MCC · Shariah governance

Head of Shariah Compliance

Runs second-line Shariah compliance: risk assessment, pre-execution checks, testing, breach handling and reporting to the Shariah Committee. MCC tests judgement on controls, escalation and independence from the business.

رئيس الالتزام الشرعي

MCC-SHCO10 domainsMCC Online · pilotMCC Verified · planned

What MCC tests in this role

The exam covers ten domains, with ten cases in each: 100 cases of executive judgement, set in the fictional Al-Qimma Bank.

  1. Compliance framework and mandate
  2. Shariah risk assessment
  3. Pre-execution checks and approvals
  4. Product and process reviews
  5. Transaction testing
  6. Branches, channels and third parties
  7. Non-compliant income and purification
  8. Breach management and remediation
  9. Training, advisory and culture
  10. Reporting to the Shariah Committee

Two levels

Pilot · by invitation

MCC Online

Take the exam online on a private form you have not seen. Pass and you get a public MCC Online badge for your role, valid for three years and ready for LinkedIn.

  • 100 cases · 240 minutes
  • Pass at 75 net points, at least 5 in every domain
  • Distinction at 90
Planned

MCC Verified

The same standard in a supervised sitting, after an identity check, with three timed written cases reviewed by an MTWAFIQ assessor. It opens when MTWAFIQ announces it.

  • Identity checked, ID not stored
  • Supervised: in person or live online
  • Assessor review of written cases

Ask about the MCC Online pilot: contact@mtwafiq.com.

No open practice for this role. The open MTWAFIQ Future Leaders game does not include Shariah governance cases at present. The MCC exam for this role is described above; ask about it at contact@mtwafiq.com.

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