to contribute to the provision of effective and efficient compliance services, aligning with the IsDB's overarching goals and objectives. The Senior Compliance Counsel will be instrumental in protecting the bank's interests by designing and implementing strategies to mitigate and manage compliance risks across all bank activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Review and evaluate existing compliance policies, procedures, and systems to identify gaps and propose necessary changes based on benchmarking, best practices, and global trends in Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT), and Know Your Customer (KYC).
• Design, develop, and implement compliance policies and procedural guidelines related to AML/CFT/KYC issues, utilizing these guidelines for compliance assessments on the adequacy of IsDB's internal governance procedures to manage AML/CFT/KYC, in coordination with the Manager.
• Conduct and contribute to compliance country reports, typology studies, and thematic assessments concerning AML/CFT strategic deficiencies, financial crime trends, and other pertinent compliance matters affecting member countries and IsDB operations.
• Perform proper background checks on new counterparts for IsDB business units before engaging in any business relationship, and provide subsequent monitoring input throughout the relationship period.
• Ensure the identification and timely, efficient reporting of suspicious transactions and activities, and conduct thorough investigations of suspicious transactions or money laundering alerts.
• Respond to all AML/CFT/KYC inquiries received from IsDB's external counterparts, including international, regional, and local banks, corporations, governments, public entities, and NGOs.

Required Experience

Candidates for this role should possess 5 to 10 years of relevant professional experience in compliance, legal, or a related field, preferably within a financial institution or similar international organization.

Work Location and Type

This is a full-time position located in Jeddah or Makkah, Saudi Arabia, within the Makkah region. The role requires a dedicated presence to support the bank's compliance framework.

Application Process

Interested candidates are invited to apply for this position. Salary details will be discussed during the interview process.