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Internal Audit Lead - Financial Crime

📍 Location
dubai
⏰ Job Type
Full-time
📅 Posted
July 14, 2026

About the Role

Internal Audit Lead - Financial Crime

Department: Internal Audit

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: UAE

Description

The Lead Auditor – Financial Crime & Compliance is responsible for leading and delivering audits across financial crime and compliance domains, including AML, CTF, sanctions, fraud prevention, and customer due diligence (CDD/KYC/KYB), as well as key compliance‑owned processes.

The role focuses on independently assessing the effectiveness of financial crime prevention frameworks, regulatory compliance programs and governance structures, including compliance monitoring, regulatory change management and horizon scanning processes in line with CBUAE expectations.

This position requires deep expertise in financial crime compliance and regulatory frameworks, combined with strong investigative and data analytics capabilities. The individual will take end‑to‑end ownership of audit engageme...

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