Internal Audit Lead - Financial Crime

Tabby
Dubai
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Finance & AccountingExperience: 7+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Stakeholder management","Communication","Investigative mindset","Professional skepticism","Independent delivery"]

Lead end-to-end audits across financial crime and compliance domains, including AML, CTF, sanctions, fraud prevention, and customer due diligence. Assess the design and operating effectiveness of financial crime frameworks against CBUAE expectations, and conduct forensic reviews into suspected fraud and control breaches. Apply advanced data analytics and reporting to deliver actionable insights, thematic risk findings, and practical recommendations to senior leadership and regulators.

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Tabby
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1 month ago

Internal Audit Lead - Financial Crime

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Job Summary

Lead end-to-end audits across financial crime and compliance domains, including AML, CTF, sanctions, fraud prevention, and customer due diligence. Assess the design and operating effectiveness of financial crime frameworks against CBUAE expectations, and conduct forensic reviews into suspected fraud and control breaches. Apply advanced data analytics and reporting to deliver actionable insights, thematic risk findings, and practical recommendations to senior leadership and regulators.
Location: Dubai
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Finance & Accounting
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead and deliver end-to-end financial crime and compliance audits across AML, CTF, sanctions, fraud prevention, and CDD/KYC/KYB.
  • •Independently plan and execute risk-based audit engagements covering first and second line controls.
  • •Evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of financial crime frameworks against CBUAE regulations, internal policies, and international best practices.
  • •Assess compliance-owned processes such as regulatory horizon scanning, regulatory change management, compliance monitoring, policy governance, and MI reporting.
  • •Conduct forensic reviews and thematic deep-dives using advanced data analytics, and report clear, risk-based findings and recommendations to senior stakeholders.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceEquity

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in Forensic Accounting, Finance, Economics, Law, or a related discipline (advanced degree advantageous).
  • •7+ years’ experience in internal audit, financial crime compliance, or forensic investigations in banking/fintech/regulate financial services.
  • •Strong knowledge of AML/CFT, sanctions, fraud risk management, and CBUAE financial crime and compliance regulations.
  • •Proficiency with compliance frameworks and second-line responsibilities, including horizon scanning, regulatory change management, and compliance monitoring.
  • •Advanced data analytics skills with tools such as SQL, Python, Power BI, and Tableau (or similar).
Experience:7+ yearsBankingFintechRegulated financial services
Education:Bachelor's in Forensic Accounting, Finance, Economics, Law
Skills:Stakeholder managementCommunicationInvestigative mindsetProfessional skepticismIndependent delivery
Certifications:CAMSCFECFFCIACISA
Languages:English
Tech Stack:SQLPythonPower BITableau

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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