458 Hr Compliance jobs in Saudi Arabia

Job title

HR/Admin Compliance Officer

Department

Administration

Close date

1st Nov 2025

Location

Jeddah

Job description

• Lead and enhance administrative and governmental processes to align with the company's strategic objectives and Saudi Vision 2030.

• Oversee the administration department, ensuring efficiency, compliance, and alignment with best practices.

• Foster innovative approaches to streamline processes and enhance employee and stakeholder experiences.

• Build and maintain strategic relationships with government authorities and external vendors to support company growth and compliance.

Responsibilities

Strategic Government Relations:

• Oversee all interactions with government entities, ensuring compliance with Saudi regulations and laws.

• Strategize and optimize the use of government portals (e.g., Muqeem, GOSI, Qiwa, and Balady) to improve efficiency.

• Monitor and ensure timely renewals of all government documentation, licenses, and permits critical to operations.

• Act as a key representative for the company in governmental and semi-governmental meetings or events.

Licensing and Compliance Management:

• Ensure the validity of all licenses, certifications, and commercial registrations, aligning with regulatory changes.

• Lead compliance audits and establish preventive measures to mitigate risks.

• Advise leadership on changes in Saudi labor laws and regulatory frameworks.

Administrative Operations Excellence:

• Implement and oversee advanced administrative systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, or equivalent platforms) to improve operational efficiency.

• Develop and execute strategies to digitalize and automate administrative tasks.

• Drive innovation in administrative support processes to reduce costs and improve service delivery.

Vendor and Supplier Management:

• Establish and maintain relationships with government-approved suppliers and vendors.

• Negotiate contracts and agreements to ensure quality services at optimal costs.

Employee and Stakeholder Services:

• Supervise employee services related to government requirements, including medical insurance, labor contracts, and work permits.

• Collaborate with HR to support onboarding, offboarding, and employee document compliance.

• Lead initiatives to improve employee satisfaction and simplify interactions with administrative systems.

Problem Solving and Crisis Management:

• Anticipate and resolve disputes or issues related to government and administrative processes proactively.

• Provide leadership during emergencies or challenges, ensuring continuity of operations.

Skills required

Essential:

• Deep knowledge of Saudi labor laws, government regulations, and compliance frameworks.

• Strong expertise in managing government portals and systems (e.g., Muqeem, Qiwa, and GOSI).

• Proficiency in Arabic and English (written and spoken).

• Excellent organizational, analytical, and project management skills.

• Proven ability to lead teams and manage cross-departmental collaboration.

• Deep knowledge of Saudi labor laws, government regulations, and compliance frameworks.

• Strong expertise in managing government portals and systems (e.g., Muqeem, Qiwa, and GOSI).

• Proficiency in Arabic and English (written and spoken).

Desirable:

• Experience with ERP systems like SAP, Oracle, or similar platforms.

• Background in manufacturing or related industries.

• Advanced problem-solving and negotiation skills.

• Certification in Project Management (e.g., PMP) or HR/administration-related fields.

Educational requirements

Essential:

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, or a related field.

Desirable:

Certifications in government relations or HR management.

Job role notes

Key Working Relationships:

• Internal:

HR & Admin Department

Finance Department

Operations/Manufacturing Departments

HR & Admin Department

Management Team

• External:

Government entities (e.g., Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Energy, GOSI)

Approved suppliers and vendors (e.g., Aramco)

Legal advisors, when necessary

Regulatory bodies and auditors

About HSBC:

HSBC Saudi Arabia provides investment banking services to the full spectrum of corporate and institutional clients in both the private and government sectors, including public companies; private companies and establishments; funds; government agencies; and family businesses and offices.

Main Responsibilities for the role:

• Support the implementation and monitoring of Compliance policies, procedures.
• Monitor CMA and Tadawul Regulatory updates and support necessary changes to internal policies and communications.
• Assist in compliance reviews, reporting, and maintenance of records.
• Support monitoring of Personal Account Dealing activities.
• Assist in providing compliance support to the business, including training and regulator requests.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Solving and advising on issues related to the day-to-day tasks of compliance.

• To raise the awareness of the employees of companies and financial institutions in relation to the regulations.

• To clarify the received circulars/regulations from SAMA or CMA etc.

• To review policies/procedures/change requests from compliance point of view.

• Assist the business to obtain regulatory approvals where required by evaluating or initiating investigation procedures as required.

• Maintain a regulatory inventory of all compliance breaches.

• Investigate and establish effective corrective actions.

• Prepare/develop action/corrective plans and ensure that all requirements received are included.

• Ensure that all requirements in the action/corrective plans are delivered before/within the target date.

• Develop and implement a system/process for managing compliance within the Corporate Business and Financial Institution.

• Acts as an independent review and assessment body to ensure that compliance issues and concerns within the business and financial institution are appropriately assessed, investigated and resolved.

• Monitor changes (external & internal) and adapt the compliance program and processes accordingly.

• Timely implementation of corrective action plans by following up with stakeholders within/outside the business and financial institution and maintaining a compliance tracker without missing any deadlines to proactively identify risks and impacts due to changes in regulatory requirements/environment.

• Develops and implements corrective action plans to resolve problematic issues.

• Provides general guidance on how to avoid or deal with similar situations in the future.

• Monitor the compliance risk register related to the business of the company and the financial institution.

• Timely and high-quality reporting of compliance issues to the Manager of Regulatory Compliance.

• Provide Corporate Business and Financial Institution and Compliance Division with a report as required showing the progress in products and services.

• Provide Compliance Division with a weekly and monthly report showing the issues in Corporate Business and Financial Institution Divisions.

• Ensure proper reporting of breaches or potential breaches to the Compliance Team for reporting to management and regulatory reporting.

• Provide guidance and assistance in responding to SAMA.

• Regulatory inquiries related to issues.

• Maintains an effective compliance communication program for the business and the financial institution, including promotion of the organization:

• Awareness of applicable laws and regulations

• Increased awareness of new policies and procedures.

• Understanding of emerging and existing compliance issues and related policies and procedures.

• Ensuring that the compliance program is up to date and addresses the compliance risks associated with the corporate business and financial institution.

Arthur Lawrence is urgently looking for a Senior Regulatory Compliance Manager for a client in Riyadh, KSA.

• Kindly review the Job requirements below.

Your immediate application will enable us to place you successfully.

Must-Have : 10+ years of experience in a regulatory compliance, legal, or risk management role within financial services or fintech.

Strong knowledge of Saudi financial regulatory frameworks (SAMA), particularly Consumer Protection regulations.

Experience working closely with product, engineering, and legal teams in a fast-paced, agile environment.

Proven ability to interpret regulatory requirements and design practical compliance solutions.

Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including experience interfacing with regulators or banking partners.

Ability to work independently, make sound decisions, and manage competing priorities.

Nice to have : Bachelors degree in Business Administration, Law, Finance, or Accounting Certifications in CRCM, CAMS, CRCMP, or PMP preferred About Us : Arthur Lawrence is a management and technology consulting firm providing enterprise-wide business transformation and business applications implementation services.

Our in-depth technical knowledge and broad experience of working with world-class companies enables organizations to leverage our capabilities in developing winning strategies and cost-effective solutions.

We are an UN Women Empowerment Principal Signatory and are certified from National Minority Supplier Development Council.

Acknowledgements from Industry Peers : Winner of Entrepreneur 360 Award (2019).

IAOP Award; Ranked in top 100 internationally.

Arthur Lawrence ranked within the Inc 5000 twice in 2016 and 2017 as one of the fastest.

Growing companies of America.

Named one of the top ten fastest growing businesses in Houston in 2016.

Ranked 25th in the HBJ s Fast 100 Private Companies Award in 2017.

Our Seven Pillars : We rely on the seven core values that we believe enable us to deliver quality for our consultants and clients : Education, Integrity, Value Creation, Collaboration, Best Client, Best People and Stewardship Through strict adherence to these core values, we have achieved success beyond all documented forecasts and anticipation.

Arthur Lawrence is urgently looking for a Senior Regulatory Compliance Manager for a client in Riyadh, KSA.

• Kindly review the Job requirements below.

Your immediate application will enable us to place you successfully.

Must-Have : 10+ years of experience in a regulatory compliance, legal, or risk management role within financial services or fintech.

Strong knowledge of Saudi financial regulatory frameworks (SAMA), particularly Consumer Protection regulations.

Experience working closely with product, engineering, and legal teams in a fast-paced, agile environment.

Proven ability to interpret regulatory requirements and design practical compliance solutions.

Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including experience interfacing with regulators or banking partners.

Ability to work independently, make sound decisions, and manage competing priorities.

Nice to have : Bachelors degree in Business Administration, Law, Finance, or Accounting Certifications in CRCM, CAMS, CRCMP, or PMP preferred About Us : Arthur Lawrence is a management and technology consulting firm providing enterprise-wide business transformation and business applications implementation services.

Our in-depth technical knowledge and broad experience of working with world-class companies enables organizations to leverage our capabilities in developing winning strategies and cost-effective solutions.

We are an UN Women Empowerment Principal Signatory and are certified from National Minority Supplier Development Council.

Acknowledgements from Industry Peers : Winner of Entrepreneur 360 Award (2019).

IAOP Award; Ranked in top 100 internationally.

Arthur Lawrence ranked within the Inc 5000 twice in 2016 and 2017 as one of the fastest.

Growing companies of America.

Named one of the top ten fastest growing businesses in Houston in 2016.

Ranked 25th in the HBJ s Fast 100 Private Companies Award in 2017.

Our Seven Pillars : We rely on the seven core values that we believe enable us to deliver quality for our consultants and clients : Education, Integrity, Value Creation, Collaboration, Best Client, Best People and Stewardship Through strict adherence to these core values, we have achieved success beyond all documented forecasts and anticipation.

Job Description & Accountabilities:

• Senior Manager Regulatory Compliance leads a small group of compliance professionals for Retail Banking Group Compliance areas. This role plans, implements and follows up on Compliance issues is typically the content expert for his area of responsibility.
• This role is responsible for all testing and monitoring mandated under the Compliance control. He/she will also suggest appropriate areas (identified through their testing and monitoring process) to address in order to prevent further breaches of SAMA rules, policies and external regulations and to ensure implementing the controls in the right methods.
• This role is a senior professional with significant compliance and people management capabilities. This position reports directly to the Head of Regulatory Compliance.
• Enhances the effectiveness of the compliance risk by arranging risk assessments and identifies controls in place to mitigate identified risks.
• Works closely with the Businesses on new, existing services, products to analyze the risk elements and advise them on any actions needed.
• Promptly reports any suspicious activity and issues in due diligence standards to the Head of Compliance.
• Supports the Manager in any ad-hoc projects to promote the compliance culture within the BSF, during inspection visits (internal and external) to the bank or to fulfil any compliance reporting requirement from the senior management.
• Responsible to entertain the Internal and External Auditors and the regulator's Inspectors professionally and tactfully during their inspection visits.
• Provides direction, guidance to his team on delivering the department's responsibilities and arranges appropriate control self-assessment meetings and trainings for Compliance team.
• Ensures that all testing and monitoring are undertaken effectively and ensures all reports are submitted complete, accurately and on time.
• Develops and maintains comprehensive procedures to avoid any misunderstanding for the staff members involved.
• Responsible for keeping detailed records of all compliance testing and reviews, and provides timely and professional responses to all requests.
• Supervises Compliance officers work closely with the Businesses on new and existing services and products to analyze the risk elements and advises them on any actions needed.
• Ensures that all BSF standards and requirements are met by each member of the department.
• Reviewing related policies and procedures, documents, agreements, forms, terms and conditions, marketing materials and contracts.
• Provide advice to business line from regulatory prospective.
• Validating implementation of related SAMA circulars and collected evidences as per compliance procedure manual.

Position Overview

Our holding company is a diversified conglomerate with a portfolio of subsidiaries across multiple industries. We are seeking a strategic and diligent Legal Governance and Regulatory Compliance Manager to serve as a cornerstone of our corporate integrity and risk management framework.

This role is pivotal in developing, implementing, and overseeing the corporate governance and regulatory compliance programs across the entire group of companies. The successful candidate will act as a central hub of expertise, providing guidance and support to our subsidiaries to ensure they operate within legal boundaries and adhere to the highest standards of ethical conduct and corporate governance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, implement, and maintain robust corporate governance policies, charters, and frameworks for the holding company and its subsidiaries.
• Advise the Board of Directors and subsidiary boards on corporate governance best practices, fiduciary duties, and regulatory responsibilities.
• Manage the schedule for board and committee meetings, prepare agendas, and ensure accurate minute-taking and follow-up on action items.
• Ensure compliance with relevant corporate laws and governance regulations in all jurisdictions of operation.
• Design and implement a group-wide compliance management system (CMS) to proactively identify, assess, monitor, and mitigate regulatory risks.
• Continuously monitor the regulatory landscape for new and amended laws, regulations, and standards that impact the group's diverse operations (e.g., anti-corruption, antitrust, data privacy, sector-specific regulations).
• Translate complex regulatory requirements into clear, actionable policies and procedures tailored for various subsidiaries.
• Conduct regular compliance audits and risk assessments across subsidiaries and report findings to senior management.
• Serve as the primary point of contact and subject-matter expert for subsidiary legal, compliance, and management teams.
• Facilitate group-wide training and awareness programs on governance, compliance, and ethics.
• Monitor and report on subsidiary adherence to group-wide policies, escalating critical issues to holding company leadership.
• Foster a unified culture of compliance and integrity throughout the organization.
• Develop and maintain key group-wide policies, including the Code of Conduct, Whistleblowing Policy, and Anti-Bribery and Corruption Policy.
• Manage the group's whistleblowing and reporting channels, ensuring all concerns are investigated appropriately and confidentially.
• Prepare and present regular reports to executive management and the board on the status of the governance and compliance program, key risks, and mitigation efforts.

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Law (LLB) from a recognized institution. A master's degree (LLM) in Commercial Law, Corporate Law, or a related field is a strong advantage.
• Professional certification in compliance (e.g., ICA International Diploma, CCEP) is highly desirable.
• Minimum of 8-10 years of progressive experience in corporate governance, legal, and compliance roles, with at least 3-5 years in a management or advisory capacity.
• Proven experience working within a holding company structure or a large multinational with multiple, distinct business units is essential.
• In-depth knowledge of corporate law, company regulations, and governance codes relevant to the operating regions.
• Demonstrable experience in developing and implementing corporate governance frameworks and compliance programs from the ground up.
• Strong risk assessment skills with the ability to design and execute effective monitoring and audit plans.
• Superior ability to influence and gain buy-in from subsidiary leadership and stakeholders without direct managerial authority. This is a non-negotiable skill for a holding company role.
• Flawless verbal and written communication skills, with the talent to distill complex legal concepts into clear, actionable guidance for non-lawyers.
• A collaborative and service-oriented mindset, acting as a trusted business partner and advisor to subsidiary teams.
• A proactive, hands-on approach to problem-solving and the ability to anticipate and mitigate risks before they materialize.
• The highest ethical standards and the discretion to handle sensitive and confidential information.

This role is strategically positioned at the holding company level to provide centralized expertise and ensure cohesive governance. It is critical for:

• Establishing Consistency:
  Creating a unified standard for governance and compliance across all subsidiaries, ensuring each meets the holding company's benchmark for integrity and risk management.
• Providing Centralized Expertise:
  Acting as a dedicated center of excellence, providing specialized guidance that would be cost-prohibitive for individual subsidiaries to maintain independently.
• Enabling Effective Oversight:
  Giving the holding company's leadership and board clear visibility into the compliance health and governance practices of its investments.
• Driving Efficiency & Knowledge Sharing:
  Capturing and disseminating best practices across the entire group, elevating the performance and compliance maturity of all portfolio companies.
• Ensuring Strategic Alignment:
  Guaranteeing that all subsidiaries' operations and strategic decisions are aligned with the core values, risk appetite, and legal obligations of the holding company.

Sealy Mattress Middle East, a leading name in the consumer goods industry and a proud operation licensee of Sealy Inc. in Saudi Arabia and the MENA region, is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Human Resources (HR) Manager to join our team. With a rich history dating back to 1990 as an importer of premium bedding products, including Sealy, Crown Jewels, and Stearns & Foster, we have established ourselves as a key player in the region's mattress market. Our state-of-the-art production facility in Jeddah, built in 1999, stands as a testament to our commitment to quality and innovation. Today, as a key participant in the Sealy global product offering, we embrace cutting-edge technology and exceptional customer service, driving our success in the bedding industry. As we continue to grow and expand our operations, we are looking for an HR Manager who can foster a positive company culture and implement strategic HR initiatives that align with our business objectives. This role is integral to our commitment to creating a motivated and engaged workforce that contributes to our ongoing success in providing high-quality bedding solutions to our customers.

• Develop and implement HR strategies and initiatives aligned with the overall business strategy.
• Manage the recruitment and selection process to attract and retain high-quality talent.
• Oversee employee onboarding, training, and development programs to enhance workforce capabilities.
• Serve as a point of contact for employee relations, providing guidance to management and staff.
• Administer compensation and benefits programs to ensure competitiveness and equity.
• Monitor and ensure compliance with labor laws and regulations within the region.
• Manage performance appraisal systems and foster a culture of continuous feedback and improvement.

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources Management, Business Administration or related field; a Master's degree is a plus.
• Proven experience as an HR Manager or similar role in the consumer goods industry.
• Strong knowledge of labor laws and HR best practices relevant to the MENA region.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to engage employees at all levels.
• Demonstrated ability to manage diverse teams and promote a culture of inclusion.
• Experience in developing HR policies and procedures in alignment with organizational goals.
• Proficiency in HR software and tools, alongside strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• 30 to 40 years old
• Saudi national

• Private Health Insurance
• Training & Development
• Performance Bonus