Financial Crime Consulting Director

Client of Capitex

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.