About Boutros
Arabic
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
French
Conversational
Can work on-site
Dubai (up to 50km)
Experience
- ATFX MENA Services LLCSenior Compliance OfficerTECHOctober 2025 - January 2026 (3 months)Dubai - United Arab Emirates
- Assist the Head of Compliance in daily operations and initiatives.
- Implement and maintain compliance policies and procedures in accordance with local and global regulations.
- Coordinate and conduct internal investigations into potential compliance risks.
- Manage the end-to-end onboarding process for new clients, ensuring all regulatory requirements are met.
- Report and escalate any suspicious transactions or red flags.
- Review new products, processes, and systems to ensure regulatory compliance and identify process gaps.
- Update company documentation, policies, and manuals to reflect regulatory changes.
- NATIONAL BANK OF KUWAITAssistant Manager, AML/CFT ComplianceBANKING AND INSURANCEApril 2023 - September 2025 (2 years and 5 months)Dubai - United Arab Emirates
- Assist the AML/CFT Compliance Manager in implementing and maintaining effective the Anti Money Laundering/Combating Financing of Terrorism policies, procedures, and controls.
- Support the Compliance manager in enhancing the awareness of the Regulatory Compliance and Anti-Money Laundering across the business areas.
- Conduct risk assessments, monitor transactions, investigate suspicious activities, and filing SARs/STRs (Suspicious Activity/Transaction Reports) when necessary.
- Assist in preparing reports to be submitted to regulatory / law enforcement authorities.
- NATIONAL BANK OF KUWAITSenior Compliance OfficerBANKING AND INSURANCEJune 2018 - March 2023 (4 years and 9 months)Dubai - United Arab Emirates
- Conduct independent compliance testing based on the Regulatory Compliance Matrix requirements on a risk-based approach methodology
- Carry out investigations into alerts generated by the Transaction Monitoring systems by analyzing transaction data and customer profile to determine if the alerts can be closed or require escalation
- Prepare and submit suspicious transactions and activities reports (STR / SAR) to the Financial Information Unit using the "GoAML" portal
- Coordinate with various departments on CFT matters such as providing guidance on international sanctions, management policies relating to CFT and sensitive countries
- Perform AML/KYC reviews on customer files by gathering information from the public domain including screening tools and open-source research and/or from customer through relationship officers
- Conduct EDD reviews for high-risk customers; identifies the purpose of the account, confirms source of wealth, reviews adverse media…, as part of onboarding and throughout the course of the relationship
- Assist in providing staff training and addressing staff queries regarding compliance functions, procedures & policies and raising any non-compliance issue to the compliance manager
- Assist in addressing various inquiries from regulatory authority – Central Bank of the UAE and ensure submissions of all requested documents and reports as per deadlines.
- Provide support on the FATCA and CRS implementation monitoring
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Education
- Master of Applied Economic SciencesUNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP2011Master of Applied Economic Sciences
- Bachelor in Business AdministrationUNIVERSITY OF BALAMAND2007Bachelor in Business Administration