
Khurram Iqbal
Senior AML & Compliance Specialist
Salary / Daily rate
Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Languages
About me
Intro
ACCA-qualified AML/CFT & Compliance Specialist with 8+ years in regulatory compliance and risk management across banking and corporate sectors. Proven expertise in FATCA/CRS reporting, KYC onboarding, sanctions screening, and VAT/Corporate tax compliance in UAE and international markets. Ready to strengthen your compliance framework and ensure regulatory adherence.
Work experience
Manager
Apex Group Ltd
Jan 2025 - Present
1 year 10 months
Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates · On-site
KYC Onboarding | Transaction Monitoring | Sanctions Screening | FATCA/CRS | Risk Assessment | Customer relationship management
Talal Abu-Ghazaleh & Co. International
Nov 2023 - Jan 2025
1 year 3 months
On-site
Compliance Officer | Tax Consultant | ICV Auditor
Nov 2023 - Jan 2025
1 year 3 months
On-site
· Responsible for continuously reviewing and updating policies and procedures under UAE Federal law and FATF, and proactively driving results on compliance issues. · Facilitated comprehensive training sessions for all employees on AML regulations, adhering to guidelines mandated by the Central Bank and FATF. · Performed due diligence over high risk clients, and designed procedures and guidelines over enhanced due diligence, transaction monitoring and suspicious activity reporting over the firm. · Performing VAT valuations and submission of returns. · Offering Corporate tax training on new developments. · ICV Audit
Anti-Money Laundering Officer | Tax Advisor | ICV Auditor
Nov 2023 - Jan 2025
1 year 3 months
On-site
Compliance and Risk Officer
Allied Bank Limited
Aug 2021 - Oct 2023
2 years 3 months
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
· Assessment of assets portfolio considering risk rating, financial health and industry dynamics. · Ensuring that facility letters and documentation and drawdown of facilities are fully complied with policy and procedure manual. · Conduct thorough analysis of financial statements and assessment of credit requests, including new requests, changed requests, refinancing and annual risk review. · Ensuring the interest rates and utilization of loan and trade facilities are at par with competition. · Ensure compliance of SLAs (Service Legal Agreeement) between Business and Risk Management Group. · Analyze and evaluate risks in order to make accurate predictions of potential financial losses. · Review and audit of RE and TERF Loans of State Bank of Pakistan and preparing/issuing Internal Audit Certificates. · Performing investigation of alerts generated from FCCM, escalating queries to related branched and reporting on suspicious transactions (STR) to the line manager. · Devising and implementing internal controls to ensure compliance with Laws and regulations. · Delivering regular risk analysis and compliance reports to management with deficiencies being pointed out for prompt action to avoid penalties. · Ensuring timely response to matters, queries and questionnaires. · Maintaining frequent correspondence with branches and related divisions for effective compliance of policies and regulations. · Performing sanction and screening of clients to assess positive/negative/partial matches with designated profiles. · Imparting training to employees on their roles and responsibilities pertinent to AML/CFT/PF/TBML compliance.
Audit Executive
Power Chemical Industries Ltd
Feb 2021 - May 2021
4 months
Faisalabad, Pakistan
Perform and control the full audit cycle including risk management and control management over operations’ effectiveness, financial reliability and compliance with all applicable directives and regulations. Determine internal audit scope and develop annual plans. Obtain, analyse and evaluate accounting documentation, previous reports, data, flowcharts etc. Prepare and present reports that reflect audit’s results and document process. Act as an objective source of independent advice to ensure validity, legality and goal achievement. Identify loopholes and recommend risk aversion measures and cost savings. Maintain open communication with management and audit committee. Document process and prepare audit findings memorandum. Conduct follow up audits to monitor management’s interventions.
Audit Associate
Faran & Co.
Nov 2016 - Aug 2017
10 months
Faisalabad, Pakistan
Skills: Tax Law · Accounts Payable (AP) · Expense Reports · Asset Management · Journal Entries (Accounting) · Cash Reconciliation · Team Motivation · Teamwork · Accounts Receivable (AR) · Presentation Skills · Conflict Management · Microsoft Office · Account Reconciliation · Thinking Skills · Auditing · Financial Regulations · English · Time Management · Value-Added Tax (VAT) · Written Communication · Self-Management · Customer Satisfaction · Budgeting · Tax Preparation · Organization Skills
Education
ACCA
Association of Certified Chartered Accountant
2011 - 2016
5 years 1 month
University of the Punjab
Bachelor in Commerce (B.Com)
2009 - 2011
1 year 9 months
The Institute of Bankers Pakistan
Accounting
The Institute of Bankers Pakistan
Accounting