Client: Confidential Reputable Bank / Financial Institution
Employment Type: Full-time
Experience: 1–4 years
Recruitment Partner: Line Two
About the Role
Line Two is supporting a confidential reputable bank / financial institution in Dubai to hire a Client Onboarding Officer (Corporate KYC). This role will support the onboarding of corporate and business clients by reviewing documentation, validating ownership structures, conducting due diligence checks, and ensuring client files are complete, accurate, and audit-ready.
Key Responsibilities
- Support end-to-end onboarding for corporate, SME, and business clients.
- Review corporate documents, trade licenses, ownership structures, authorized signatories, and supporting information.
- Identify and verify UBOs, directors, shareholders, and related parties.
- Conduct KYC/CDD reviews and support EDD escalation for higher-risk clients where required.
- Perform sanctions, PEP, and adverse media screening checks and document outcomes clearly.
- Identify missing documents, inconsistencies, red flags, and cases requiring escalation.
- Maintain accurate case notes, trackers, evidence files, and audit-ready documentation.
- Coordinate with Relationship Managers, Compliance, Operations, and client-facing teams to close onboarding requirements within SLAs.
- Support periodic review, file refresh, and remediation activities where required.
- Assist with reporting on onboarding volumes, pending cases, documentation gaps, and escalations.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Law, Risk, or a related field.
- 1–4 years experience in corporate onboarding, KYC, CDD, banking operations, compliance operations, or financial crime operations.
- Good understanding of corporate KYC, UBO identification, customer due diligence, screening, and documentation standards.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to review corporate documents accurately.
- Strong Excel skills and comfort working with trackers and case files.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English; Arabic is a plus.
Preferred / Nice to Have
- Experience in banking, corporate banking, fintech, payments, wealth management, or regulated financial services.
- Exposure to EDD, high-risk customer reviews, source of funds/source of wealth checks, or complex ownership structures.
- Experience with tools such as World-Check/Refinitiv, Dow Jones, ComplyAdvantage, LexisNexis, Actimize, Oracle FCCM, or similar.
- Certifications or progress toward: CAMS / ICA / CFE or similar.
How to Apply
Apply via LinkedIn with your updated CV. Please include your notice period, current location, and UAE work authorization/visa status if applicable.
Equal Opportunity
We welcome applications from all qualified candidates. Hiring decisions are based on skills, experience, and role requirements.
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