Compliance Manager

2 months ago

Manama, Bahrain Zurich Insurance Full time

**Job Summary**
- Zurich Middle East is part of Zurich Insurance Group, one of the world’s largest and most experienced insurers. Our mission is to help our local community understand and protect themselves from risk both locally and globally.- Reporting to Chief Compliance Officer, the Compliance Manager is expected to promote an ethics-based culture, delivering practical solutions, guidance and training; identifies and manages Compliance Risks, implementing policies, processes and controls related to the Compliance Risk Universe of moderate complexity to complex. Interacts with supervisory bodies whenever required and acts as the approved individual wherever needed.- This role will be based in Zurich Bahrain office.**Job Accountabilities**
- As Compliance Manager, your role will involve:
- Review Compliance strategy and determine if it is aligned with business strategy, legal requirements and trends. Identify areas not aligned and bring to Compliance leadership.
- Maintain appropriate independence as appropriately required as per the AML/CFTR Rules.
- Promoting Ethic Based Culture, implementing training and awareness activities and providing management with relevant metrics.
- Assess complex new laws and trends and their applicability and implementation to Zurich’s operations in the jurisdiction, in alignment with Legal, in order to ensure that the Compliance Risk Universe are fully identified and managed.
- Advise the first line of defense with respect to policies (i.e. their adoption, development, implementation and maintenance), practical guidance, training, relevant controls, and processes for mitigation of risks within the Compliance Risk Universe.
- Provide information to management to support its regulatory relationship management regarding topics from the compliance risk universe thereby upholding the organization’s public image.
- Identify and interact with internal stakeholders to further comprehend the functional mandates and ensure functional involvement in matters of relevance.
- Ensure that relevant stakeholders are informed, understand and support Compliance activities and prioritization.
- Evaluate business activities to assess compliance risk.
- Contribute to regular awareness campaigns reminding employees of the respective Group Policy and how they can report a violation or a concern.
- Advise and support first line of defense with regard to the adoption of applicable Compliance Policies.
- Perform Compliance Oversight, establishing and maintaining reports to relevant stakeholders, as foreseen in internal policies and local regulations.
- Provide input to the annual compliance risk assessment to satisfy internal and regulatory requirements and communicate assessment results to management, governance committees and other stakeholders, as applicable, coordinating action plans settlement whenever is necessary.
- Perform assurance to the business that the function inherent risks are being identified, managed and mitigated where possible.
- Share assurance activities’ results and agree on actions with management and other relevant stakeholders and follow up with business on agreed improvement actions.

**Job Qualifications**
- To be successful in this role, you will need:
- Bachelor’s Degree and 6 years of work experience in Compliance related field.
- Previous Experience in approved function as Compliance Officer and MLRO from a relevant regulator (e.g. CBB, CBUAE, QFCRA, DFSA).
- Relevant professional Degree including but not limited to (ICA Diploma, ACAMS, CISI Rules and Regulations, BIBF, Certified Insurance Supervisor (CIS) qualification).
- Skills:
- Accuracy & Attention to Detail
- Agile Ways of Working
- Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving
- Business Acumen Stakeholder Management
- Continuous Improvement
- Effective Communication and Negotiation
- Execution & Implementation
- Insurance Legal & Regulatory Environment
- Organizational Agility

**Why Zurich**

At Zurich, we like to think outside the box and challenge the status quo. We take an optimistic approach by focusing on the positives and constantly asking What can go right?

We are an equal opportunity employer who knows that each employee is unique - that’s what makes our team so great

Join us as we constantly explore new ways to protect our customers and the planet.
- Location(s): BH - Manama
- Remote working: No
- Schedule: Full Time
- Recruiter name: Leigh Jeremy Jaye Santander
- Hiring Manager: Husain Ali
- Closing Date: November 4, 2024

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