Abu Dhabi - Senior Specialist Compliance

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Company description

Talabat is part of the Delivery Hero Group, the world’s pioneering local delivery platform. Our mission is to deliver an amazing experience—fast, easy, and to your door. We operate in over 70 countries worldwide. Headquartered in Berlin, Germany, Delivery Hero has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017 and is part of the MDAX stock market index.

Job description

The candidate is expected to drive compliance controls, enforce sanctions regulations, and ensure timely implementation of global initiatives. A strong grasp of regulatory developments, rigorous monitoring, and the ability to influence key stakeholders across the business are essential to maintain the highest standards of compliance integrity and operational accountability.

• This position will support and enhance the global compliance program.
• Lead the development, implementation, and rollout of internal compliance policies across relevant jurisdictions.
• Review, draft, and standardize standard operating procedures (SOPs) to align with regulatory expectations and internal governance.
• Supervise compliance with regulatory requirements related to scope areas.
• Reporting, analysis, and scaling of relevant compliance metrics.
• Manage risk controls and regulatory affairs to drive the control agenda.
• Conduct compliance awareness and training sessions where appropriate.
• Liaise with the regional compliance team to help deliver initiatives.
• Build and maintain key relationships across the compliance department and with key partners.
• Follow up on open action plans and problem solving.
• Perform due diligence on all third parties.
• Perform risk assessments to understand the level and scope of risk.
• Provide regional compliance team with assurance that all controls required under sanctions regulations are embedded to avoid any sanctions breach and/or establishing relationship with a listed party.
• Report findings and submit recommendations for corrective action to regional compliance team.
• Support compliance monitoring and KYC requirements in accordance with regulatory requirements.
• Monitor compliance with laws, regulations, and internal policies.
• Keep up-to-date of relevant laws, rules, and regulations and ensure that any changes to these are reported and reflected in the relevant policies, procedures, and compliance programs.
• Create internal reports as required.
• Investigate irregularities and non-compliance issues.
• Report back to business functions on current risk and compliance performance.
• Highlight and escalate areas of concern to the regional compliance team.
• Perform various general administrative duties such as file creation and maintenance of ongoing administrative projects.
• Review due diligence requests and related risks of third parties, and recruitment of high-risk candidates to ensure compliance with our internal policies and laws.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in law, business, compliance, or a related field (Master’s or professional certification preferred: e.g. CAMS, ICA, CRCM).
• 5+ years of experience in a compliance, risk, or regulatory role, ideally in a multinational or regulated environment.
• Proven experience managing KYB, due diligence, and third-party risk processes.
• Strong understanding of sanctions regulations, AML and CTF, and general regulatory frameworks.
• Experience in drafting, rolling out, and maintaining policies and SOPs.
• Familiarity with compliance monitoring frameworks and audit processes.
• Demonstrated ability to work with cross-functional teams and deliver global or regional compliance initiatives.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; able to assess risk and recommend actionable controls.
• Excellent communication skills—both written and verbal—with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Proactive mindset with the ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and driving structure in fast-paced environments.
• Strong ethics and sound judgment; maintains confidentiality and integrity.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and Google Workspaces; experience with compliance and risk systems/tools.
• Fluency in English and Arabic is a must.

Company Industry: Business Support Services

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