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A specialist FCC advisory firm is hiring a Director to lead and scale its Financial Crime Advisory practice in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with secondary reach across the wider GCC. This is a senior, client-facing, revenue-generating position at the intersection of regulatory expertise, hands-on delivery, and entrepreneurial business development. You will be an independent, commercially astute practitioner with a proven track record of winning and delivering significant FCC mandates for banks and financial institutions in the GCC. The role is a 50/50 split between business development and project delivery, with full ownership of practice growth, client outcomes, and team building. What You'll Do Business Development & Practice Growth (50%) Own the end-to-end BD lifecycle for FCC advisory services across KSA, with visibility across the wider GCC. Build and expand relationships with C-suite, CCOs, MLROs, and senior compliance leaders at local and international banks, payment firms, and financial institutions. Originate, pursue, and close new advisory mandates across the full FCC spectrum: gap assessments, AML/CFT programme reviews, sanctions and transaction monitoring (TM) model validation, KYC/CDD/EDD remediation, financial crime risk assessments, monitorships/Skilled Persons Reviews, and technology selection and implementation. Develop compelling proposals, presentations, and thought leadership aligned to SAMA, CBUAE, and FATF priorities. Build and commercialise differentiated FCC advisory solutions, including digital and technology-enabled propositions. Achieve and exceed annual revenue targets of USD 1m+ from managed accounts. Represent the firm at industry forums, conferences, and regulatory engagement events. Project Delivery & Quality Assurance (50%) Lead delivery of complex, multi-workstream FCC engagements across KSA and the GCC — on time, on budget, on quality. Serve as senior engagement lead and SME across core FCC domains (see below). Provide hands-on expert guidance on selection, implementation, and tuning of leading sanctions screening and TM platforms (Fircosoft/Accuity, SAS AML, Actimize, Oracle FCCM, and similar). Review and quality-assure all deliverables prior to client submission. Mentor and develop junior and mid-level team members. Core FCC Domains (Senior Engagement Lead) Gap assessments against SAMA, CBUAE, FATF, and internal standards AML/CFT programme design, remediation, and framework transformation Sanctions and TM model validation (methodology, parameters, thresholds, output quality) Sanctions and TM system tuning and optimisation KYC/CDD/EDD remediation and look-back programmes Monitorship / Skilled Persons Review (SPR) support Enterprise-wide, product, channel, and customer-segment financial crime risk assessments Regulatory examination readiness and response Team Building & Leadership Recruit, build, and manage a high-performing FCC advisory team in KSA. Set clear performance expectations and development pathways. Foster an inclusive, accountable, high-energy culture aligned to the firm's values and ethical standards. Requirements What You'll Bring Experience (all mandatory unless stated) Requirement Minimum Threshold Total professional experience 15+ years FCC advisory / consulting experience 10+ years FCC advisory sales / BD (selling to banks) 5+ years FCC project execution 10+ years GCC market experience Must have worked with local GCC banks Team building and management Must have built and managed a team Client account management USD 1m+ revenue per annum from managed accounts Firm background Big 4 / Tier 1 consulting / specialist advisory (preferred) Technical & Domain Expertise Deep, hands-on expertise required across: Gap assessments — AML/CFT, sanctions, anti-bribery, against SAMA, CBUAE, FATF, and global standards Sanctions and TM model validation — methodology design, parameter testing,