Compliance Analyst

Role Overview

The Compliance Analyst supports the Compliance function in fulfilling the firm’s regulatory, AML/CFT, sanctions, and governance responsibilities in line with Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) requirements and internal policies and procedures. The role provides day-to-day support to the Deputy MLRO and MLRO across customer onboarding and reviews, KYC/KYB, CDD/EDD, transaction monitoring, investigations, sanctions screening, regulatory reporting, policy maintenance, compliance monitoring, record keeping, and general compliance administration. The role is expected to manage assigned tasks with a degree of independence, exercise sound judgment, and escalate issues appropriately.

Responsibilities

Support the Deputy MLRO and MLRO in the day-to-day execution of the firm’s compliance, AML/CFT, sanctions, and financial crime responsibilities

Review and assess customer onboarding, KYC/KYB, CDD, EDD, periodic review, trigger-based review, and remediation cases prepared by the central team, and provide input, challenge, and recommendations to support decision-making.

Review higher-risk or escalated customer files, including source of funds, source of wealth, ownership structures, and supporting documentation, and assist in determining onboarding or ongoing customer suitability.

Review transaction monitoring alerts, investigations, case analyses, and customer activity assessments prepared by the central team, and support the identification, assessment, and escalation of unusual, suspicious, or potentially high-risk activity where appropriate.

Assist in the review and preparation of internal suspicious activity referrals, STR-related documentation, and other regulatory reporting or filing requirements under the direction of the Deputy MLRO and MLRO.

Support sanctions, adverse media, and PEP screening reviews, including the assessment and escalation of potential matches or higher-risk findings.

Assist in maintaining compliance-related records, registers, logs, trackers, and case files, including documentation relating to reviews, escalations, training, regulatory correspondence, and reporting obligations.

Support the preparation and submission of regulatory reports and returns, the implementation of applicable regulatory developments, and the review and enhancement of compliance policies, procedures, and controls.

Prepare internal compliance reports, management information, dashboards, committee materials, and updates for senior management, and support internal audits, regulatory inspections, and independent reviews.

Liaise with central teams and internal stakeholders across operations, customer support, legal, risk, product, and other business functions to support compliance reviews, investigations, reporting, and remediation actions.

Provide broader support to the Compliance Department, including training and guiding new joiners, preparing meeting materials and action trackers, and performing other compliance, AML/CFT, sanctions, monitoring, investigation, reporting, or regulatory-related duties as assigned by the Deputy MLRO or MLRO.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience, with 3–5 years of experience in compliance, AML/CFT, financial crime, or regulatory compliance, preferably within a regulated financial services, payments, or fintech.

Strong working knowledge of AML/CFT, sanctions, KYC/KYB, CDD, EDD, transaction monitoring, suspicious activity escalation, and financial crime risk management within a regulated business environment.

Good understanding of applicable CBB regulatory requirements, including AML/CFT obligations; familiarity with CBB Volume 5 would be an advantage.

Demonstrated experience in reviewing customer onboarding, periodic reviews, remediation cases, customer risk assessments, and higher-risk customer relationships across both individual and institutional customer types.

Proven ability to assess transaction monitoring alerts, unusual activity, sanctions/PEP/adverse media screening outcomes, and other escalations, and to exercise sound judgment in identifying and escalating financial crime risks.

Strong ability to review customer documentation, ownership and control structures, source of funds, and source of wealth information with a high level of accuracy, diligence, and professional judgment.

Experience supporting suspicious activity case handling, regulatory reporting, compliance monitoring, audits, inspections, or control reviews, with the ability to maintain clear, accurate, and audit-ready records.

Relevant certifications such as ACAMS, ICA, or equivalent would be an advantage.

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