Lead Anti-Fraud Officer

About the Role
The Lead Anti-Fraud Officer independently leads complex governance, risk, and compliance activities and serves as a subject matter expert in one or more GRC domains — enterprise information security governance, risk management frameworks, regulatory compliance, or third-party risk management. This role produces high-quality GRC deliverables, provides technical mentoring to junior and mid-level team members, and contributes directly to the continuous improvement of the organization's GRC framework, risk treatment processes, and compliance reporting mechanisms. The Lead Anti-Fraud Officer acts as a bridge between technical execution and program leadership, collaborating with leads, legal, audit, and business stakeholders to drive mature and effective GRC outcomes aligned with the regulatory environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development, review, and continuous improvement of information security policies, standards, procedures, and governance frameworks.
• Serve as the subject matter expert for assigned regulatory domains, providing authoritative interpretation of requirements and translating them into implementable control objectives.
• Monitor and proactively track regulatory and legal developments affecting information security — assessing impact and recommending updates to the governance framework.
• Prepare and review governance documentation — RACI matrices, security charter updates, governance committee packs — and present findings to senior stakeholders.
• Lead the preparation of regulatory self-assessments and compliance attestations, coordinating evidence gathering and quality-reviewing submissions before senior sign-off.
• Mentor GR1–GR2 team members on governance documentation quality, regulatory interpretation, and risk assessment methodology.

Enterprise Risk Management

• Lead the execution of complex enterprise information security risk assessments, applying advanced qualitative and quantitative methodologies to produce risk profiles aligned with the organization's risk appetite.
• Own and maintain the enterprise information security risk register — ensuring accuracy, currency, and appropriate escalation of significant risks.
• Lead BIA processes for critical business functions — coordinating with asset owners, analyzing recovery requirements, and producing BIA outputs for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery planning.
• Design and execute control effectiveness testing programmes, producing findings reports with gap analysis and risk-ranked remediation recommendations.
• Lead third-party information security risk management — designing assessment frameworks, conducting in-depth vendor reviews, and maintaining the third-party risk register.
• Produce executive-quality risk reporting with trend analysis, emerging risk identification, and treatment progress tracking for senior management and committee consumption.

Compliance Programme Delivery

• Lead compliance monitoring activities for relevant regulations — producing gap analyses, treatment plans, and periodic compliance status reports.
• Manage internal and external audit cycles — coordinating evidence collection, reviewing evidence quality, engaging with auditors, and tracking remediation to closure.
• Design and deliver the security awareness programme — producing targeted content for different staff segments, conducting awareness sessions, and analyzing effectiveness metrics.
• Develop and maintain GRC programme metrics dashboards, ensuring KPIs and KRIs are accurately measured and presented to senior management on schedule.
• Lead the integration of information security requirements into third-party contracts, procurement processes, and major project onboarding.
• Contribute to the development of the information security programme strategy, identifying capability improvement opportunities and recommending investment priorities to the Lead.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Knowledge Leadership

• Serve as the primary GRC point of contact for assigned business and technology teams — providing expert guidance on security requirements, risk treatment, and compliance obligations.
• Lead information classification and security requirements reviews for significant IT, product, and business projects.
• Contribute to the GRC knowledge base — developing reusable templates, guidance documents, and training materials for internal use.
• Represent the GRC function in cross-functional working groups, project steering committees, and regulatory workstreams.
• Perform additional responsibilities as assigned by management.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Cybersecurity, Risk Management, or a related field.
• A Master's degree in Information Security, Risk Management, or Business Administration is an advantage.
• 3–5 years of progressive professional experience in information security governance, risk management, or compliance. Demonstrable experience independently leading risk assessment cycles, regulatory compliance programmes, or audit coordination activities.
• In-depth knowledge of relevant frameworks is required.
• Experience in a regulated Fintech or banking environment is strongly preferred.

Benefits

• An inclusive company culture, embracing diversity, integrity, and transparency.
• Striving for work-life balance and cherishing moments spent with loved ones outside of work.
• Employees are granted 100% trust and freedom to apply their own vision and propose ideas from day one, fostering a sense of ownership for their work area.
• An employee stock options programme available for everyone.
• Opportunities to learn and grow in one of the fastest-growing fintech companies in the region.
• Relocation support and guidance through the relocation process.
• Provision of necessary devices required for work.