Senior Financial Crime Advisory Consultant

About the role

We are seeking an experienced senior consultant to lead financial crime advisory engagements for banks. You will work closely with compliance leaders to assess, design, and implement robust anti‑money‑laundering (AML) frameworks.

Key responsibilities

• Build relationships with bank compliance heads (CCOs, MLROs) and secure new advisory mandates.
• Lead gap assessments against SAMA and CBUAE regulatory requirements.
• Validate transaction monitoring systems to ensure accurate detection of suspicious activity while minimizing false alerts.
• Manage KYC and customer due‑diligence remediation projects.
• Conduct Skilled Persons Reviews or monitorships when regulators require independent compliance assessments.
• Advise on selection and implementation of AML platforms such as Actimize, SAS AML, and Oracle FCCM.
• Coach and develop a team of managers and assistant managers.

Required profile

• 12+ years of overall experience, with at least 10 years in financial crime consulting (not solely in‑house compliance).
• 5+ years of proven business development experience selling advisory services.
• Hands‑on experience completing at least one full AML system selection and one implementation.
• Background in building a tech‑enabled financial crime solution and taking it to market.
• Big 4 or major consulting firm experience strongly preferred.
• Arabic language proficiency is a plus, not mandatory.

Required skills

• Actimize
• SAS AML
• Oracle FCCM