Job Overview
Senior Fintech Risk Assurance & Digital Controls Manager
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Employment Type: Full-Time
Industry: Fintech | Risk Assurance | Internal Controls | Digital Banking Governance | Financial Compliance
Role Overview
A fast-evolving financial technology institution in Dubai is seeking a highly accomplished Senior Fintech Risk Assurance & Digital Controls Manager to lead enterprise assurance frameworks across digital banking operations, payment ecosystems, treasury controls, and regulated financial technology environments.
This role is designed for a senior assurance professional who understands that in modern fintech, trust is built through strong controls, transparent governance, regulatory precision, and continuous operational resilience. The successful candidate will oversee assurance programs across financial transactions, platform governance, merchant operations, customer onboarding, lending controls, fraud monitoring, and enterprise-wide compliance architecture.
You will serve as a strategic bridge between technology, operations, finance, compliance, cybersecurity, and executive leadership—ensuring that innovation remains secure, auditable, and aligned with regulatory expectations across a highly dynamic financial landscape.
This is a mission-critical leadership role requiring deep technical understanding of fintech operations combined with strong internal audit, control testing, and risk assurance expertise.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead enterprise-wide fintech assurance programs across payments, digital wallets, merchant acquiring, lending operations, treasury workflows, and customer financial services
- Design and strengthen internal control frameworks across transaction processing, reconciliations, onboarding, settlements, and financial reporting systems
- Conduct assurance reviews across high-risk operational areas including fraud prevention, AML controls, KYC governance, and customer fund protection
- Oversee control testing, risk assessments, process walkthroughs, and remediation tracking across financial technology platforms
- Partner with internal audit, compliance, cybersecurity, and product teams to ensure control effectiveness across digital finance operations
- Evaluate operational resilience frameworks, disaster recovery readiness, and business continuity assurance across critical financial systems
- Ensure compliance alignment with UAE regulatory expectations, PCI DSS, ISO frameworks, AML obligations, and financial governance standards
- Monitor third-party risk assurance across payment partners, infrastructure vendors, processors, and fintech service providers
- Support regulatory audits, external assurance reviews, and executive governance reporting
- Strengthen governance across access controls, change management, segregation of duties, and privileged financial operations
- Build assurance dashboards, risk intelligence reporting, and board-level control transparency frameworks
- Recommend strategic improvements to strengthen financial trust, operational discipline, and institutional resilience
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Risk Management, Information Systems, or related discipline
- Professional qualifications such as ACA, ACCA, CIA, CISA, CRMA, CPA, or equivalent strongly preferred
- 7+ years of experience in fintech assurance, banking controls, internal audit, risk management, or financial governance
- Strong understanding of digital payments, transaction controls, reconciliations, and financial operational risk
- Experience with internal controls frameworks, SOX-style governance, and enterprise assurance programs
- Strong knowledge of AML, KYC, fraud controls, PCI DSS, and regulatory expectations within financial services
- Familiarity with digital banking infrastructure, payment operations, and financial systems governance
- Strong analytical and reporting capabilities with executive stakeholder communication experience
- Ability to manage cross-functional assurance programs within high-growth fintech environments
- GCC regulatory exposure highly desirable
Preferred Skills
- Experience supporting neobanking or digital-first financial institutions
- Exposure to fintech cybersecurity assurance and technology risk controls
- Knowledge of merchant acquiring, BNPL controls, and embedded finance governance
- Familiarity with enterprise GRC platforms and assurance automation tools
Compensation & Benefits
- Highly competitive leadership salary
- Annual performance and assurance excellence bonus
- Housing and transport allowance
- Private healthcare coverage
- Family visa support
- Annual travel benefits
- Executive development opportunities
- Long-term strategic career growth within digital finance leadership structures
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