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Dear Reader,

Please visit the following sites to see the latest updates in the Islamic finance job market:

http://www.islamicfinancejobs.com/

http://www.bayt.com/en/international/jobs/q/islamic-finance/

https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/search?keywords=Islamic&locationType=Y&ori...

http://www.naukrigulf.com/islamic-finance-jobs

https://www.gulftalent.com

http://www.gulfbankers.com/home/index

http://www.efinancialcareers.ch/search?keywords=islamic

http://www.isdbcareers.com

https://jobs.thelawyer.com/jobs/islamic-finance/

Best regards,

Michael Gassner

Job Description

Key accountibelites:

Ensure and complete contracting requirements

Coordinate with legal dept, to approve legal contents

Supervisees and direct all the work of the contract and purchasing dept, assuring of the effectiveness and adherence to producers

Prepare the draft , revision and confirmation of contracts and legal documents. As when needed

Orientation of contracts ,legal documents and legal advice, towards protection of bank’s interests

Ensure that legal advice, contracts and recommendations are in conformity with statutes

Job Objective:

Responsible for managing the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) quality assurance and due diligence functions for all DIB customers in order to properly identify those who hold USA citizenship from others and new onboard.

Job Description:

Perform the Enhanced Due Diligence process for all new and existing clients within DIB in order to analyze the gaps between the current state and the desired state.

Conduct ongoing EDD for non-USA customers to properly identify those who became USA citizen afterwards, as well as for USA citizens who are no more classified as USA citizens.

Work within the regulatory framework laid for FATCA, and coordinating the development of due diligence and processes to ensure optimum compliance.

Control assessment methodologies, conduct independent reviews and assist with the remediation of findings from regulators.

Manage due diligence remediation efforts in response to regulator and internal audit findings, enforcement action assistance, creating action plans for remediation activities.

Monitoring and implementing due diligence remediation activities, and reporting to and interfacing with regulators.

Job Objective:

To provide under the supervision and guidance of the Head of Legal and Line Manager in depth legal advice and support to the Bank and its subsidiaries in the achievement of their daily business requirements.

Job Responsibilities:

Advice internal clients on the best possible legal structure of a transaction, participate in the negotiation with counterparties, structure the deal and prepare documentation, drafting and reviewing contracts, agreements, powers of attorney and all other legal documents.

Provide legal support and service to the business units under the guidance and direction of HOD and Line Manager.

Job Description

Key accountibelites

Ensure and complete contracting requirements

Coordinate with legal dept, to approve legal contents

Supervisees and direct all the work of the contract and purchasing dept, assuring of the effectiveness and adherence to producers

Prepare the draft , revision and confirmation of contracts and legal documents. As when needed

Orientation of contracts ,legal documents and legal advice, towards protection of bank’s interests

Ensure that legal advice, contracts and recommendations are in conformity with statutes

Under the supervision of the HOL, the Legal Counsel will be in charge of:
-Reviewing, drafting, negotiating and advising on the structuring and developing of master legal documentation for Islamic derivative products, including but not limited to, structured Islamic options, profit rate swaps, cross currency swaps, FX swap, FX options and other derivative products. This will involve working directly with the business teams, Islamic banking team and with other legal teams (some of which are located outside of the Gulf region).

ABOUT YPP:

The Young Professionals Program (YPP) is the strategic talent pipeline for the professional career in the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group. The Program is designed for outstanding young graduates who can significantly help the IDB Group to carry out its mission and attain its objectives.

This Program enables each Young Professional (YP) to receive extensive exposure and experience of the IDB Group’s various activities through job rotations in different departments. Participants will initially spend two weeks Orientation stage in HRMD. Then, 27 months in Foundation stage which will be split into three rotations of 9 months each in IDB Group departments.

Participants will also benefit from a coaching/mentoring arrangement and a wide range of relevant training and developmental opportunities.

Upon successful program completion, the participant will gradually climb up the professional grades in the IDB Group

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This top 20 City firm deals with a broad range of UK and international transactional work including structured finance and securitisation, debt capital markets, Islamic finance/sukuk and derivatives for banks, insurers, rating agencies and corporations.

It seeks a solicitor with at least three years' post-qualification experience in structured finance and securitisation. The right applicant will want to continue to have variety in their daily work and to be willing to support other areas, including debt capital markets and derivatives.

A tier-one US-based investment bank requires a new Head of Islamic Finance to run their operation in the Middle East. Candidates with at least VP-level experience in working with Sharia products, and a good knowledge of the emerging Middle-East markets. Fluency in Arabic would be a notably advantage, as would previous experience of working in the region. Strong technical and client-facing skills are a must, and good leadership qualities are necessary.

A global US firm is looking to recruit an Islamic finance associate into its expanding Abu Dhabi based offices. The ideal candidate will have between 2-4 years' experience from the UK, Australia, NZ or Canada.

09 November 2012, Ref REM-PM-1286

The Legal & Compliance Department of JP Morgan Chase & Co (JPM). seeks an attorney in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia ("KSA") to support its franchise across the Corporate & Investment Bank (CIB) businesses, including Global Corporate Bank (GCB), Global Investment Bank (IB) and Treasury Services (TS). The Legal & Compliance Department of JP Morgan Chase & Co. comprises over 500 lawyers globally.

The attorney will be based in JPM Riyadh branch and support JPM's KSA senior management. The attorney will partner and work closely with teams across the CIB including GCB, IB and TS business lines to achieve strategic objectives in growing the ***conventional and Islamic*** businesses in KSA and globally.