# Compliance Officer — Pennell Hart

Canonical: https://jobxdubai.com/jobs/li-4467048677-compliance-officer
Location: Dubai, UAE
Type: full_time · Level: senior
Monthly salary: AED 18,000 to 30,000 per month (estimated, not employer-stated) (UAE salaries are tax-free)
Posted: 2026-09-15
Apply: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/compliance-officer-at-pennell-hart-4467048677?_l=en

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## Description

Pennell Hart are a Legal & Compliance Executive Search firm, recruiting professionals across the UAE. Our client is a Dubai based, leading commodities trading group who are seeking a Compliance Officer to own its operational compliance framework for counterparties and subsidiaries. This is a hands-on counterparty-risk role and would not suit a purely banking, AML/MLRO, or investigations specialist.

The role:

• Manage end-to-end corporate KYC/KYB and onboarding of customers, suppliers, agents and trading counterparties

• Own sanctions, PEP, adverse-media and vessel screening (IMO-based checks) through the Group's monitoring system

• Lead enhanced due diligence on high-risk counterparties and coordinate inbound DD requests from banks, lenders, investors and partners

• Prepare lender and investor compliance packs for financing and stake-acquisition transactions

• Oversee compliance execution across subsidiaries and manage a network of Compliance Champions

• Report to the Compliance Manager & Group Head of Compliance

What they're looking for:

• Minimum 5 years' relevant compliance/counterparty due-diligence/sanctions-screening experience, ideally within commodity trading, energy trading, agricultural commodities, or shipping/chartering

• Strong corporate KYC/KYB and ownership-structure analysis skills

• Familiarity with sanctions/vessel-screening platforms (e.g. Compliance monitoring systems, Orbis or equivalent)

• Arabic language capability preferred; experience supporting operations across Africa a plus

Apply now for immediate consideration.

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## Requirements

Minimum 5 years' relevant compliance/counterparty due-diligence/sanctions-screening experience, ideally within commodity trading, energy trading, agricultural commodities, or shipping/chartering; Strong corporate KYC/KYB and ownership-structure analysis skills; Familiarity with sanctions/vessel-screening platforms (e.g. Compliance monitoring systems, Orbis or equivalent); Arabic language capability preferred; experience supporting operations across Africa a plus

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