Senior Executive Yousuf Adil Chartered Accountants Islamabad

Yousuf Adil Chartered Accountants has announced a career opportunity for finance, audit, compliance, and risk professionals in Islamabad. The firm is hiring a Senior Executive – AML & Risk within its Audit & Assurance Department.

The position focuses on Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Know Your Customer (KYC), Customer Due Diligence (CDD), Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD), anti-corruption and bribery compliance, risk management, regulatory compliance, and audit support.

Candidates should have at least 2 years of relevant experience. Professionals with backgrounds in banking, financial services, compliance, risk management, auditing, or other regulated industries may be particularly suitable.

Job Overview

Organization: Yousuf Adil Chartered Accountants
Position: Senior Executive – AML & Risk
Department: Audit & Assurance
Location: Islamabad, Pakistan
Experience: Minimum 2 years of relevant experience
Preferred Background: Banking, Financial Services, Compliance, Risk, Audit, or other regulated industries
Application Method: Online application
Application Deadline: Not specified in the advertisement

About the Role

The Senior Executive – AML & Risk will support Yousuf Adil’s compliance and risk-management activities while also contributing to proposal development, research, and strategic business-growth initiatives.

The position is broader than a conventional audit role. The successful candidate will work on areas involving financial crime prevention, customer due diligence, suspicious transaction identification, anti-corruption and bribery requirements, internal controls, regulatory compliance, and risk assessment.

The candidate should therefore understand both local and international AML and anti-corruption regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities

AML, KYC, CDD & EDD Reviews

One of the main responsibilities will be conducting compliance reviews covering:

• Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
• Know Your Customer (KYC)
• Customer Due Diligence (CDD)
• Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD)

These processes help organizations understand who they are dealing with, assess potential financial-crime risks, and apply additional scrutiny where customers or transactions present higher levels of risk.

Candidates with practical experience performing customer onboarding checks, screening, risk classification, beneficial ownership verification, or enhanced due diligence should highlight this on their CV.

Transaction Review & Suspicious Activity

The Senior Executive will review transactions and help identify potentially suspicious activity.

Responsibilities may involve:

• Reviewing transaction patterns
• Identifying unusual or suspicious transactions
• Investigating potential compliance concerns
• Documenting findings
• Escalating relevant cases according to established procedures

Strong analytical skills and attention to detail are particularly important in this area.

Anti-Corruption & Bribery Compliance

The position also includes conducting reviews relating to anti-corruption and anti-bribery policies and regulatory requirements.

The selected candidate may assess whether organizational activities, policies, processes, and controls comply with applicable requirements.

Candidates with previous experience in anti-bribery and corruption compliance, ethics programs, regulatory compliance, or related risk reviews may have particularly relevant experience.

Risk Assessments & Compliance Monitoring

Another major part of the role involves supporting:

• Risk assessments
• Compliance monitoring
• Internal control reviews
• Identification of compliance weaknesses
• Risk-related investigations
• Remediation and escalation processes

Candidates should be able to identify risks, evaluate controls, document findings, and communicate recommendations clearly.

AML/CFT Compliance

The successful candidate will help ensure compliance with AML/CFT regulations and internal policies.

AML/CFT refers to Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism requirements.

The role may therefore involve evaluating whether policies, controls, customer checks, transaction monitoring, and record-keeping practices comply with applicable regulatory requirements.

Compliance Reporting, Audits & Inspections

The Senior Executive will prepare compliance reports and provide support during:

• Internal or external audits
• Compliance reviews
• Regulatory inspections
• Risk assessments

Strong report-writing ability is therefore an important requirement.

Candidates should be capable of documenting findings in a structured manner and explaining compliance or risk issues to relevant stakeholders.

Investigation & Escalation

The selected professional will also be responsible for investigating and escalating compliance and risk-related matters.

This requires:

• Analytical thinking
• Professional skepticism
• Attention to detail
• Confidentiality
• Sound judgment
• Clear documentation
• Effective communication

The candidate should know when an issue requires further investigation or escalation to senior stakeholders.

AML, Risk & Compliance Records

Maintaining accurate documentation is another important responsibility.

The successful candidate will maintain records relating to:

• AML reviews
• Risk assessments
• Compliance activities
• Due diligence
• Investigations
• Supporting documentation

Accurate records are particularly important in regulated environments because organizations may need to demonstrate how compliance reviews and risk decisions were performed.

Business Development & Research

Unlike many purely compliance-focused positions, this vacancy also includes participation in business development and research activities.

The Senior Executive may contribute to:

• Research on different business and regulatory areas
• Proposal development
• Identification of potential business opportunities
• Strategic growth initiatives
• Preparation of supporting material for client engagements

Candidates who combine technical compliance expertise with strong writing, presentation, and research capabilities may therefore be particularly suitable.

Required Qualifications

According to the job announcement, relevant qualifications include:

• CA Finalist
• ACA
• ACCA
• ACMA
• Master’s degree in Finance

Candidates should ensure their qualification status is clearly stated on their CV.

Experience Requirements

Applicants should have a minimum of:

2 years of relevant professional experience.

Relevant experience may include work in:

• AML
• Compliance
• Risk Management
• Auditing
• Internal Controls
• Banking
• Financial Services
• Regulated industries
• Audit or professional-services firms

Experience in the banking, financial sector, compliance function, or an audit firm will be preferred.

Key Skills Required

The position requires a combination of technical, analytical, and communication capabilities.

Relevant skills include:

• AML compliance
• KYC
• Customer Due Diligence
• Enhanced Due Diligence
• Risk management
• Compliance monitoring
• Internal controls
• Audit
• Analytical skills
• Investigation
• Regulatory understanding
• Communication skills
• Report writing
• Research skills

Candidates should also have an understanding of local and international AML and anti-corruption regulatory requirements.

Who Should Apply?

This opportunity may be particularly relevant for professionals currently working as:

• AML Analyst
• AML Officer
• Compliance Officer
• Compliance Executive
• Risk Executive
• Risk Analyst
• Internal Audit Executive
• Senior Audit Associate
• KYC Analyst
• Financial Crime Analyst
• Internal Controls Executive

Candidates do not necessarily need to hold the exact same job title. Professionals whose responsibilities closely match the advertised AML, compliance, audit, or risk functions may still have relevant experience.

Preferred Candidate Profile

A strong applicant would ideally combine professional or postgraduate finance education with practical experience in several of the following areas:

• Customer due diligence
• KYC reviews
• Enhanced due diligence
• Transaction monitoring
• Suspicious transaction identification
• Compliance testing
• Risk assessments
• Internal control reviews
• Anti-corruption and bribery compliance
• Regulatory inspections
• Audit support
• Compliance reporting

Experience within a highly regulated organization such as a bank, financial institution, professional-services firm, or audit firm could strengthen an application.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should submit their application through the Yousuf Adil online recruitment portal.

Online Application Portal:
https://ya.flowhcm.com/#/jobopenings

Applicants should locate the Senior Executive – AML & Risk position for the Islamabad office and follow the online application process.

The advertisement does not mention an application deadline, so interested candidates should consider applying as soon as possible.

CV Tips for Applicants

Applicants should tailor their CV around AML, compliance, risk, internal controls, and audit experience.

Relevant areas to highlight include:

• Number or type of KYC/CDD reviews conducted
• Enhanced Due Diligence cases handled
• Transaction-monitoring experience
• Suspicious transactions investigated
• Compliance reviews performed
• Risk assessments completed
• Internal controls evaluated
• Audit assignments supported
• Regulatory inspections handled
• Compliance reports prepared
• AML policies or procedures developed
• Banking or financial-sector exposure

For example, instead of simply writing:

“Performed KYC reviews.”

A stronger description could be:

“Performed KYC, CDD, and risk-based reviews of customer profiles, investigated documentation gaps and unusual activity, and escalated higher-risk cases according to compliance procedures.”

Candidates should only mention responsibilities and achievements that accurately reflect their professional experience.

Job Summary

Equal Opportunity Employer

Yousuf Adil Chartered Accountants states that it is an equal opportunity employer. Eligible candidates who meet the professional, educational, and experience requirements can apply through the firm’s official recruitment process.

Final Thoughts

The Senior Executive – AML & Risk position at Yousuf Adil Chartered Accountants in Islamabad offers an opportunity for professionals who want to develop deeper expertise in financial crime compliance, risk management, and assurance.

The role covers a broad range of responsibilities, including AML, KYC, CDD, EDD, transaction reviews, suspicious activity identification, anti-corruption and bribery compliance, risk assessments, internal controls, compliance monitoring, regulatory requirements, investigations, reporting, and audit support.

Candidates with at least 2 years of relevant experience and qualifications such as CA Finalist, ACA, ACCA, ACMA, or a Master’s degree in Finance should consider applying, particularly if they already have experience in banking, financial services, compliance, risk management, or audit.

Interested applicants should apply online through the Yousuf Adil recruitment portal and search for the Senior Executive – AML & Risk vacancy for Islamabad.

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