Senior Associate

Overview

Senior Associate Jobs in Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates at Trifecta Advisory Group Limited

Title: Senior Associate

Company: Trifecta Advisory Group Limited

Location: Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates

Trifecta Advisory Group is a consultancy firm proudly based in the Abu Dhabi Global Market. Rooted in excellence and collaboration, Trifecta provides meticulous guidance and effective solutions, empowering entities to navigate ADGM, DIFC, VARA, and Onshore regulatory frameworks seamlessly. As architects of success, we blend expertise and innovative strategies, ensuring our clients thrive in the dynamic business landscape while complying with regulations.​ 

Reporting to the Director of Compliance, the Senior Associate will be an integral part of the team’s success. 

 

Duties & Responsibilities 

Undertake the regulatory functions of Compliance Officer, Money Laundering Reporting Officer, and Risk Officer for a range of regulated financial services firms. 

Provide consultancy services and advice to Trifecta clients. 

Manage a number of frameworks across a portfolio of clients, including compliance, financial crime and risk frameworks. Such work includes, but is not limited to: 

Ensuring and maintaining compliance with all federal legislation and applicable regulations of a client’s jurisdiction; 

Identifying, managing, and mitigating regulatory risk by conducting periodic review and monitoring programmes; 

Provision of training on regulatory compliance, financial crime, and other topics; 

Presenting management information and reports to senior management and governing bodies of clients; 

Review and approval of clients, ensuring KYC and CDD is conducted in accordance with the relevant framework(s); 

Regulatory reporting to the regulator, and completion of any federal level reports. 

Providing regulatory compliance and financial crime training to other employees of Trifecta. 

Undertake regulatory horizon scanning and analyses, identifying the impact of regulatory changes across a portfolio of clients and Trifecta. 

Provide coaching, mentoring, and support to other employees of Trifecta. 

Completion of weekly and monthly timesheets to ensure accurate and efficient charging to Trifecta clients. 

 

Key Competencies 

Strong ethical and moral individual, who is able to build relationships with clients, regulators and the wider Trifecta group. 

Ability to communicate effectively and confident, with external and internal stakeholders, in both written and verbal communications. 

Exceptional attention to detail. 

Able to multi-task and handle a book of clients, with a wide range of business needs. 

Good commercial awareness, with the ability to determine good outcomes for all parties involved. 

 

Education 

An internationally recognised professional qualification. 

A strong academic background, including a degree in a relevant field, including but not limited to Law/Economics/Finance, or equivalent thereof. 

 

Experience 

A minimum of 5 years’ experience in financial services in a compliance or financial crime role, or at a financial services regulator. 

The individual should have a solid understanding of the compliance, financial crime and risk management space, who is able to act in an independent and confident manner to develop policy and culture across the Trifecta group.