Director, Financial Crime Compliance - Riyadh
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About the Role
EY is seeking a Director for Financial Crime Compliance in Riyadh to lead and grow a team providing strategic sourcing services related to regulatory compliance, financial crime compliance, corporate governance, and risk management.
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Responsibilities
- Lead and grow a team and provide strategic sourcing services related to regulatory compliance, financial crime compliance (FCC), corporate governance, fraud risk assessments, enterprise risk management, internal controls to clients
- Assist organizations to maintain effective and efficient controls to manage organizational and strategic risks
- Manage multiple client engagement teams at an executive level within the practice and the firm
- Work with high level client personnel to address compliance, financial, and operational risks as well as perform internal control testing, develop internal audit plans, and provide internal audit services on an outsourcing basis
- Assess the client’s current state internal controls and SOX framework in order to mitigate risk
- Provide guidance and share knowledge with team members and participate in performing procedures especially focusing on complex, judgmental and/or specialized issues
- Work with the team and the client to create plans for accomplishing engagement objectives and a strategy that complies with professional standards
- Brief the engagement team on the client's IA environment and industry IA trends
- Maintain relationships with client management to manage expectations of service, including work products, timing, and deliverables
Requirements
- Minimum of 8 plus years of experience in the Forensics domain coupled with a background in internal audit, risk advisory, financial crime compliance and risk assessment with a consulting firm
- Strong understanding of expectations of regulators and international organisations such as FATF
- Knowledge of the global risk and regulatory environment, especially developments in the FCC space
- Graduate degree in law, finance or commerce preferred
- Post graduate qualifications in AML/CFT, commerce
- Industry related certification (e.g., CAMS or ICA diploma in AML)
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The Opportunity
- As a Director, you’ll build valued relationships with external clients and internal peers and develop a portfolio of projects by focusing on high value opportunities.
- You’ll lead presentations and proposals for complex projects or elements of highly complex projects and provide subject matter insight to bids and proposals.
- Drawing on your skills and experience, you’ll create innovative commercial insights for clients, adapt methods and practices to fit operational team and cultural needs, and contribute to thought leadership.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Lead and grow a team and to provide strategic sourcing services related to regulatory compliance, financial crime compliance (FCC), corporate governance, fraud risk assessments, enterprise risk management, internal controls to our clients.
- Assist organizations to maintain effective and efficient controls, in order to manage organizational and strategic risks.
- Manage multiple client engagement teams at an executive level within the practice and the firm.
- Work with high level client personnel to address compliance, financial, and operational risks as well as perform internal control testing, develop internal audit plans, and provide internal audit services on an outsourcing basis.
- Assess the client’s current state internal controls and SOX framework in order to mitigate risk.
- Provide guidance and share knowledge with team members and participate in performing procedures especially focusing on complex, judgmental and/or specialized issues.
- Work with the team and the client to create plans for accomplishing engagement objectives and a strategy that complies with professional standards and advise clients to understand and manage their business risks and verify the validity of their business information.
- Brief the engagement team on the client's IA environment and industry IA trends.
- Maintain relationships with client management to manage expectations of service, including work products, timing, and deliverables.
- Demonstrate a thorough understanding of compliance, financial, and operational risks along with performing internal control testing, develop internal audit plans, and provide internal audit services on an outsourcing basis.
- Assess internal controls and SOX framework in order to mitigate risk and apply it to client situations.
To Qualify for the Role, You Must Have
- Minimum of 8 plus years of experience in the Forensics domain coupled with a background in internal audit, risk advisory, financial crime compliance and risk assessment with a consulting firm.
- Strong understanding of expectations of regulators and international organisations such as FATF.
- Knowledge of the global risk and regulatory environment, especially developments in the FCC space.
- Graduate degree in law, finance or commerce preferred. Post graduate qualifications in AML/ CFT, commerce.
- Industry related certification (e.g., CAMS or ICA diploma in AML).
Ideally, You’ll Also Have
- Working experience in the MENA region.
- Post graduate qualifications in AML / CFT or professional / technical qualifications in risk management.
- Experience with the design, development and implementation of internal controls for financial services business processes, especially in FCC framework and strategy preferred.
What We Look For
- We are interested in entrepreneurs who have the confidence to develop and promote a brand new strategic vision both internally and externally.
- You will be business savvy with a passion for innovation as well as the motivation to create your own EY journey.
What We Offer
- Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
- Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
- Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
- Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.
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