Associate - IT Governance (UAE National Only)

Job Purpose

Key Accountabilities

• Support the CIO in the administration and ongoing maintenance of the IT governance framework, including policies, standards, and procedures.
• Assist in preparing IT governance, technology risk, and compliance reports for management, IT committees, and board-level forums.
• Maintain IT governance documentation, evidence repositories, and trackers to support audit and regulatory reviews.
• Track and monitor IT action items arising from internal audits, external audits, regulatory examinations, and governance forums.
• Support the maintenance of IT and technology risk registers, ensuring accurate documentation of risks, controls, owners, and remediation status.
• Coordinate with IT Delivery, security, and operations teams to gather information required for governance reporting, management oversight and regulatory submissions.
• Assist in responding to audit and regulatory requests by compiling evidence and drafting responses under CIO guidance.
• Support monitoring of compliance with IT policies, CBUAE regulations, and internal control requirements.
• Assist in third-party and outsourcing governance activities, including documentation and compliance tracking.
• Prepare governance dashboards, summaries, and presentations for CIO-led management and oversight meetings. Escalate governance, risk, or compliance concerns to the CIO in a timely and structured manner.

Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, Business, or a related discipline.
• UAE National (mandatory – Emiratisation role).
• Professional certifications (preferred or in progress):
• COBIT (Foundation or equivalent)
• ITIL (Foundation or above)

• CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor)

• CGEIT (Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT)
• ISO 38500 (IT Governance) – awareness or training

Experience

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• 3–5 years of experience in IT governance, IT risk, audit, compliance, or control functions.
• Exposure to regulated environments such as banking, financial institutions is preferred.
• Basic understanding of IT governance framework and control concepts, technology risk management, and audit and regulatory compliance processes.
• Prior experience supporting audits, reporting, or documentation is an advantage.