Fraud Investigations Compliance Officer - Top Energy Employer - UAE

In-House Compliance Specialist – Fraud Investigations - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates UAE

A Top Energy Employer is looking for a compliance specialist with 3-5 years of experience for their dynamic legal team.

It is a stable yet modern and exciting place to work. Backed up by government, the company is there to stay for the long-term. At the same time it is undergoing major transformation with the new vision for company and the region and with a young and highly professional CEO on board.

It is the perfect time to join as the General Counsel is rebuilding their team and is keen to acquire modern, dynamic, well-educated strong and confident legal talent. The work is exciting and you will be able to agree with the GC and carve your own area of expertise based on your skills and interests.

The company offers excellent training and professional development opportunities.

Responsibilities

• The role is tasked with investigating incidents of suspected fraud and serious wrongdoing in order to protect the assets and reputation of the company.
• The role will handle a wide range of corporate investigation case work including complex, sensitive fraud investigations from across the region and internationally.
• Investigate in order to identify the root cause of product/process vulnerabilities, identification of employee behaviour that breaches policy, detection of fraud perpetrators and the recovery of assets.
• Developing and adding value to investigative referrals through data research, analysis, interviewing, liaison with law enforcement agencies and compilation of information from a variety of sources both internal and external to the business.
• Documenting the investigation in case management system and, on case completion, drafting comprehensive investigation reports
• The company offers excellent training and professional development opportunities.

Requirements

• The role will suit a compliance specialist with 3-5 years of experience
• UK / US / Canada / Australia / NZ graduates / energy experience is preferred but not mandatory
• Fraud Investigations experience is required
• Legal background would be beneficial

We are looking for someone with great interpersonal skills, a great communicator, determined, driven and passionate professional with excellent cultural awareness

Interested? Here are the next steps.

To make sure your CV does not get lost among other applications, please very briefly outline the following in your cover letter:

1. Year and jurisdiction of qualification (graduation if not qualified) and degree level – 2.1,… 1^st class
2. Level of Arabic if any (not mandatory)
3. Fraud Investigations experience
4. Recent employers, law firms experience if any, energy experience if any

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