Head of Compliance / MLRO - Dubai (Fintech)

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates; hybrid role requiring 4 days per week in the Dubai Internet City office

Company

hirify.global operates clearing and treasury infrastructure, with USD clearing as a majority of its volumes, and is building infrastructure for its regulated entities and planned U.S. national trust bank charter.

What you will do

• Act as the DFSA’s main contact for questions, reviews, inspections, notifications, and regulatory reporting.
• Own money-laundering escalations and suspicious activity reporting for the DFSA-regulated Dubai entity.
• Maintain AML, CTF, sanctions policies, risk assessments, governance, and monitoring actions through closure.
• Define risk-based limits across clients, transactions, products, and business activities, working with Compliance Operations.
• Advise on new products, outsourcing, and expansion, report to local and group committees, and lead a group compliance workstream.

Requirements

• 5+ years of senior compliance experience, including time as an MLRO or substantive deputy MLRO at a regulated firm.
• Direct experience dealing with the DFSA or the Central Bank of the UAE.
• Knowledge of money-laundering risk in payments and the ability to make clear, risk-based decisions on AML/CTF, sanctions, and suspicious activity.
• Experience or motivation to shape compliance across hirify.global’s regulated entities and work within a shared group framework.
• Ability to understand a business, its risks, and controls before identifying and prioritizing improvements.
• Ability to work independently as a standalone compliance leader, collaborate across jurisdictions, and challenge or escalate when needed.
• Ability to adapt to a changing regulatory landscape and changing obligations.

Nice to have

• Experience running local compliance within a group and improving frameworks in a growing business.
• Experience with both the DFSA and the Central Bank of the UAE, or across multiple jurisdictions.
• ICA, CAMS, or similar qualifications.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible vacation policy, flexible working, and autonomy.
• Private healthcare and employee stock ownership through an ESOP.
• Two annual Pay It Forward days for volunteering.
• Three wellness days every quarter.
• Close collaboration with heads of compliance in Hong Kong, Switzerland, Singapore, and the US; no direct reports at the start.