Financial Crime & Antifraud Technology Specialist📣 Job Ad

About the Role

Creative Dock Group is seeking a Financial Crime & Antifraud Technology Specialist to join our team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time position requires an experienced professional with 5-10 years of relevant experience to lead the design, delivery, and operation of technology systems crucial for our financial crime prevention capabilities.

Role Purpose and Context

The specialist will focus on critical areas including Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Know Your Customer (KYC), fraud detection, transaction monitoring, and sanctions screening. This role operates at the intersection of Technology, Compliance, and Risk, ensuring that our systems effectively detect and prevent financial crime while adhering to all regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation, and ongoing management of AML transaction monitoring systems (*, NICE Actimize, SAS AML, FICO Falcon, or equivalent).
• Own the roadmap and delivery of KYC/onboarding systems, ensuring efficient and compliant customer due diligence.
• Manage and optimize fraud detection platforms, covering transaction fraud, identity fraud, and account takeover prevention.
• Oversee sanctions screening infrastructure, ensuring real-time checks against OFAC, EU, UN, and local sanctions lists.
• Drive continuous improvement in detection accuracy, reducing false positives while maintaining regulatory coverage.
• Ensure all financial crime systems comply with applicable regulatory frameworks (*, AMLD5/6, BSA, FATF, SAMA AML/CFT requirements, or other local equivalents).
• Translate regulatory and compliance requirements into clear technical specifications and delivery plans.
• Support internal and external audits and regulatory examinations, providing system documentation and evidence.
• Coordinate Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) / Suspicious Transaction Report (STR) system workflows.
• Act as the key liaison between Technology, Compliance, Risk, Legal, and Operations.
• Manage vendor relationships, contracts, and SLAs for third-party compliance technology providers.
• Present system performance, risk indicators, and project status to senior management and regulators.
• Manage the full lifecycle of financial crime system implementations and upgrades — requirements gathering, design, testing, deployment.
• Oversee data migration, integration, and reconciliation activities related to compliance systems.
• Manage budgets, timelines, and resource allocation for financial crime technology initiatives.
• Drive automation and process efficiency across compliance and fraud operations.

Experience and Qualifications

Candidates for this role should possess 5-10 years of professional experience in financial crime prevention technology, compliance, or a related field. Demonstrated expertise in designing, implementing, and managing systems for AML, KYC, fraud detection, transaction monitoring, and sanctions screening is required. Experience with specific platforms such as NICE Actimize, SAS AML, or FICO Falcon is highly relevant.

Work Environment and Collaboration

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role involves close collaboration with various internal departments including Technology, Compliance, Risk, Legal, and Operations, as well as external vendors and regulatory bodies. Regular reporting on system performance and project status to senior management is an integral part of the role.

Application Process

Interested candidates are invited to apply for this position. Further details regarding the application process will be provided upon inquiry.