AML/CFT Monitoring Manager

HALA
Riyadh
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceExperience: 7+ yearsSkills: ["Leadership","Team management","Stakeholder management","Cross-functional coordination","Analytical problem-solving"]

Manage and enhance the AML/CTF transaction monitoring framework to ensure timely detection, investigation, and escalation of suspicious activity in line with SAMA regulations and internal policies. Own monitoring end-to-end (KYC/EDD, scenarios, alert handling, risk rating updates), lead team performance and training, drive data quality improvements, produce periodic AML/CTF reporting, and represent the organization with regulators, audit, and external reviewers.

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HALA
HALA
2 days ago

AML/CFT Monitoring Manager

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Job Summary

Manage and enhance the AML/CTF transaction monitoring framework to ensure timely detection, investigation, and escalation of suspicious activity in line with SAMA regulations and internal policies. Own monitoring end-to-end (KYC/EDD, scenarios, alert handling, risk rating updates), lead team performance and training, drive data quality improvements, produce periodic AML/CTF reporting, and represent the organization with regulators, audit, and external reviewers.
Location: Riyadh
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own the AML/CTF monitoring function end to end, including customer acceptance, KYC/CDD/EDD, investigations, escalation, and ongoing risk management.
  • •Design, maintain, review, test, and enhance transaction monitoring scenarios, rules, thresholds, and logic to improve detection quality.
  • •Oversee the alert handling and investigations lifecycle, ensuring timely reviews, documentation, and structured escalation to the AML/CTF reporting function.
  • •Review onboarding and periodic KYC updates for high-risk customers and obtain required approvals with audit-ready documentation.
  • •Lead AML/CTF risk assessments, manage the team (workloads, performance, training), and translate regulatory typologies into improved policies, controls, and reporting.

Pay and Benefits

Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:EquityLearning BudgetRemote Work

Key Requirements

  • •7+ years in AML monitoring and investigations.
  • •Strong knowledge of AML/CTF regulations and SAMA requirements.
  • •In-depth understanding of transaction monitoring systems and scenario tuning.
  • •Strong risk assessment and decision-making capability for complex transaction patterns and emerging typologies.
  • •Relevant AML certifications such as CCO or CAMS; fluent in Arabic and English.
Experience:7+ years
Education:
Skills:LeadershipTeam managementStakeholder managementCross-functional coordinationAnalytical problem-solving
Certifications:CCOCAMS
Languages:ArabicEnglish
Tech Stack:Transaction monitoring systems

Company Brief

HALA
Provides a mobile-first neobanking platform delivering digital financial services such as virtual cards, payments, and expense management to consumers and small businesses, aiming to simplify everyday banking and cross-border transactions in the region.
Industry: Neobanking
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