Job Overview
Lead Financial Technology Compliance Assurance Officer
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Employment Type: Full-Time
Industry: Fintech | Compliance Assurance | Regulatory Governance | Payment Operations | Financial Supervision
Role Overview
A major financial services transformation program in Riyadh is hiring a distinguished Lead Financial Technology Compliance Assurance Officer to oversee regulatory assurance across payment operations, digital financial products, customer protection frameworks, and institutional compliance infrastructure.
This role is ideal for a senior professional who understands that compliance assurance is not merely about policy adherence—it is about protecting institutional credibility, regulatory confidence, and sustainable financial innovation.
You will lead assurance activities across transaction monitoring, merchant governance, customer onboarding, lending controls, regulatory reporting, and financial conduct supervision while ensuring operational alignment with the Kingdom’s evolving fintech regulatory environment.
This position offers direct executive visibility and strategic influence across compliance leadership, operational governance, and regulatory engagement.
Core Responsibilities
- Lead compliance assurance reviews across payments, lending operations, merchant onboarding, customer servicing, and digital financial product delivery
- Assess the effectiveness of regulatory controls across AML, KYC, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, and financial crime prevention
- Strengthen governance over customer due diligence, onboarding integrity, and account lifecycle compliance processes
- Oversee assurance testing for regulatory reporting accuracy, customer disclosures, complaints handling, and financial conduct obligations
- Conduct deep-dive reviews across merchant risk controls, settlement governance, and customer fund safeguarding frameworks
- Support readiness for regulator inspections, supervisory reviews, and external compliance audits
- Coordinate remediation planning for control weaknesses, policy gaps, and operational compliance risks
- Build executive assurance reporting for senior leadership, governance committees, and board-level stakeholders
- Collaborate with legal, risk, technology, and operations teams to maintain compliance resilience across digital finance systems
- Evaluate third-party regulatory assurance across processors, vendors, payment partners, and outsourced financial operations
- Strengthen enterprise compliance culture through training, governance reinforcement, and control ownership frameworks
- Monitor regulatory developments across Saudi financial services and recommend strategic control enhancements
Required Candidate Profile
- Degree in Law, Finance, Accounting, Compliance, Business Administration, or related field
- Professional certifications such as CAMS, ICA, CRCM, ACCA, CIA, or equivalent highly desirable
- 6+ years of experience in compliance assurance, regulatory governance, audit, or fintech supervision
- Strong expertise in AML, KYC, sanctions controls, customer due diligence, and financial crime prevention
- Knowledge of payment systems, merchant operations, lending controls, and regulated financial services environments
- Strong understanding of Saudi regulatory frameworks and financial supervision expectations
- Experience supporting regulator-facing assurance programs and compliance testing environments
- Excellent report writing, control review, and executive stakeholder communication skills
- Ability to operate effectively within high-growth fintech environments under regulatory scrutiny
- Strong professional judgment and governance discipline
Preferred Advantage
- Experience within digital banking, payments, or embedded finance institutions
- Exposure to consumer protection assurance and conduct risk supervision
- Knowledge of RegTech systems and automated compliance monitoring tools
- Familiarity with cross-border payments and international compliance frameworks
Benefits Package
- Attractive leadership salary structure
- Performance-driven compliance incentives
- Housing and executive support package
- Healthcare and family benefits
- Annual travel allowance
- Leadership development pathways
- Strategic regulatory exposure and executive visibility
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