Regulatory & Licensing Officer – Middle East and North Africa (Payments/Fintech)

Location: Hybrid in Cairo, Casablanca, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, Manama, Kuala Lumpur, or Lagos

Company

Financial infrastructure provider enabling global commerce and payment flows across emerging markets.

What you will do

• Support payment license and registration applications across Middle East and North Africa jurisdictions, including strategy, documentation, regulatory interactions, and approval tracking.
• Coordinate with external regulatory advisors and local law firms on licensing, structural questions, and regulatory perimeter assessments.
• Maintain country- and entity-level regulatory frameworks covering licenses, permissions, conditions, limits, and reporting obligations.
• Ensure accurate and timely regulatory reports and compliance submissions for licensed entities.
• Assess how regulatory requirements apply to new products, payment flows, and business use cases, and design compliant operating models.
• Advise internal teams and support merchant and partner onboarding from a regulatory perspective.

Requirements

• Advanced degree in Law, Compliance, Finance, or a comparable field.
• 5+ years of experience in regulatory affairs, compliance, or legal advisory roles, preferably in fintech, payments, financial services, or a law firm operating in MENA.
• Deep knowledge of MENA financial services regulation, payment institution licensing, AML/CFT, and data privacy requirements.
• Fluency in Arabic and English, both written and spoken, is mandatory.
• Direct experience managing regulatory relationships and submissions with MENA financial authorities.
• Strong analytical, organizational, advisory, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to handle multiple workstreams independently.

Nice to have

• French language skills, particularly for Morocco-based candidates.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible schedules focused on impact and productivity rather than fixed hours.
• Combination of self-managed focus time and in-person collaboration in regional hubs.
• Opportunity to work in the fintech industry and contribute to evolving payment infrastructure.
• Referral bonus program.
• Work from anywhere while traveling for up to three months per year.

Hiring process

• Application review by the Talent Acquisition team.
• Updates provided by email throughout the process.
• Artificial intelligence tools may support application and response assessment, while final decisions are made by humans.