How Can AML Consultants in UAE Help You Prepare the AML-Compliant Database to Check Against TFS?

Failing to observe Targeted Financial Sanctions (TFS) rules can lead to frozen accounts, lost customers, and serious consequences. Businesses that don’t have the right screening system, database, or trained staff often find themselves at risk of non-compliance.

JCA’s (Jitendra Chartered Accountants) AML consultants in the UAE can take that pressure off your shoulders. With their help, you can prepare AML-compliant databases designed for accurate and efficient TFS checks

1. Building the Right Sanctions Compliance Policy

AML consultants begin by creating a tailored compliance policy that aligns with your business activities and risk exposure. This policy becomes your company’s guide to staying in line with TFS rules.

They also ensure your business signs up for alerts from the Executive Office for Control and Non-Proliferation (EOCN), so you’re notified right away if there’s an update to the UAE Local Terrorist List or the UN Consolidated List.

2. Helping You Choose and Integrate AML Screening Tools

AML consultants in the UAE help identify and implement the right screening software that suits your operations. The software checks your database against global and local sanctions lists.

Instead of relying on slow or manual searches, automated tools scan through customer names, beneficial owners, and related entities. Consultants ensure these tools are linked with your existing systems for faster and smoother processing.

3. Setting Up Daily Screening and Watchlist Management

With the database ready, consultants make sure your system screens it daily. Ongoing screening at appropriate intervals is a legal requirement under the UAE’s Cabinet Resolution No. 74 of 2020. AML consultants help you keep up with it by automating this process.

They also help manage your internal watchlist. This makes sure the screening tool checks not just official lists but also your own internal list of high-risk names or flagged entities.

4. Daily Sanctions Screening with Expert Support

Consultants guide your team in setting up daily screening checks. This includes verifying:

•       New customers.
•       Existing clients during periodic reviews.
•       Parties involved in any new transaction.

AML consultants in Dubai also help your business define how to treat three main outcomes:

•       Potential Match– Review manually.
•       Confirmed Match– Immediately Freeze funds and report to authorities without delay.
•       False Positive– Continue business after proper documentation.

Having this structured response in place saves time and avoids non-compliance.

5. Handling Reports with Precision

AML consultants assist with preparing and submitting two major reports:

•       Fund Freeze Report (FFR)
•       Partial Name Match Report (PNMR)

These must be submitted via the goAML portal. Consultants make sure the data is complete, the submission is timely, and the report is legally sound. This step is often where businesses fall short; missing a report deadline can cost you both reputation and money.

6. Reviewing and Updating the Compliance Setup

AML rules and sanctions lists are subject to frequent changes. Consultants carry out regular reviews of your sanction’s compliance program. They look for gaps in your system or outdated controls.

If anything needs fixing, they guide you through updates and improvements. This ongoing support keeps your database strong, accurate, and fully compliant.

7. Reducing Risk with AML Screening Software

Many consultants also recommend or supply AML screening software. These tools automatically check your customer and transaction data every day against all required sanctions lists.

Good software does the heavy lifting:

•       Finds PEPs (Politically Exposed Persons)
•       Flags risks early
•       Keeps audit trails
•       Reduces time spent on manual reviews

Consultants ensure that the software is continually updated with the latest sanction list versions.

8. Using AML Screening Software, the Smart Way

Most businesses now rely on screening software, but not all use it effectively. AML consultants in Dubai help select or upgrade to systems that:

•        Automatically pull in updates from UN and UAE lists.
•        Screen the entire database every 24 hours.
•        Maintain logs and history for audits.

This automation means your team can focus on investigation, not manual entry.

How can Jitendra Chartered Accountants (JCA) help?

Need help preparing your TFS-ready database? Work with our qualified and experienced AML consultants in the UAE and build a system that protects your business not just from risk, but from uncertainty.