The CIRO Certificate is an international certificate for the investor relations profession. In the Middle East, the certificate is organized and delivered by the Middle East Investor Relations Association (MEIRA), in partnership with the UK IR Society (UKIRS). The Certificate in Investor Relations is regarded as a valuable benchmark for those already in the profession and an essential prerequisite for those seeking to work in the investor relations sector. To do this, various parties have collaborated to ensure that the CIRO Certificate 2020 reflects the necessary contents of operating in the regulatory environment of the Kingdom. The parties include the following: Capital Market Authority (CMA), the financial regulator of the Saudi capital markets; Tadawul, The Saudi Stock Exchange; The Financial Academy (FA); Middle East Investor Relations Association (MEIRA), an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the IR profession.

The professional exam for compliance and sharia audit aims to build the capabilities of the compliance and Sharia audit staff, as it includes several skills, practices and real examples that enable them to perform professionally in the banking and finance sector.

Compliance Foundations Professional Certificate aims to build the capabilities of new employees of compliance departments, and provide them with the basic knowledge and skills with a comprehensive view of the compliance activities and environment by addressing examples and practical situations in various financial subsectors.

A mandatory exam by Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) The objective of this exam is to build the capabilities of employees in the retail banking, financing companies sectors, financial lease registration companies and ensure that employees have the minimum level of knowledge and skills, including the regulations and laws of these sectors that enables them to perform their duties toward the consumer and the beneficiary professionally and responsibly.

A mandatory exam by Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) that aims to ensure that all tellers and foreign exchange officers have the basic skills and knowledge in this field including the rules and laws that enables them to perform their duties towards the consumer and the beneficiary professionally and responsibly.

The Financial Academy developed this exam in cooperation with Euromoney Learning and it has also been adapted with the Saudi market to raise the efficiency of human capabilities working in financial services activities, which include: banking and insurance activities in addition to investment activities. This certificate targets front-line employees and operations, risk and compliance staff.

The professional certificate in fundamentals of Islamic banking is one of the measurement tools that contribute to verifying the existence of a minimum level among workers in the field of Islamic banking, as it includes several knowledge, skills, practices, and realistic examples related to Islamic law and its relationship to the financial sector.

The professional exam for Individuals Financing Fundamentals is one of the measurement tools that contribute to verifying the existence of the minimum level for finance employees in the banking and finance companies’ sector, as it includes a number of knowledge, skills, practices and real examples related to the concept of finance basics.

A mandatory exam by Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) The objective of this exam is to ensure that all targeted employees have the minimum level of knowledge and skills in the banking industry, including the regulations and laws of this sector that enables them to perform their duties toward the consumer and beneficiary professionally and responsibly.