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📅 Deadline

Rolling Basis (Official)

📍 Mode / Location

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

💰 Stipend / Pay

Not Specified

🎓 Eligibility

5+ years in AML, financial crime compliance, or payments operations with direct hands-on experience in sanctions. Prior exposure to remittance corridors, virtual asset transactions, or VASP compliance frameworks preferred. CAMS or equivalent certification preferred.

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Job

Full Opportunity Brief

Overview

Lean Technologies is seeking a Transaction Monitoring Specialist (Lead) based in Dubai, UAE, to build and manage the transaction monitoring framework for a strategic new offering focused on stablecoin-based payments infrastructure. Reporting directly to the Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO), the role ensures product alignment with ADGM FSRA and CBUAE AML/CFT regulatory standards across multiple jurisdictions.

Key Eligibility Criteria

Experience: 5+ years in AML, financial crime compliance, or payments operations with direct hands-on experience in sanctions.
Domain Knowledge: Prior exposure to remittance corridors, virtual asset transactions, or VASP compliance frameworks is strongly preferred.
Technical Aptitude: Demonstrated experience utilizing compliance software tools beyond spreadsheets and evaluating AI-assisted review tools.
Professional Certification: CAMS or an equivalent compliance credential is preferred.

Responsibilities & Scope of Work

Design and operate Lean's transaction monitoring framework for cross-border payments and stablecoin transfers under ADGM FSRA and CBUAE regulations.
Manage end-to-end sanctions and PEP screening for UAE transaction flows against OFAC, UN, EU, and UAE Local Terrorist Designations lists.
Scope, prioritize, and QA AI-first triage layers with engineering teams while managing manual reviews of escalated complex cases.
Establish transaction monitoring policies, threshold calibrations, and historical transaction coverage models.
Draft and submit Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) and Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) to the MLRO for filing via the UAEFIU goAML platform.
Serve as the subject matter expert during regulatory examinations, MLRO audits, client due diligence, and internal reviews.

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