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About MaridTech

MaridTech is a Saudi fintech company developing an AI-powered open banking platform. This platform is designed to provide consumers with enhanced visibility into their financial lives, including spending habits, financial health, available benefits, and personalized financial insights. The company operates within Saudi Arabia's open banking ecosystem, aligning its platform development with the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) Open Banking Framework and the financial sector transformation goals of Vision 2030.

The Role of Compliance & AML Specialist

MaridTech is seeking a Compliance & AML Specialist to join its Governance & Compliance function in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role is central to supporting the company's regulatory compliance, Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing (AML/CTF) activities, and overall governance requirements. The specialist will ensure ongoing regulatory readiness in accordance with applicable SAMA requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Support compliance with applicable SAMA regulations, frameworks, rules, and regulatory instructions.
• Maintain and update compliance policies, procedures, registers, controls, and regulatory documentation.
• Support the company’s AML/CTF, KYC, Customer Due Diligence (CDD), and financial crime compliance activities.
• Assist in conducting compliance monitoring, assessments, and regulatory gap analysis.
• Identify, document, escalate, and follow up on compliance breaches, regulatory risks, and remediation actions.
• Support regulatory submissions, licensing activities, inspections, information requests, and communications with SAMA.
• Monitor regulatory developments and assess their impact on the company.
• Support governance activities, management and committee reporting, and maintenance of relevant governance documentation.
• Coordinate with business, technology, cybersecurity, risk, and other functions to ensure regulatory requirements are properly implemented.
• Support internal compliance and AML awareness and training activities.

Required Experience

Candidates for this position should possess 2-5 years of relevant experience in compliance and AML roles, preferably within the financial technology sector or a regulated financial institution.

Work Environment and Growth

This role offers an opportunity to work within a growing Saudi fintech company operating in the open banking ecosystem. The position provides direct exposure to SAMA regulatory requirements, compliance, AML, governance, and fintech regulation as MaridTech scales its operations toward commercial launch.