Corporate - General Attorney ar Riyad

Overview

(A&M) is a global professional services firm with more than $2+ billion in revenues, +7,500 staff and over 70 offices worldwide. Specializing in turnaround and interim management, performance improvement and business advisory services, A&M delivers specialist operational, consulting and industry expertise to management and investors seeking to accelerate performance, overcome challenges and maximize value across the corporate and investment life cycles.

A&M is a fast-paced environment with a highly dynamic culture that emphasizes diversity and inclusion. We empower, coach and mentor our people and endorse meritocracy to develop skilled consultants who will grow with A&M to deliver tangible results and build long-lasting relationships, internally and externally. Our entrepreneurial culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who positively impact our clients and shape our industry.

Business Conduct & Ethics Compliance continues to challenge businesses globally and within Compliance at A&M, and a specialist team within Compliance is being assembled to deliver this expertise. We bring a practical, results-oriented approach to delivering client needs led by our subject matter experts and drawing on the deep skills, diverse disciplines and experiences of our professionals who offer a unique ability to articulate complex findings in a clear and meaningful manner.

We provide bespoke advisory services, training, risk and maturity assessments, and assurance reviews, build infrastructures and operationalize our recommendations in line with appropriate benchmarks.

A&M is expanding in EMEA, and we are seeking a Business Conduct & Ethics Compliance Manager / Senior Manager to join our Riyadh office to primarily service clients in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia together with the Middle East generally.

Working with clients across a range of industries and geographies under the supervision of the Business Conduct & Ethics Director, you will deliver innovative solutions to some of the most challenging BC&E issues within clients, which have different organisational structures and cultures, risk appetites, budgets, many of which additionally have local and regional regulatory requirements.

Assignments will include the following:

• Conducting BC&E reviews including risk assessments, maturity assessments, and assurance reviews and assisting clients in implementing the recommendations.
• Building infrastructures and frameworks for addressing all BC&E issues, including client related issues (., investor protection, consumer protection, suitability, financial promotions, marketing), market abuse, sales and trading, deposit taking, client money & client assets, conflicts of interest, Chinese Walls, record keeping, investment research, data protection, privacy, whistleblowing employee codes of conduct. Infrastructure projects involve transforming policies, procedures, systems, controls, monitoring, escalation, training (online and in person) and reporting mechanisms.
• Assisting clients in ope rationalising BC&E infrastructures (onsite line management work).
• Assisting clients to remediate adverse regulatory findings or manage intense regulatory scrutiny.

We are looking for people who have the following experience, knowledge, skills & abilities:

• Minimum 7 years of BC&E experience in delivering assignments in a premier consultancy practice in reputable jurisdictions, preferably the Middle East and/or the UK. Excellent knowledge of BC&E issues as well as strong consultancy experience with the ability to be flexible, versatile and innovative when delivering assignments.
• Excellent academic track record including a degree (or equivalent) in accounting, finance, economics (or other business-related subject) or Law.
• Strong expertise BC&E in systems, managing and implementing KYC / third party due diligence, conflicts of interests, transaction and payment monitoring, risk assessments and reporting.
• Strong expertise in developing templates for BC&C assignments.
• Excellent track record of onsite client experience in a variety of BC&E assignments.
• Experience including onsite…