Senior Manager / Director - Anti-fraud analytics and AI - Forensic - Riyadh or Dubai

EY; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consulting firm in Saudi Arabia seeks a Senior Manager/Director in Forensics to oversee AI initiatives and anti-fraud analytics. The role involves understanding client requirements, architecting AI-enabled solutions, and leading client engagements. Candidates should have over 10 years of experience in Forensics and AI technologies and a relevant Bachelor's degree. This position offers a competitive compensation package and opportunities for continuous learning in a diverse and inclusive environment.

Benefits

Competitive compensation package

Continuous learning opportunities

Diverse and inclusive culture

Qualifications

• Minimum 10+ years for Senior Manager or 15+ years for Director.
• Experience in Forensics and technology space focused on AI.
• Expertise in AI technologies, forensic analytics and automation.

Responsibilities

• Identify business development opportunities and consult clients.
• Lead end-to-end client engagements in fraud analytics.
• Architect data and model pipelines for analytics solutions.

Skills

Requirement gathering

Client and business development

Advanced ML

Project planning and execution

Deep fraud knowledge

Education

Bachelor's in computer science, engineering, IT or related field

Master's in relevant fields

Tools

Python

SQL

Azure

AWS

GCP

Job description

Successful organizations depend on their reputation for keeping promises, respecting laws and behaving ethically to maintain stakeholder trust. EY Forensic & Integrity Services professionals help organizations protect and restore enterprise and financial reputation. We assist companies and their legal counsel to investigate facts, resolve disputes and manage regulatory challenges. We put integrity at the heart of compliance programs to help better manage ethical and reputational risks.

Embracing integrity means doing what you say you will do, with unerring commitment. This can make it easier to attract and retain talented people and harness their skills to grow your business. A foundation built on integrity is critical because today's talent values purpose‑driven organizations. It can also help you develop stronger partnerships with suppliers and work more effectively with employees, investors, regulators and influencers. Our integrated approach ranges from enhancements in areas of perceived weakness or issues including governance, controls, culture and data insights to full organizational design and structural implementation.

The opportunity

As a Senior Manager / Director in Forensics overseeing AI initiatives and anti‑fraud analytics, you will be responsible for understanding client requirements around their anti‑fraud environment and technologies and offering the various EY solutions and services to them. You will also be required to architect and deploy customized AI/analytics‑enabled solutions for clients. The solutions will largely revolve around advanced technologies, forensic analytics, risk & compliance, and controls/process automation.

Your key responsibilities

As a Senior Manager / Director, you will identify business development opportunities, go‑to‑market strategy, work with various service lines to bring the Forensic Technology and AI mandate to our clients, design/architect solutions, work with development/delivery teams across the globe, troubleshoot technical issues on solutions and introduce solutions to clients. You will work as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution:

• Own the AI‑enabled anti‑fraud strategy and solution portfolio for the Forensics practice, setting the roadmap for analytics use cases and aligning to risk & compliance outcomes.
• Lead end‑to‑end client engagements (from discovery to deployment) across fraud analytics and technology programs, define scope, delivery approach, resourcing, quality, and governance; manage project economics and KPIs consistent with Forensics practice standards. Prepare project plans, business plans and design solution architectures (when required).
• Understand business processes and controls (especially IT controls) of potential and existing clients and convert business requirements into technical aspects and instructions to the team. Manage client expectations and communications.
• Architect data and model pipelines: design scalable data ingestion, feature engineering, model training/validation, and MLOps (CI/CD, monitoring, drift/decay handling) across cloud/on‑prem environments.
• Establish model governance and responsible AI controls: set standards for explainability, bias testing, fairness, human‑in‑the‑loop review, documentation, and audit‑readiness; chair model risk reviews.
• Translate regulatory requirements into analytics solutions (e.g., CBUAE/DFSA, SAMA, FATF guidance) and ensure deliverables meet evidentiary standards for investigations and compliance audits.
• Drive go‑to‑market and revenue growth: shape offerings, respond to RFP/RFI, craft client pitches and proposals, and develop value cases; build strategic partnerships (platform vendors, data providers) to accelerate delivery. Leverage the product portfolio of EY and pitch them to clients.
• Develop typology libraries and detection strategies: combine machine learning with rules/heuristics to target priority fraud patterns; set thresholds, KRI/KPI frameworks, and case prioritization logic.
• Oversee implementation and integration with case management, alerting, and workflow tools: troubleshoot technical issues with development and support teams, coordinate UAT, change management, and user enablement.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams (data scientists, investigators, engineers, SMEs), coach managers and seniors, and set performance goals; build a regional bench for rapid deployment.
• Institute practice governance: engagement risk controls, QRM reviews, independence considerations, data privacy/security, and documentation standards; ensure compliance with Forensics policies.
• Thought leadership & capability building: publish POVs, host client roundtables, and train internal teams on new fraud analytics techniques; maintain accelerators and reusable assets.
• Stakeholder management: advise clients, risk/compliance heads, and regulators; align analytics outcomes to business impact (loss reduction, customer protection, regulatory assurance).
• Liaise with other practices and service lines to build a conducive and collaborative environment to serve our clients.
• Comply with EY's and Forensics practice's goals, KPIs and targets.

Skills And Attributes For Success

Proactive, accountable and results‑driven people will flourish in this environment. Dealing with competing priorities, understanding how to manage resources across the globe and communicating effectively are key skills that will have a huge impact on those around you and help promote a positive work ethic.

• Requirement gathering: understand client needs, business, processes and IT ecosystem to baseline relevant solutions.
• Client and business development: identify opportunities and leverage our solutions to pitch to clients and build our business.
• Solution design: architect/configure solutions that solve critical client problems.
• Advanced ML: anomaly/outlier detection, supervised classification, network/graph analytics, sequence modelling, and NLP (case narratives, complaints, SAR rationales).
• Feature engineering: high‑volume transactional and behavioural data; real‑time/stream processing; MLOps with model monitoring, drift detection, and retraining pipelines.
• Hands‑on Python/SQL, common fraud analytics stacks, cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP), graph databases; strong data visualization for investigator workflows.
• Model governance & documentation: reproducible notebooks, testing harnesses, lineage/metadata, explainability artifacts, audit trails suitable for regulatory scrutiny. Experience with anti‑fraud analytics in key ERP modules (procurement‑to‑pay, order‑to‑cash, HR).
• Project planning and execution: flexible plans, Agile workforce, timely delivery.
• Technology understanding.
• Crisp documentation: BRD, FSD, HLD, reports, procedures to enable efficient development/deployment at client ecosystems.
• SDLC & security controls: full understanding of development to deployment stages, testing levels, security protocols.
• Deep fraud knowledge: typologies, investigations, risk assessments, case management workflows, alert triage, escalation rules, evidentiary standards.
• Executive‑level storytelling & stakeholder influence: communicate insights and secure buy‑in from client leadership.
• Offer/solution development & GTM: proposal writing, value estimation (loss avoidance, ROI), partner ecosystem management.
• Cloud/AI certifications (Azure AI Engineer, AWS/GCP ML) and relevant data engineering certifications.
• CFE / CAMS (or equivalent) certifications would be a plus.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Minimum 10+ years for Senior Manager or 15+ years for Director, with experience in Forensics and technology space focused on AI.
• Bachelors in computer science, engineering, IT or related field preferred.
• Masters in relevant fields would be a plus.
• Expertise in AI technologies, forensic analytics and automation.
• Experience with implementations of forensics solutions: analytical platforms, visualization, AI‑enabled solutions.
• Experience in technology consulting.

Ideally, you'll also have

• Working experience in a consulting firm.

What We Look For

We are interested in innovative thinkers and doers who have the confidence to develop and promote digital solutions in Forensics, both internally and externally.

What We Offer

We offer a competitive compensation package where you'll be rewarded based on performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. Plus, we offer:

• Continuous learning: You'll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We'll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We'll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You'll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

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