A leading financial institution in Dubai, UAE is actively hiring a technically proficient SAS Transaction Monitoring Specialist to lead the hands-on design, implementation, and optimization of SAS Transaction Monitoring and Fraud Management solutions. This is a high-impact, full-time role requiring strong expertise in SAS Viya 4, fraud detection scenarios, AML typologies, and Prime 4 system integration. The ideal candidate is a hands-on operator who takes end-to-end ownership — from technical design through build, testing, production approval, and ongoing performance optimization — within a complex, regulated banking environment.
About the Role — SAS Transaction Monitoring, Dubai Banking
Industry: Banking / Financial Services — Financial Crime & Fraud Technology
Core Platform: SAS Viya 4 · SAS Fraud Management · SAS Transaction Monitoring
Integration: Prime 4 · Core Banking Systems · Upstream / Downstream Data Sources
Domain: AML · Fraud Detection · Financial Crime · Regulatory Compliance (CBUAE)
Delivery: End-to-end SDLC — Design · Build · SIT/UAT · Production Approvals
Why This SAS Transaction Monitoring Role in Dubai Is a Premier Career Opportunity
Niche Expertise: SAS Fraud Management and Viya 4 specialists are among the rarest and highest-valued technology professionals in UAE banking
AML Demand: Financial crime technology professionals are in exceptional demand across Dubai’s banking sector in 2026
Regulatory Importance: Your work directly strengthens the bank’s AML and fraud compliance posture under CBUAE oversight
Tax-Free Income: Highly competitive financial crime technology salary — zero personal income tax in Dubai, UAE
Position Overview
This SAS Transaction Monitoring Specialist role in Dubai demands the rare combination of deep SAS platform expertise and strong AML/fraud domain knowledge within a regulated banking environment. You will lead hands-on technical design and implementation of SAS Transaction Monitoring and Fraud Management solutions, configure and customize detection scenarios and workflows within SAS Viya 4, drive end-to-end delivery across the full SDLC, and manage integrations between SAS platforms and Prime 4 and other banking systems. Beyond technical delivery, you will work directly with risk, compliance, and business stakeholders to translate fraud strategies into operational detection solutions — ensuring that the bank’s transaction monitoring capability remains accurate, scalable, and fully aligned with CBUAE regulatory expectations.
Why This Is the Financial Crime Tech Career Move of 2026 in Dubai: SAS Transaction Monitoring and Fraud Management specialists with SAS Viya 4 expertise and hands-on banking delivery experience are among the most sought-after and best-compensated technology professionals in the UAE financial services sector right now. As Dubai’s banks intensify their financial crime prevention programs under growing CBUAE regulatory scrutiny, professionals who can genuinely configure, optimize, and own SAS TM solutions end-to-end are virtually impossible to find — and exceptionally well-rewarded when they are. This role is your opportunity to be that specialist.
Key Responsibilities
SAS Platform Design & Technical Implementation
- Lead hands-on technical design and full implementation of SAS Transaction Monitoring and Fraud Management solutions across the bank’s financial crime detection infrastructure
- Configure, develop, and customize detection scenarios, behavioral models, and case management workflows within SAS Viya 4 — tailoring the platform to the bank’s specific fraud risk appetite and AML strategy
- Drive end-to-end delivery across the complete solution lifecycle — from initial design and build through system integration testing (SIT), user acceptance testing (UAT), and production environment approvals
- Troubleshoot production issues in real time — optimizing rule performance, reducing false positive alert rates, and improving overall alert quality to support the bank’s financial crime operations teams
System Integration — Prime 4 & Banking Platforms
- Design and manage complex technical integrations between SAS Fraud Management / Transaction Monitoring platforms and Prime 4 core banking — ensuring reliable, accurate, and timely data exchange across systems
- Support data ingestion, transformation, and orchestration across multiple upstream and downstream data sources — building robust data pipelines that feed the SAS transaction monitoring environment with clean, consistent data
- Apply proficiency in data engineering concepts, RESTful APIs, and system integration patterns to architect reliable connections between SAS Viya 4 and the bank’s broader technology ecosystem
- Document and maintain integration specifications, data flow designs, and system architecture diagrams as part of the bank’s technical governance and release management processes
AML & Fraud Strategy Translation
- Collaborate directly with risk, compliance, and business stakeholders to understand fraud detection strategies and AML typologies — translating these into practical, technically robust detection scenarios within SAS platforms
- Apply solid understanding of fraud and AML typologies, detection strategies, and the alert lifecycle to ensure SAS scenarios accurately target real financial crime patterns across transaction monitoring
- Ensure all SAS solutions meet performance, scalability, and regulatory alignment requirements — including compliance with AML obligations, fraud detection mandates, and CBUAE regulatory expectations in the UAE market
- Support the full alert lifecycle from initial triggering through case creation, investigation workflow, and resolution — ensuring SAS platform configuration supports efficient financial crime operations
Performance Optimization & Quality Management
- Continuously monitor and analyze SAS transaction monitoring performance — identifying underperforming detection rules, excessive false positives, and missed detection opportunities across financial crime scenarios
- Optimize rule performance, model accuracy, and alert prioritization within SAS Viya 4 — applying analytical rigor and domain expertise to achieve the right balance between detection sensitivity and operational efficiency
- Conduct root cause analysis on production issues — implementing permanent technical fixes and improvements that resolve issues at source rather than managing symptoms through escalation
Governance, Documentation & Release Management
- Contribute actively to governance frameworks, technical documentation, and release management processes — ensuring all SAS platform changes follow the bank’s change management and regulatory approval procedures
- Work across complex multi-vendor environments — coordinating with internal teams, technology partners, system integrators, and compliance stakeholders to ensure aligned and governed SAS platform delivery
- Support agile delivery and DevOps practices where applicable — contributing to sprint planning, retrospectives, and continuous improvement of the financial crime technology delivery process
Qualifications & Requirements
Technical Skills
Experience across all SDLC phases — design, build, integration testing, UAT, production approvals — with ownership of delivery quality throughout
Strong hands-on experience with SAS Fraud Management and SAS Transaction Monitoring — this is a core mandatory requirement, not a background element
Proven expertise in SAS Viya 4 architecture and platform components — including detection scenario configuration, workflow design, and case management within the SAS Viya environment
Demonstrated experience integrating SAS platforms with core banking systems — particularly Prime 4 — and other upstream/downstream financial services applications
Proficiency in data engineering concepts, API integration patterns, and system integration design within complex, multi-source banking data environments
Domain Knowledge
- Solid understanding of fraud and AML typologies, financial crime detection strategies, alert lifecycle management, and the operational context in which transaction monitoring operates within a bank
- Experience or strong knowledge of banking or financial services — preferably within fraud risk, AML, or financial crime technology domains in the UAE or GCC market
- Familiarity with CBUAE regulatory expectations around AML and fraud detection — or equivalent international regulatory frameworks applicable to UAE banking operations
Success Profile
- Hands-on operator who takes full end-to-end ownership of technical delivery — not a delegator, but a doer who engages directly with the SAS platform and drives outcomes
- Critical thinker capable of analyzing complex financial crime detection problems and identifying practical, scalable, regulatory-aligned technical solutions
- Proactive problem-solver who resolves issues at their source — comfortable working under pressure, navigating delivery ambiguity, and unblocking technical challenges independently
- Strong stakeholder management skills — able to engage credibly with risk, compliance, technology, and business leaders across a complex, multi-vendor banking environment
About SAS Transaction Monitoring & Financial Crime Tech in Dubai
Dubai’s banking sector operates under one of the most sophisticated and actively evolving AML and financial crime regulatory regimes in the world — shaped by CBUAE oversight, international FATF standards, and the UAE’s ongoing commitment to strengthening its financial crime prevention infrastructure. This regulatory environment creates consistent, strong demand for specialist technology professionals who can configure, optimize, and maintain enterprise financial crime detection platforms like SAS Transaction Monitoring and SAS Fraud Management. SAS Viya 4 specialists with real banking delivery experience and AML domain knowledge are among the most commercially valuable and career-secure technology professionals operating in the UAE financial services market in 2026 — combining a highly specialized, genuinely rare skillset with a sector that cannot afford to compromise on the quality of its financial crime detection technology.
Your Career Growth Path: SAS Transaction Monitoring Specialist → Senior FinCrime Technology Analyst → Lead AML Technologist → FinCrime Technology Manager → Head of Financial Crime Systems — a technically elite, regulatory-critical, and financially exceptional career trajectory built at the intersection of financial crime compliance and enterprise banking technology in one of the world’s most sophisticated financial services markets.
Who Should Apply?
- SAS Fraud Management Specialists: With hands-on SAS Viya 4 configuration, detection scenario development, and AML fraud detection experience in banking environments
- Transaction Monitoring Engineers: With SAS TM platform expertise and core banking integration experience — particularly Prime 4 or equivalent systems
- AML Technology Professionals: With deep knowledge of AML typologies, fraud detection strategies, and regulatory requirements within UAE or international banking
- Financial Crime Tech Specialists: Seeking a challenging, high-impact, well-compensated role at a leading UAE bank with full ownership of SAS platform delivery
- SAS Platform Architects: With end-to-end SDLC delivery experience in financial services, ready to lead SAS transaction monitoring implementation in Dubai’s competitive banking sector
- CBUAE-Aware Compliance Tech Experts: With UAE regulatory knowledge and SAS banking platform experience seeking a senior financial crime technology role in Dubai
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