Risk Officer

Role overview

Key responsibilities

• Support implementation and continuous improvement of the Enterprise Risk Management Framework.
• Coordinate risk identification and assessment with business stakeholders and risk owners.
• Maintain and monitor risk registers, mitigation plans, and key risk indicators.
• Prepare risk reports, dashboards, heat maps, and trend analysis for management and governance committees.
• Collaborate with Compliance, Audit, Legal, Finance, HR, and IT to strengthen controls and governance.
• Support risk awareness, training, and development of a strong risk culture.

Essential qualifications and experience

• Bachelor's degree in Risk Management, Business, Finance, Accounting, Governance, or a related discipline.
• Approximately 2–4 years of relevant experience in risk management, internal controls, compliance, audit, governance, or a related field.
• Good understanding of enterprise risk management principles and experience maintaining risk registers, action trackers, or similar documentation.
• Strong analytical, organisational, problem-solving, communication, and time-management skills; able to manage deadlines and work across functions.
• Demonstrate integrity, discretion, confidentiality, and attention to detail.

Desirable qualifications and experience

• Experience in a regulated organisation or corporate governance environment and knowledge of UAE regulatory requirements are desirable.
• Working knowledge of the COSO Enterprise Risk Management Framework and/or Internal Control Framework is desirable.
• A relevant professional qualification, or progress towards one, in risk, audit, compliance, or governance is desirable.
• Experience in education or another multi-site organisation is desirable.

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