Compliance Lead (Fintech)

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Company

hirify.global is a fintech platform serving customers and merchants across Saudi Arabia and the GCC, providing financial solutions across retail, travel, education, healthcare, and other sectors.

What you will do

• Support the Head of Compliance in managing and implementing the annual Compliance Programme.
• Conduct risk-based compliance reviews, monitoring activities, thematic reviews, inspections, control testing, and gap assessments across departments.
• Assess compliance with CBUAE regulations, Consumer Protection Standards, market conduct requirements, product governance obligations, and customer communication rules.
• Manage regulatory change, maintain the CBUAE Regulatory Notice Register, and coordinate implementation of new or amended requirements.
• Support CBUAE inspections, examinations, RFIs, regulatory meetings, submissions, reporting, and remediation tracking.
• Advise business teams, support compliance training, escalate material risks, and report programme progress and findings to senior management and Board committees.

Requirements

• 5–8 years of regulatory compliance experience in a regulated financial institution, fintech, finance company, bank, payment service provider, or similar environment.
• Previous experience with a CBUAE-regulated organisation and direct engagement with the CBUAE is required.
• Experience supporting regulatory engagements, RFIs, inspections, supervisory reviews, remediation activities, and regulatory reporting systems.
• Working knowledge of CBUAE Consumer Protection Standards, conduct risk, compliance monitoring, and regulatory change management.
• Bachelor’s degree in law, finance, business, or a related field.
• Strong report-writing, regulatory interpretation, analytical, stakeholder-management, and organisational skills.

Nice to have

• Compliance-related certification such as CAMS or ICA.
• Fluency in Arabic.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within a regulated fintech serving customers and partner merchants across the GCC.
• Collaborate with business, operational, senior management, and Board stakeholders.
• Operate in a role focused on trusted financial solutions, customer protection, and regulatory integrity.