Anti Fraud Officer

Foodics; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

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Bonuses

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Annual learning stipend

Job summary

Foodics is seeking an Anti-Fraud Officer to lead fraud risk management within the Anti-Financial Crime function, ensuring AML/CTF and Anti-Fraud controls align with SAMA regulations. The role covers policy development, monitoring, systems/tools, and reporting across payments services.

The successful candidate will have 2-3 years in a related role, a business/finance background, and strong regulatory knowledge in KSA.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, economics, law or related field required; Master’s preferred.
• Fluency in Arabic and English (verbal and written).
• Strong knowledge of KSA regulatory compliance in financial and payment services.
• Experience in payments, Anti-Fraud, Anti-Bribery and Corruption within financial services.
• Knowledge of SAMA regulatory framework (Payment Services).
• Willingness to expand technical knowledge across projects.
• Ability to analyze and assess programs, policies and operational needs.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the Anti-Fraud policy in line with SAMA regulations for Payment Services.
• Document Anti-Fraud policy/manual in accordance with SAMA and Anti-Fraud Law.
• Prepare detailed procedure manuals covering all Anti-Fraud processes and reporting requirements.
• Execute processes to manage fraud risk and ensure regulatory compliance; conduct investigations and communicate changes.
• Prepare responses to SAMA circulars and requests related to fraud cases with timely information.
• Maintain logs of communications, circulars, and correspondence; track action items.

Skills

Arabic language

English language

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Who Are We

We Are Foodics! a leading restaurant management ecosystem and payment tech provider. Founded in 2014 with headquarter in Riyadh and offices across 5 countries, including UAE, Egypt, Jordan and Kuwait. We are currently serving customers and partners in over 35 different countries worldwide. Our innovative products have successfully processed over 6 billion (yes, billion with a B) orders so far! making Foodics one of the most rapidly evolving SaaS companies to ever emerge from the MENA region. Also Foodics has achieved three rounds of funding, with the latest raising $170 million in the largest SaaS funding round in MENA, boosting its innovation capabilities to better serve business owners.

The Job in a Nutshell

The Anti-Fraud Officer will be part of the Anti-Financial Crime function in charge of overseeing fraud risk in the company, covering Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Combating Terrorism Financing (CTF) and Anti-Fraud (AF). This role should adhere and implement all SAMA regulations in these aspects and ensure the development and implementation of related policies, procedures, roles, monitoring, systems/tools and reporting.

What Will You Do

• Contribute to the preparation of the Anti Fraud policy in line with SAMA (specific to Payment Services) regulations and established rules or principles.
• Contribute into documenting Anti-Fraud policy/manual for the company in accordance with SAMA (specific to Payment Services) and the Anti-Fraud Law.
• Participation in documenting detailed procedure manuals covering all processes and reporting requirements covering Anti-Fraud.
• Execute all required processes that are primarily designed to manage fraud risk or comply with regulations, policies and procedures including conducting the required investigations. Communicate to related functions/staff the new procedures and regulations, and ensure continuous follow up for implementation including system requirements.
• Participate in the preparation of responses to all SAMA (specific to Payment Services) circulars and requests relating to fraud-related cases and preparation of the required information in the proper form and timeframe.
• Maintain logs/ records of communications, circulars and correspondence (receive, circulate and follow up on action taken, send and follow up on replies).
• Performing the Client validation and fraud checks requirements and the validation reviews in the onboarding and revalidation of clients’ acceptance.
• Contribute in the implementation of tools/systems for monitoring clients and transactions against lists of sanctioned persons, entities, or countries issued by the government/ competent authorities and pre-defined scenarios.
• Participate in the implementation of Anti-fraud detection system and setting up pre-defined scenarios.
• Contribute in updating the fraud risk related monitoring scenarios.
• Performing the oversight of Operational execution of fraud risk activity and ensure effective controls testing are in place.
• Regularly assess the efficiency and effectiveness of control systems and recommend needed improvements.
• Conducting in coordination with the Financial Crime Manager the fraud risk related risk assessments for entities/processes, new products, services and initiatives.

What Are We Looking For

• 2-3 years of experience in a relevant role
• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, economics, law or other related Field- Masters preferred
• Strong Knowledge of KSA regulatory compliance in financial and payment services
• Previous and strong experience in the area of payments, Anti-Fraud, Anti-Bribery and Corruption within financial services industries.
• Knowledge in the SAMA (specific to Payment Services) regulatory framework.
• Willingness to expand technical knowledge in a broad range of projects.
• Capability to analyze and assess programs, policies and operational needs.
• Fluency in Arabic and English (verbal and written)
• Strong MS Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)

What We Offer You

We believe you will love working at Foodics!

• We offer highly competitive compensation packages, including bonuses and the potential for shares.
• We prioritize personal development and offer regular training and an annual learning stipend to tackle new challenges and grow your career in a hyper-growth environment.
• Join a talented team of over 30 nationalities working in 14 countries, and gain valuable experience in an exciting industry.
• We offer autonomy, mentoring, and challenging goals that create incredible opportunities for both you and the company.