Corporate Setup And Compliance Specialist

Your tasks

1. Entity formation & corporate actions

• Company onboarding: Manage the end-to-end incorporation process for Free Zone, Mainland, and Offshore structures (FZE, FZC, LLC).
• Licensing & document management: Prepare and process memorandums of association (MOA), articles of incorporation, corporate resolutions, and trade license applications.
• Governance support: Administer ongoing corporate updates, including renewals, statutory updates, share transfers, director appointments, and corporate liquidations.

2. Corporate bank account opening & banking advisory

• Banking advisory: Assess client corporate profiles and match them with suitable regional and digital banks.
• KYC & onboarding execution: Prepare, pre-vet, and manage complex corporate bank account applications, ensuring all ultimate beneficial owner (UBO) documentation meets strict compliance rules.
• Bank liaison: Coordinate directly with relationship managers and compliance officers to clear background checks, resolve source-of-wealth inquiries, and drive applications through to completion.

3. Compliance, AML & risk operations

• Risk screening: Conduct primary screening for ultimate beneficial owners (UBOs), politically exposed persons (PEPs), and institutional clients.
• AML framework adherence: Ensure all setup and operational procedures align directly with free zone frameworks (such as ADGM and DIFC CSP frameworks) and federal compliance laws.
• Compliance calendar management: Establish, monitor, and maintain a rigorous multi-jurisdictional corporate compliance calendar to track recurring filing and statutory deadlines (trade license renewals, commercial registration updates, corporate tax, VAT, and audited financial statements).
• Regulatory filings: Manage structural compliance deadlines across the GCC, including UBO updates, economic substance regulations (ESR) declarations, and AML reporting.
• Client proactive alerts: Issue timely compliance alerts to clients to minimize the risk of administrative fines, license suspensions, or operational penalties.

4. Stakeholder & authority liaison

• Government interface: Coordinate directly with commercial registries (e.g., DET, DMCC, ADGM RA, RAKEZ) and labor/immigration departments.
• Partner coordination: Guide clients through secondary operational steps, including corporate banking introductions and visa/PRO allocations.

Requirements

We are looking for an execution-driven corporate setup & compliance specialist with deep expertise in UAE and multi-jurisdictional GCC corporate structuring. In this role, you will own the end-to-end client lifecycle, navigating complex entity formations, managing rigorous AML/KYC frameworks, orchestrating corporate bank account openings, and maintaining multi-jurisdictional compliance calendars.

If you are a detail oriented professional who excels at bridging government liaison, corporate law, and banking operations to deliver seamless client onboarding, we want to hear from you.

• Experience: Minimum of 4–6 years of direct corporate service provider (CSP) or business setup experience in the UAE.
• Jurisdiction expertise: Strong technical knowledge of UAE processes, portals (e.g., UAE Pass, smart apps, DET, DED), and free zone registries.
• Regional structuring: Familiarity with corporate structures across the GCC, including UAE (Mainland & Free Zones), Saudi Arabia (MISA/SAGIA setups), Qatar (QFC/LLCs), and Bahrain.
• Banking & compliance literacy: Practical understanding of UAE AML/KYC frameworks, corporate law, and end-to-end bank account opening navigation.
• Execution skills: Proven track record in managing name reservations, initial approvals, commercial registrations, lease coordination, and localized document drafting.