Senior Manager- Risk Consulting- FCC- Baghdad Ernst & Young AE

In the Risk Management Financial Crime Compliance team, you will be expected to provide strategic sourcing services related to regulatory compliance, Financial Crime Compliance (FCC), corporate governance, enterprise risk management, internal controls, and internal audit, to our clients in financial services (FS) industry. You are also required to assist organizations to maintain effective and efficient controls, in order to manage organizational and strategic risks. Also, to be able to contribute to our advisory business in FCC, where advisory services on FCC target operating models, business processes and internal controls follow regulatory requirements without compromising on customer experience that are provided to the client.

Skills and attributes for success

• Excellent understanding of economic or market issues and the ability to interpret their impact on clients.
• Act as a key point of contact for clients on financial crime and compliance matters.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships to support pipeline development, while demonstrating sound commercial judgment.
• Proactively identify and originate new business opportunities across existing and prospective clients, including leading and contributing to proposal development and client presentations.
• Lead and manage complex engagements related to regulatory compliance, Financial Crime Compliance (FCC), corporate governance, risk assessments, enterprise risk management, internal controls to our clients.
• Utilize data analytics tools and techniques to improve transaction monitoring and sanction screening defenses for the financial services sector and conduct transaction system optimization by using advanced analytical algorithms to identify trends.
• Review work performed by team members to ensure technical quality.
• Manage, coach, and mentor team members.
• Contribute to team training, knowledge sharing, and development initiatives.
• Leverage technology to continually learn, improve service delivery and maintain our leading-edge best practices.
• Strong presentation skills and proficiency in the use of PowerPoint, Word, and Excel
• Build an understanding of our solutions, share knowledge and be able to draw on subject matter specialists accordingly.
• Self-motivated with lots of energy and drive
• Manage financial aspects of engagements by tracking fees and communicating issues.
• Actively improve operational efficiency on projects and internal initiatives and will consistently drive projects to completion, determining that the work is of high quality.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Only candidates with Big Four experience will be considered.
• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in Financial Crime Compliance (AML/ CFT, Sanctions, Anti-Bribery & Corruption and Fraud) experience within the Big Four.
• Proven experience managing complex engagements and leading teams.
• Strong understanding of the local market and strong relationships
• Strong understanding of expectations of regulators. Knowledge of other jurisdictions AML regulations and environment, and practical experience in the industry.
• Knowledge of the global risk and regulatory environment, especially developments in the FCC space.
• Graduate degree in Finance, Accounting, Law, Business preferred.
• Professional certifications (e.g., CAMS, ICA, CFE, CPA, ACCA) are preferred.
• Demonstrate strong planning, execution and reporting skills.
• Analytical skills: specifically, the ability to assess and decompose financial services industry processes utilizing a risk and control focus.
• Experience across the MENA region.
• Flexibility to travel across the MENA region.
• Arabic proficiency is a must. Good English communication skills.
• Strong experience in FCC-related technology projects, such as payments screening, transaction monitoring, &/or customer risk rating systems.
• Understanding of financial regulations and laws related to financial crime, such as the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions.