Head - Risk & Compliance

Job Description

Role Overview:As the Head of Risk & Compliance Operations Service Delivery, your primary responsibility is to establish and lead centralized risk and compliance operations within the GCC region. You will be tasked with ensuring high-quality service delivery across various operational areas such as risk management, compliance monitoring, AML/KYC operations, regulatory reporting support, and control assurance. Your focus will be on operational execution, service delivery excellence, standardization, vendor management, and team leadership, all while aligning closely with enterprise risk frameworks and regulatory expectations.Key Responsibilities:- Define and implement a risk and compliance operations service delivery strategy in alignment with enterprise risk appetite, regulatory requirements, and GCC operating principles.- Translate enterprise risk and compliance frameworks into scalable, efficient, and standardized operational processes across countries and business units.- Establish a service delivery model covering in-scope risk and compliance activities, roles, SLAs, escalation paths, and governance forums.- Lead day-to-day delivery of operational risk and compliance processes, including risk identification, assessment, issue tracking, remediation support, and reporting.- Oversee operational execution related to AML/KYC, financial crime operations, sanctions screening support, regulatory reporting operations, and control testing support within the GCC scope.- Build and manage a centralized risk & compliance operations team delivering services to multiple regions and stakeholders.- Strengthen operational governance, internal controls, and compliance monitoring frameworks across GCC-delivered activities.- Partner with IT and digital teams to implement and enhance risk and compliance technology platforms, drive automation and digitization initiatives, and leverage data and analytics to provide operational insights.Qualifications Required:- 15 years of operational risk/compliance experience with at least 5 years in leadership roles within a Financial Services GCC environment.- Experience in risk frameworks and strong knowledge of GCC regulatory environments, especially in the financial sector and corporate compliance.- Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.- Proven track record as a change agent with strong project execution capabilities.(Note: Additional details of the company were not provided in the job description.) Role Overview:As the Head of Risk & Compliance Operations Service Delivery, your primary responsibility is to establish and lead centralized risk and compliance operations within the GCC region. You will be tasked with ensuring high-quality service delivery across various operational areas such as risk management, compliance monitoring, AML/KYC operations, regulatory reporting support, and control assurance. Your focus will be on operational execution, service delivery excellence, standardization, vendor management, and team leadership, all while aligning closely with enterprise risk frameworks and regulatory expectations.Key Responsibilities:- Define and implement a risk and compliance operations service delivery strategy in alignment with enterprise risk appetite, regulatory requirements, and GCC operating principles.- Translate enterprise risk and compliance frameworks into scalable, efficient, and standardized operational processes across countries and business units.- Establish a service delivery model covering in-scope risk and compliance activities, roles, SLAs, escalation paths, and governance forums.- Lead day-to-day delivery of operational risk and compliance processes, including risk identification, assessment, issue tracking, remediation support, and reporting.- Oversee operational execution related to AML/KYC, financial crime operations, sanctions screening support, regulatory reporting operations, and control testing support within the GCC scope.- Build and manage a centralized risk & compliance operations team delivering services to multiple regions and stakeholders.- Strengthen operational governance, internal controls, and compliance monitoring frameworks across GCC-delivered activities.- Partner with IT and digital teams to implement and enhance risk and compliance technology platforms, drive automation and digitization initiatives, and leverage data and analytics to provide operational insights.Qualifications Required:- 15 years of operational risk/compliance experience with at least 5 years in leadership roles within a Financial Services GCC environment.- Experience in risk frameworks and strong knowledge of GCC regulatory environments, especially in the financial sector and corporate compliance.- Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.- Proven track record as a change agent with strong project execution capabilities.(Note: Additional details of the company were not

Keyskills :
Operational Risk ManagementCompliance MonitoringVendor ManagementTeam LeadershipService Delivery ManagementGovernanceInternal ControlsBudgetingStakeholder ManagementProject ExecutionAMLKYC OperationsRegulatory Reporting SupportControl Assuranc