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title: "VP & Head of Audit, Financial Crime Compliance – First Abu Dhabi Bank"
url: https://get9to5jobs.com/job/vp-head-of-audit-financial-crime-compliance-first-abu-dhabi-bank/
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company: "First Abu Dhabi Bank"
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location: "Abu Dhabi"
employment_type: "full_time"
date_posted: 2026-10-21
valid_through: "2026-11-20"
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# VP & Head of Audit, Financial Crime Compliance – First Abu Dhabi Bank

First Abu Dhabi Bank is hiring a Vice President and Head of Audit for Financial Crime Compliance, a senior internal audit leadership role responsible for auditing the bank’s financial crime compliance function, anti-money laundering, sanctions, fraud prevention, and related controls. This is senior, highly specialized audit work, financial crime compliance is one of the most heavily regulated and scrutinized areas of any major bank’s operations, and audit coverage here needs to be genuinely rigorous.

Expect the role to involve leading audit engagements across financial crime compliance controls, managing an audit team, and reporting findings to senior leadership and potentially the board’s audit committee. As the largest bank in the UAE and one of the world’s largest and safest financial institutions, FAB faces serious regulatory expectations around financial crime prevention, and the audit function plays a critical role in providing independent assurance that controls are actually working as intended.

A strong candidate brings substantial audit leadership experience with deep financial crime compliance subject matter expertise, comfortable operating at a senior level with direct accountability for audit quality and regulatory credibility.

## Requirements

- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Law, Accounting, or a related field; relevant audit or financial crime compliance certifications (CAMS, CIA, or similar) are a strong advantage

- Substantial audit leadership experience, with deep subject matter expertise in financial crime compliance, AML, and sanctions

- Proven ability to lead and manage audit teams and complex audit engagements

- Strong understanding of UAE and international financial crime regulatory expectations

- Excellent reporting and communication skills for presenting findings to senior leadership and audit committees

- Strong professional skepticism and independence in audit judgment

- Comfortable operating at a senior, high-accountability level within a major financial institution

## Suggested Resume Keywords

financial crime compliance audit, AML audit, sanctions compliance, audit leadership, internal audit, banking risk assurance, regulatory compliance audit, audit committee reporting, financial crime risk management, senior audit leadership

## About First Abu Dhabi Bank

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