Chief Risk Officer (CRO)

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Chief Risk Officer (CRO) — Job Description

Role summary:

Senior executive responsible for identifying, assessing, managing, and reporting enterprise risks to protect the organization’s assets, reputation, and strategic objectives.

Key responsibilities:

• Risk strategy: Develop and maintain the firm-wide risk management framework, policies, and appetite aligned with business strategy and regulatory requirements.
• Risk identification & assessment: Oversee identification, measurement and prioritization of risks (credit, market, operational, liquidity, compliance, strategic, reputational, cyber, third‑party) across the enterprise.
• Risk monitoring & reporting: Implement and manage risk metrics, dashboards and early-warning indicators; provide timely, actionable risk reports to the board, CEO, and relevant committees.
• Governance & controls: Chair or support risk committees; ensure effective risk governance, segregation of duties, escalation paths, and control testing.
• Regulatory & compliance liaison: Maintain relationships with regulators and external auditors; ensure compliance with applicable laws, standards and capital/liquidity requirements.
• Stress testing & scenario analysis: Lead enterprise stress tests, reverse stress tests, and scenario planning to assess resilience under adverse conditions.
• Capital and liquidity management: Work with finance to align capital planning and liquidity buffers to risk exposures and regulatory expectations.
• Risk culture & training: Promote risk-aware decision-making, deliver training, and embed risk considerations into business planning and product lifecycle.
• Incident & crisis management: Oversee risk incident investigations, root‑cause analysis, remediation plans and participation in crisis response.
• Third‑party risk: Oversee vendor risk assessments, due diligence and ongoing monitoring of critical suppliers and partners.
• Team leadership: Build and lead a risk organization (credit, market, operational, model risk, compliance) including hiring, development, and performance management.

Required qualifications & experiences:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, business, risk management, or related field; advanced degree (MBA, MSc, or relevant master’s) or professional qualification (FRM, CFA, PRM) preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive risk management experience; 5+ years in a senior leadership role (for large/regulated firms).
• Deep knowledge of risk frameworks, regulatory regimes (Basel, CCAR, Dodd‑Frank, PSD2, etc. as applicable), capital and liquidity management.
• Strong analytical, quantitative and financial modeling skills; experience with stress testing, credit modeling, market risk tools.
• Proven experience interacting with boards, regulators and audit committees.
• Excellent leadership, communication, stakeholder management and decision‑making skills.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: QAR315.75 - QAR1,225.25 per hour

Work Location: On the road