Job Overview
Head of Fintech Risk- Compliance & Regulatory Innovation (Remote – Saudi Arabia)
overview
Saudi Arabia’s financial sector is undergoing major transformation through digital banking, lending innovation, payment modernization, and expanding fintech infrastructure. Sustainable fintech growth requires strong executive leadership across compliance, operational governance, and financial risk management.
A highly strategic Head of Fintech Risk, Compliance & Regulatory Innovation is required to oversee enterprise-wide compliance frameworks, regulatory strategy, and operational financial governance across modern fintech ecosystems.
This remote executive role provides direct influence over secure fintech expansion and regulatory trust.
Core Mission
To ensure fintech growth remains:
- Fully compliant with evolving financial regulations
- Protected against operational and financial risk
- Audit-ready across all financial systems
- Scalable within secure governance frameworks
- Trusted by regulators, customers, and institutional stakeholders
Primary Responsibilities
1. Regulatory Strategy Leadership
- Lead enterprise-wide compliance strategy across digital banking, payments, lending, and financial operations.
- Build future-ready regulatory frameworks for scalable fintech expansion.
- Maintain executive relationships across governance, audit, and compliance functions.
2. Financial Risk Governance
- Oversee operational risk controls, transaction monitoring, and fraud prevention frameworks.
- Improve financial crime prevention systems across AML/CFT environments.
- Ensure strong governance across distributed fintech operations.
3. Compliance-by-Design Execution
- Partner with product and engineering leaders to embed compliance into product architecture and operational workflows.
- Improve regulatory readiness across new financial products and market launches.
- Strengthen policy frameworks across complex financial ecosystems.
4. Executive Reporting & Audit Readiness
- Deliver board-level compliance reporting and strategic governance insights.
- Oversee regulatory submissions, audit preparation, and internal control reviews.
- Ensure enterprise financial transparency and institutional trust.
Required Expertise
- Executive compliance leadership
- Financial crime prevention and AML/CFT
- Fintech governance and regulatory operations
- Digital banking risk management
- Enterprise policy and audit strategy
Ideal Candidate Profile
- 10–15+ years in compliance leadership, financial governance, or banking risk management
- Strong experience leading regulated fintech operations
- Deep knowledge of financial regulatory ecosystems
- Executive presence with strong governance decision-making ability
Strategic Impact
This role strengthens Saudi Arabia’s fintech future by ensuring regulated innovation, operational resilience, and institutional confidence across financial technology ecosystems.
Compensation & Benefits
- Highly competitive Saudi executive salary
- Fully remote leadership flexibility
- Strategic influence across national fintech transformation
- Executive incentives and governance authority
- Long-term pathway to Chief Risk Officer or Chief Compliance Officer leadership
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