# Lead Anti-Fraud Officer — Tabby

Canonical: https://jobxdubai.com/jobs/580630-lead-anti-fraud-officer
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Type: full_time · Level: senior
Monthly salary: AED 24,500 to 39,200 per month (employer-stated) (UAE salaries are tax-free)
Posted: 2026-09-23
Apply: https://tabby.pinpointhq.com/en/jobs/580630

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## Description

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

## Requirements

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.

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