Assistant Manager, Sanctions (UAE National)

Support sanctions compliance by reviewing alerts, conducting assessments, documenting decisions and helping ensure transactions and customers are handled in line with applicable financial-crime controls. This position is suited to a professional who can combine sound judgement, customer or stakeholder focus and disciplined execution in a regulated banking environment.

Role Context

This role contributes to a professional banking environment where accuracy, responsible decision-making, customer focus and effective collaboration are essential. The position offers the opportunity to work with experienced teams, support business priorities and contribute to sustainable service and operational outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Review and assess sanctions screening alerts and related customer or transaction information.
• Conduct research and analysis to distinguish potential matches from false positives.
• Document investigation rationale, decisions, escalations and supporting evidence accurately.
• Coordinate with business, operations, compliance and other control functions to resolve cases.
• Support monitoring of sanctions requirements and implementation of relevant controls.
• Contribute to reporting, quality assurance and continuous improvement of sanctions processes.
• Maintain confidentiality and complete reviews within required service levels and governance standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, business, law, compliance or a related discipline.
• Experience in sanctions, AML, transaction monitoring or financial-crime compliance.
• Strong investigative, analytical and documentation skills.
• Knowledge of sanctions controls and ability to interpret customer and transaction information.

What You’ll Bring

The successful candidate should demonstrate professionalism, ownership, clear communication and a practical approach to solving problems. Strong collaboration skills and the ability to manage priorities are important, along with respect for confidentiality, controls and service standards. Candidates should be comfortable working with multiple stakeholders and using data, documentation and business information to support sound decisions. A proactive attitude, willingness to learn and commitment to delivering dependable results will be valued in the role.

Employment Details

• Company: Commercial Bank of Dubai
• Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Employment Type: Full Time
• Experience: 4 - 7 Years