Risk & Appetite Frameworks Lead
Role Overview
The Risk Appetite & Frameworks Lead works in Enterprise Risk Management in the second line.
The role defines risk appetite statements and maintains the Risk Function’s framework and policy architecture.
The role coordinates Risk-owned documents within the entity-wide nine-level documentation hierarchy.
Key Skills for This Role
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Organisation
A UAE financial services organisation is building a digital-first operation, initially serving mid- to large corporates and institutional clients, with plans to expand to additional segments.
The organisation is backed by a strong balance sheet and business pipeline and aims to become a modern, AI-enabled full-service organisation.
About the role
The Risk Appetite & Frameworks Lead works in Enterprise Risk Management in the second line.
The role defines risk appetite statements and maintains the Risk Function’s framework and policy architecture.
The role coordinates Risk-owned documents within the entity-wide nine-level documentation hierarchy.
Key responsibilities
- Translate Board risk appetite into limits, thresholds, and early-warning triggers; maintain the risk appetite statement.
- Maintain the Risk Function framework and risk taxonomy aligned with the entity-wide documentation hierarchy.
- Own Risk Function frameworks, policies, standards, and procedures, coordinating drafting, review, and approval.
- Coordinate with Enterprise Governance to align Risk documents with the bank-wide hierarchy and house style.
- Monitor risk appetite adherence and escalate breaches to Enterprise Risk Management and relevant committees.
- Support annual risk appetite review and calibration with Finance and risk teams; prepare materials for risk committees and the Board Risk & Compliance Committee.
- Deploy AI-enabled analytics to monitor risk metrics, limits, and warning triggers and surface emerging breaches and trends.
- Use AI and automation to streamline policy maintenance, document drafting, mapping, and review against the hierarchy and regulatory changes.
Required experience and skills
- 8+ years in enterprise or integrated risk management within banking or financial services, including team leadership.
- Deep expertise in risk appetite design, frameworks, taxonomy, and policy development; track record building frameworks and policies in a regulated environment.
- Knowledge of CBUAE risk appetite and governance expectations and familiarity with the Enterprise Governance documentation hierarchy.
- Exposure to AI-enabled risk analytics and monitoring; experience with automated or AI-enabled risk services and advanced risk appetite analytics and monitoring.
Preferred qualifications and eligibility
- A bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, risk management, or a quantitative discipline is preferred.
- A professional risk certification such as FRM or PRM is preferred.
- Candidates must meet CBUAE Fit & Proper requirements and applicable controlled-function eligibility criteria where required.
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