Job Overview

Head of Fintech Risk- Compliance Engineering & Regulatory Technology

GCC Alignment: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Work Mode: Fully Remote

Seniority Level: Senior Leadership / Risk Governance

Role Overview (Regulatory Systems Format)

This role is crafted for a senior fintech professional who engineers compliance and risk controls directly into digital financial systems, ensuring regulatory adherence, operational resilience, and financial integrity. Unlike compliance officer roles that act post-factum, this position ensures that risk management, anti-fraud controls, and regulatory logic are embedded natively within fintech platforms.

The Head of Fintech Risk & Regulatory Technology oversees a risk-by-design approach, aligning technical architecture with Saudi Arabia’s regulatory environment, regional financial compliance standards, and global best practices.

Core Mission

• Build automated, auditable systems that integrate regulatory compliance into every layer of the fintech platform.

• Ensure real-time monitoring of transactions, fraud detection, exposure management, and risk scoring.

• Translate complex regulatory requirements into actionable system logic across distributed architectures.

Key Responsibilities

Risk Systems Engineering

• Design monitoring systems for real-time risk detection across transactions, portfolios, and digital payment flows.

• Architect rules engines and predictive models for fraud, exposure, and liquidity risk.

• Implement automated alerting, escalation, and incident response mechanisms.

Regulatory Technology (RegTech)

• Map regulatory obligations (AML, KYC, reporting) to system-level controls and workflows.

• Design pipelines for automated reporting to regulatory authorities.

• Ensure full auditability through traceable data lineage and system logs.

Governance & Compliance Oversight

• Define governance standards for risk and compliance integration.

• Conduct periodic system reviews and prepare for regulatory inspections.

• Lead cross-functional teams in compliance engineering initiatives and regulatory readiness programs.

Required Expertise

• 12+ years in fintech risk systems, regulatory technology, or compliance engineering.

• Strong expertise in AML, transaction monitoring, fraud detection, and regulatory reporting.

• Proven experience embedding compliance into scalable fintech systems.

• Ability to lead and influence senior stakeholders independently.

Engagement Structure

• Fully remote, aligned with Saudi regulatory frameworks.

• Senior governance authority without direct company affiliation.

• Internationally competitive compensation for regulatory leadership roles in fintech.

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