Chief Compliance Officer; CCO & MLRO, SCSA

Job Summary

We are hiring a senior leader to head our Conduct, Financial Crime and Compliance (CFCC) function in Saudi Arabia. This role ensures compliance with regulatory expectations, delivers the Bank’s financial crime framework, and supports our business strategy while upholding the highest standards of conduct.

• Drive and implement the CFCC vision and strategy in line with Group and regional priorities
• Support the Bank’s growth aspirations while maintaining a strong compliance culture

• Provide strategic advice and challenge to business leaders to ensure sustainable and compliant outcomes.
• Anticipate emerging regulatory and financial crime risks that may impact the business

• Oversee implementation of compliance and financial crime frameworks in Saudi Arabia.
• Ensure policies, procedures and monitoring are effective and aligned to regulatory obligations.

• Spearhead and develop the CFCC team, fostering a culture of openness, accountability and risk awareness.
• Build capacity, ensure training, and drive succession planning for critical roles

• Act as Risk Owner for regulatory compliance processes under the Enterprise Risk Management Framework (ERMF).
• Identify, assess and escape material risks, ensuring effective mitigation strategies are in place.

• Provide senior oversight and direction for CFCC governance in Saudi Arabia.
• Lead regulatory engagement and ensure findings from audits or reviews are addressed and embedded.

• Uphold the highest standards of ethics and integrity in line with the Group Code of Conduct.
• Ensure compliance with local regulations and global financial crime obligations.

• Saudi Arabia Regulators
• Chief Executive Officer, Standard Chartered Saudi Arabia (CEO, SCSA)
• Cluster / Regional CFCC Management
• Heads of Businesses and Functions

• Compliance Policies and Standards
• Compliance Advisory
• Compliance Review and FCC Assurance
• Surveillance (including Screening and Monitoring)
• Investigations
• Compliance Risk Assessment
• Regulatory Liaison
• Manage Change
• Manage Projects

• Experience in a regulated capital market or financial institution.
• Certifications:
  
  Capital Market Examination (CME1 & CME2) and Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).
• Strong track record in compliance, governance and financial crime leadership.
• Excellent stakeholder management and regulatory relationship experience.
• High integrity, independence and resilience.

We’re an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we’ve worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you’re looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you.

You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can’t wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you’ll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle
  , continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together
  , we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance
  , with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time‑off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along…