Financial Crime Consulting Director
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Lead financial crime advisory practice, focusing on business development and project delivery, requiring expertise in regulatory compliance and team management.
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Overview
A specialist FCC advisory firm is hiring a Director to lead and scale its Financial Crime Advisory practice in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with secondary reach across the wider GCC.
This is a senior, client-facing, revenue-generating position at the intersection of regulatory expertise, hands-on delivery, and entrepreneurial business development.
You will be an independent, commercially astute practitioner with a proven track record of winning and delivering significant FCC mandates for banks and financial institutions in the GCC.
The role is a 50/50 split between business development and project delivery, with full ownership of practice growth, client outcomes, and team building.
Business Development & Practice Growth (50%)
- Own the end-to-end BD lifecycle for FCC advisory services across KSA, with visibility across the wider GCC.
- Build and expand relationships with C-suite, CCOs, MLROs, and senior compliance leaders at local and international banks, payment firms, and financial institutions.
- Originate, pursue, and close new advisory mandates across the full FCC spectrum: gap assessments, AML/CFT programme reviews, sanctions and transaction monitoring (TM) model validation, KYC/CDD/EDD remediation, financial crime risk assessments, monitorships/Skilled Persons Reviews, and technology selection and implementation.
- Develop compelling proposals, presentations, and thought leadership aligned to SAMA, CBUAE, and FATF priorities.
- Build and commercialise differentiated FCC advisory solutions, including digital and technology-enabled propositions.
- Achieve and exceed annual revenue targets of USD 1m+ from managed accounts.
- Represent the firm at industry forums, conferences, and regulatory engagement events.
Project Delivery & Quality Assurance (50%)
- Lead delivery of complex, multi-workstream FCC engagements across KSA and the GCC on time, on budget, on quality.
- Serve as senior engagement lead and SME across core FCC domains (see below).
- Provide hands-on expert guidance on selection, implementation, and tuning of leading sanctions screening and TM platforms (Fircosoft/Accuity, SAS AML, Actimize, Oracle FCCM, and similar).
- Review and quality-assure all deliverables prior to client submission.
- Mentor and develop junior and mid-level team members.
Core Fcc Domains (Senior Engagement Lead)
- Gap assessments against SAMA, CBUAE, FATF, and internal standards
- AML/CFT programme design, remediation, and framework transformation
- Sanctions and TM model validation (methodology, parameters, thresholds, output quality)
- Sanctions and TM system tuning and optimisation
- KYC/CDD/EDD remediation and look-back programmes
- Monitorship / Skilled Persons Review (SPR) support
- Enterprise-wide, product, channel, and customer-segment financial crime risk assessments
- Regulatory examination readiness and response
Team Building & Leadership
- Recruit, build, and manage a high-performing FCC advisory team in KSA.
- Set clear performance expectations and development pathways.
- Foster an inclusive, accountable, high-energy culture aligned to the firm's values and ethical standards.
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