Junior Regulatory Consultant

Skills

About the Role

You will support senior consultants in delivering outsourced compliance and AML/CTF services to UAE-based financial institutions. You will prepare, review, and coordinate documentation for regulatory filings, license applications, and ongoing compliance submissions. You will liaise with client teams to collect information, clarify requirements, and ensure timely completion of deliverables. You will conduct regulatory research and prepare summaries on relevant rules, guidance, and supervisory expectations in the UAE. You will assist senior consultants during on-site work by preparing materials, tracking issues, and following up with stakeholders. You will maintain client compliance calendars, risk registers, and AML/CTF documentation, and contribute to the preparation of internal playbooks, methodologies, and best practices for outsourced compliance and MLRO services.

Requirements

• 2–5 years of experience in Compliance or AML/CTF in either a financial institution or digital assets firm, or in Supervision, authorisation or AML CFT in a financial regulator
• Direct experience with achieving compliance under common law / English-law-based regulatory frameworks (e.g., Singapore, UK, Hong Kong); exposure to UAE regulatory regimes is a plus
• Working knowledge of compliance monitoring, KYC/CDD, transaction monitoring, and reporting obligations
• Strong writing skills and the ability to produce clear and well-structured compliance documentation
• Comfortable handling detailed, process-oriented work essential to regulatory compliance
• Proactive, organized, and able to handle multiple deliverables with tight timelines
• Willingness to learn the UAE's regulatory environment and its nuances
• Strong stakeholder-management skills, especially when coordinating across different time zones and cultures
• Interest in developing a career in regulatory advisory, compliance, and AML/CTF in cross-border contexts
• High degree of integrity and professional maturity, with sensitivity to confidential information

Responsibilities

• Support senior consultants in delivering outsourced compliance and AML/CTF services to UAE-based financial institutions
• Prepare, review, and coordinate documentation for regulatory filings, license applications, and ongoing compliance submissions
• Liaise with client teams to collect information, clarify requirements, and ensure timely completion of deliverables
• Conduct regulatory research and prepare summaries for senior consultants on relevant rules, guidance, and supervisory expectations in the UAE
• Assist senior consultants during on-site work by preparing materials, tracking issues, and following up with stakeholders
• Maintain client compliance calendars, risk registers, and AML/CTF documentation
• Contribute to the preparation of internal playbooks, methodologies, and best practices for outsourced compliance and MLRO services