Chief Risk Officer

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise risk management and develop risk policies, procedures, standards, controls, appetite, tolerance, and limits.
• Identify, assess, monitor, and report financial, operational, strategic, regulatory, technology, cybersecurity, reputational, and other risks.
• Provide reports, dashboards, analysis, and recommendations to senior management and the Board; advise on significant and emerging exposures.
• Integrate risk management into planning, decisions, investments, projects, and operations; conduct enterprise-wide assessments and monitor risk indicators.
• Maintain risk registers, assessments, mitigation plans, and documentation; evaluate internal controls and recommend improvements.
• Coordinate with Finance, Compliance, Internal Audit, Legal, IT, Cybersecurity, HR, Operations, and other departments.
• Oversee applicable credit, liquidity, market, investment, and counterparty risks; monitor operational, continuity, process, and control risks.
• Support business continuity, crisis management, disaster recovery, and resilience; investigate significant events, incidents, failures, and breaches.
• Monitor regulatory developments, support audits, and review contracts, investments, initiatives, acquisitions, partnerships, products, and proposals from a risk perspective.
• Establish governance, committees, reporting, and escalation; promote risk culture and provide training and guidance.
• Monitor third-party risks, review insurance and risk-transfer approaches, maintain records, and improve risk capabilities, systems, processes, and reporting.

What the employer is looking for

• Strategic thinking, analytical problem-solving, sound decision-making, business acumen, attention to detail, and ability to assess risks independently and objectively.
• Strong understanding of financial, operational, strategic, regulatory, technology, cybersecurity, governance, controls, compliance, and risk frameworks.
• Communication, reporting, presentation, negotiation, leadership, and stakeholder-management abilities, including explaining complex risks to varied audiences.
• Integrity, professionalism, confidentiality, accountability, and ability to manage priorities under pressure.
• Knowledge of risk-management systems, data-analysis tools, and Microsoft Excel/Office.
• Bachelor’s degree in Risk Management, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, Law, or a related field is required.
• Extensive relevant experience and strong experience developing and implementing enterprise risk frameworks, assessments, reporting, controls, mitigation, and governance.
• Experience with senior executives, boards, regulators, auditors, or financial institutions; previous senior role and specialized risk experience are preferred.
• Master’s degree is advantageous. FRM, PRM, CFA, CPA, ACCA, CIA, or equivalent qualifications are highly preferred depending on specialization.
• Experience with GRC platforms, data analytics, cybersecurity, or third-party risk and knowledge of the UAE environment are advantageous.

Why join

• Flexible working arrangements, with full-time or part-time employment stated.
• Strategic executive-level role working with the CEO, senior management, and Board on critical business decisions.
• Lead enterprise risk strategy and support organizational protection and sustainable growth.