Manager

About the Role

Protiviti Middle East Member Firm is seeking a full-time Manager for their Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) advisory practice in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This role involves leading complex, multi-workstream FCC advisory engagements for clients across KSA and the GCC, ensuring timely and quality project delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of complex FCC advisory engagements, ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget, and to quality standards.
• Serve as the senior engagement lead and subject matter expert across core FCC domains, including gap assessments, AML/CFT program design and remediation, sanctions and transaction monitoring (TM) model validation, system tuning, KYC/CDD/EDD remediation, and financial crime risk assessments.
• Provide expert guidance on the selection, implementation, and configuration of sanctions screening and TM technology platforms (*, Fircosoft/Accuity, SAS AML, Actimize, Oracle FCCM).
• Review and quality-assure all deliverables before client submission, ensuring analytical rigor, regulatory accuracy, and professional presentation.
• Mentor and develop junior and mid-level team members, fostering a culture of excellence and client focus.
• Recruit, build, and manage a high-performing FCC advisory team in KSA, setting clear performance expectations and development pathways.
• Act as a role model for the firm's quality standards, client service ethos, and ethical conduct.

Required Experience and Expertise

• Total Professional Experience: 9+ years.
• FCC Advisory / Consulting Experience: 5+ years, mandatory.
• Team Building & Management: Must have experience building and managing a team.
• FCC Advisory Solutions: Deep, hands-on expertise in gap assessments (AML/CFT, sanctions, anti-bribery), sanctions and TM model validation, system tuning and optimization, KYC/CDD/EDD remediation, monitorship/Skilled Persons Review (SPR) support, financial crime risk assessments, AML/CFT program design and implementation, and regulatory examination readiness.
• Technology & Systems: Hands-on experience with sanctions screening systems (*, Fircosoft, Oracle Financial Services) and transaction monitoring systems (*, SAS AML, NICE Actimize, Oracle FCCM). Mandatory experience in at least one full system selection and one implementation/configuration engagement.
• Digital, Innovation & Data Science: Must have built at least one differentiated digital/technology-enabled FCC advisory solution. Strong understanding of RegTech, AI/ML, and automation in financial crime risk management. Knowledge of data science concepts and tools (Python preferred) for FCC analytics.

Candidate Profile and Attributes

The ideal candidate will be a seasoned technician, a credible rainmaker, and an inspiring leader. This role requires a highly motivated, self-driven, and proactive individual with a long-term vision for building and scaling a financial crime advisory practice. Candidates should be quality-conscious with exceptional attention to detail, commercially savvy, and adept at building relationships within the GCC banking and regulatory ecosystem. Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, are essential, along with the ability to lead by example and invest in team growth. Resilience and adaptability in a fast-moving regulatory environment are also key.

Preferred Qualifications

• Data Science (Python): Working knowledge of Python for FCC-related analytics.
• Consulting Background: Experience from a Big 4 firm, global management consultancy, or a specialist FCC advisory firm with international standards exposure.
• FCC Technology Vendor Experience: Prior experience at or with an FCC technology vendor (*, Accuity, SAS, Actimize, Oracle) is advantageous.