Senior Risk Manager

Tabby
Kuwait City
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Independent work","Stakeholder management","Risk challenge","Clear communication","Governance"]

Build and maintain Tabby’s local risk management framework for Kuwait, owning enterprise and credit risk processes end to end. Develop local risk strategy and appetite, governance forums, policies, limits, KRIs, and risk reporting aligned to Group standards and Central Bank requirements. Provide independent risk challenge for key initiatives, oversee credit risk across the customer lifecycle, and support licensing, audits, and operational resilience.

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Tabby
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Senior Risk Manager

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Job Summary

Build and maintain Tabby’s local risk management framework for Kuwait, owning enterprise and credit risk processes end to end. Develop local risk strategy and appetite, governance forums, policies, limits, KRIs, and risk reporting aligned to Group standards and Central Bank requirements. Provide independent risk challenge for key initiatives, oversee credit risk across the customer lifecycle, and support licensing, audits, and operational resilience.
Location: Kuwait City
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance

Key Responsibilities

  • •Build and maintain Tabby’s local enterprise and credit risk framework for Kuwait, aligning Group standards with local regulatory requirements.
  • •Develop local risk strategy and risk appetite, and implement policies, limits, governance forums, and management reporting for launch and ongoing operations.
  • •Own enterprise risk processes including risk identification/assessment, risk register, KRIs, emerging-risk reviews, residual risk positions, and remediation tracking.
  • •Lead local credit risk oversight across the customer lifecycle, including underwriting and eligibility rules, credit limits, affordability, collections outcomes, and portfolio quality.
  • •Provide independent risk challenge on new products, partnerships, customer journeys, operating models, and support licensing and regulatory submissions/examinations.

Key Requirements

  • •Strong risk management experience in banking, fintech, consumer lending, payments, or another regulated financial-services environment.
  • •Hands-on experience across both enterprise risk and credit risk, including underwriting, credit policy, portfolio monitoring, and collections/loss drivers.
  • •Experience building or materially improving risk frameworks, policies, governance structures, reporting, and control processes.
  • •Understanding of enterprise risk disciplines such as risk/control assessments, KRIs, incident and issue management, operational resilience, third-party risk, and emerging risks.
  • •Ability to operate independently in a new-market environment and communicate decision-ready materials to leadership, committees, and regulators.
Experience:FintechConsumer lendingPaymentsRegulated financial services
Education:Bachelor's in Finance, Economics, Risk Management, Business, Mathematics or a related field
Skills:Independent workStakeholder managementRisk challengeClear communicationGovernance
Certifications:FRMPRMCFA
Languages:EnglishArabic

Company Brief

Tabby
Tabby is a MENA buy‑now‑pay‑later and fintech platform that enables customers to split purchases into installments, offers in‑store and online payment products, a consumer app, and merchant services across Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait and the wider region.
Industry: Lending
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Founded: 2019
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