Lead Anti-Fraud Officer

The Lead Anti-Fraud Officer independently leads complex governance, risk, and compliance activities and serves as a subject matter expert in one or more GRC domains — enterprise information security governance, risk management frameworks, regulatory compliance, or third-party risk management. The role produces high-quality GRC deliverables, provides technical mentoring to junior and mid-level team members, and contributes directly to the continuous improvement of the organization's GRC framework, risk treatment processes, and compliance reporting mechanisms. The Lead Anti-Fraud Officer operates as a bridge between technical execution and programme leadership — collaborating with leads, legal, audit, and business stakeholders to drive mature and effective GRC outcomes aligned with the Saudi Fintech regulatory environment. - Lead the development, review, and continuous improvement of information security policies, standards, procedures, and governance frameworks. - Serve as the subject matter expert for assigned regulatory domains, providing authoritative interpretation of requirements and translating them into implementable control objectives. - Monitor and proactively track regulatory and legal developments affecting information security — assessing impact and recommending updates to the governance framework. - Prepare and review governance documentation — RACI matrices, security charter updates, governance committee packs — and present findings to senior stakeholders. - Lead the preparation of regulatory self-assessments and compliance attestations, coordinating evidence gathering and quality-reviewing submissions before senior sign-off. - Mentor GR1–GR2 team members on governance documentation quality, regulatory interpretation, and risk assessment methodology. Enterprise Risk Management - Lead the execution of complex enterprise information security risk assessments, applying advanced qualitative and quantitative methodologies to produce risk profiles aligned with the organization's risk appetite. - Own and maintain the enterprise information security risk register — ensuring accuracy, currency, and appropriate escalation of significant risks. - Lead BIA processes for critical business functions — coordinating with asset owners, analysing recovery requirements, and producing BIA outputs for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery planning. - Design and execute control effectiveness testing programmes, producing findings reports with gap analysis and risk-ranked remediation recommendations. - Lead third-party information security risk management — designing assessment frameworks, conducting in-depth vendor reviews, and maintaining the third-party risk register. - Produce executive-quality risk reporting with trend analysis, emerging risk identification, and treatment progress tracking for senior management and committee consumption. Compliance Programme Delivery - Lead compliance monitoring activities for CFFR, NCA ECC, PDPL, ISO 27001, and PCI-DSS — producing gap analyses, treatment plans, and periodic compliance status reports. - Manage internal and external audit cycles — coordinating evidence collection, reviewing evidence quality, engaging with auditors, and tracking remediation to closure. - Design and deliver the security awareness programme — producing targeted content for different staff segments, conducting awareness sessions, and analysing effectiveness metrics. - Develop and maintain GRC programme metrics dashboards, ensuring KPIs and KRIs are accurately measured and presented to senior management on schedule. - Lead the integration of information security requirements into third-party contracts, procurement processes, and major project onboarding. - Contribute to the development of the information security programme strategy, identifying capability improvement opportunities and recommending investment priorities to the Lead. Cross-Functional Collaboration & Knowledge Leadership - Serve as the primary GRC point of contact for assigned business and technology teams — providing expert guidance on security requirements, risk treatment, and compliance obligations. - Lead information classification and security requirements reviews for significant IT, product, and business projects. - Contribute to the GRC knowledge base — developing reusable templates, guidance documents, and training materials for internal use. - Represent the GRC function in cross-functional working groups, project steering committees, and regulatory workstreams. - Perform additional responsibilities as assigned by management. - Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Cybersecurity, Risk Management, or a related field. - A Master's degree in Information Security, Risk Management, or Business Administration is an advantage. - 3–5 years of progressive professional experience in information security governance, risk management, or compliance. Demonstrable experience independen

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Cybersecurity, Risk Management, or a related field. A Master's degree in Information Security, Risk Management, or Business Administration is an advantage. 3–5 years of progressive professional experience in information security governance, risk management, or compliance.