Kuwait Risk Lead: Enterprise & Credit (Fintech)

Tabby | تابي; Kuwait; On-site; KWD 14,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Tabby is expanding its Kuwait operation and seeks a hands-on Senior Risk Manager to establish enterprise and credit risk governance, risk appetite, and reporting aligned with Group standards. You will partner with Kuwait leadership and cross-functional teams to scale risk controls for a regulated fintech expansion.

You will own risk identification, policy development, and reporting for regulators and boards, ensuring timely risk decisions and robust resilience in a fast-growth market.

Qualifications

• Extensive risk management experience in banking, fintech, or regulated finance.
• Hands-on enterprise and credit risk experience, not only governance and oversight.
• Proven ability to build risk frameworks, policies, risk appetite, governance structures, and reporting processes.
• Fluent English; Arabic is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Build Tabby Kuwait's local risk framework for enterprise and credit risk, aligned with Group standards and regulatory requirements.
• Develop local risk strategy, risk appetite statements, policies, governance forums and management reporting for launch and ongoing operations.
• Own the enterprise risk process: risk identification, assessment, risk register, KRIs, and remediation tracking.
• Provide independent risk challenges on new products, partnerships, and operating models.

Skills

Enterprise risk

Credit risk

Regulatory compliance

Governance

Policy development

Risk appetite

Regulatory reporting

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Cross-functional collab

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Econ/IRisk/Business/Math

FRM

PRM

CFA

Job description

Tabby is expanding its Kuwait operation and seeks a hands-on Senior Risk Manager to establish enterprise and credit risk governance, risk appetite, and reporting aligned with Group standards. You will partner with Kuwait leadership and cross-functional teams to scale risk controls for a regulated fintech expansion.

You will own risk identification, policy development, and reporting for regulators and boards, ensuring timely risk decisions and robust resilience in a fast-growth market.