Hiring for Legal & Compliance (KYC) Associate – Dubai

Full time in Financial Crime Compliance
  • Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • Post Date : January 4, 2026

Job Detail

  • Job ID 42827
  • Career Level  Mid-Level Professional
  • Experience  5- 7 Years
  • Minimum Qualifications  Bachelor’s Degree

Job Description

Hiring for Legal & Compliance (KYC) Associate – Dubai

Roles & Responsibilities

What you will do

  • Lead compliance activities with a strong focus on KYC onboarding for B2B partners, ensuring adherence to internal and regulatory requirements.
  • Monitor sanctions lists and support ongoing regulatory compliance to maintain alignment with applicable laws and standards.
  • Maintain and update contract and legal document templates to ensure consistency and compliance.
  • Keep CRM systems, contract trackers, and legal databases accurate and up to date.
  • Assist with company secretarial matters, including preparing corporate resolutions for bank account openings or closures, director appointments or changes, and other entity management matters.
  • Support the optimisation of legal and compliance workflows to improve efficiency and accuracy.
  • Liaise across legal, compliance, commercial, and administrative functions to ensure smooth operations and alignment with business priorities.

Requirements

  • Approximately 5 years experience in legal assistance, compliance support, or a related operational role, with a strong understanding of relevant legal and compliance principles, particularly KYC and regulatory requirements.
  • Proactive above all else you anticipate issues, take action, and follow through without waiting for problems to arise.
  • Builds trust quickly by being approachable, accessible, and engaged, actively talking to sales and the rest of the business, joining meetings, and working seamlessly across departments.
  • Highly organised you manage multiple tasks and deadlines with ease, staying calm and in control under pressure.
  • A solutions-focused problem solver who takes ownership and sees issues through to resolution.
  • Experienced with contracts, sanctions, and company secretarial matters.

Desired Candidate Profile

Approximately 5 years experience in legal assistance, compliance support, or a related operational role, with a strong understanding of relevant legal and compliance principles, particularly KYC and regulatory requirements.

Proactive above all else you anticipate issues, take action, and follow through without waiting for problems to arise.

Builds trust quickly by being approachable, accessible, and engaged, actively talking to sales and the rest of the business, joining meetings, and working seamlessly across departments.

Highly organised you manage multiple tasks and deadlines with ease, staying calm and in control under pressure.

A solutions-focused problem solver who takes ownership and sees issues through to resolution.

Experienced with contracts, sanctions, and company secretarial matters.

Required skills

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