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Today, more than 25 million customers and over 130,000 partner merchants depend on Tamara every day for reliable financial solutions across retail, travel, education, healthcare, and beyond. Tamara is backed by Sanabil Investments, a wholly owned company of the Public Investment Fund (PIF), and SNB Capital, among others.\nYour role\nThe Regulatory Compliance Lead supports the Head of Compliance in managing and implementing the annual Compliance Programme at Tamara, a finance company licensed and regulated by the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE). 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