Specialist, Compliance - Governance & Risk Assessment (Emiratized)
Role Overview
Support Group-wide Compliance governance frameworks, methodologies, standards, and training materials.
Coordinate governance activities and control-document lifecycle, align practices across jurisdictions, and support enterprise Compliance Risk Assessments.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role purpose
Support Group-wide Compliance governance frameworks, methodologies, standards, and training materials.
Coordinate governance activities and control-document lifecycle, align practices across jurisdictions, and support enterprise Compliance Risk Assessments.
Compliance governance
- Support review and maintenance of Group Compliance standards, methodologies, evidence requirements, procedures, and guidance.
- Coordinate control-document drafting, consultation, approvals, publication, renewal, and retirement.
- Maintain registers of policies, standards, local regulatory overlays, deviations, dispensations, and exceptions.
- Monitor review dates, approvals, renewals, and documentation gaps; escalate overdue items.
- Track adoption of Group standards across Head Office and international locations and escalate persistent non-adoption.
Compliance risk assessments
- Maintain assessment methodologies and minimum requirements for Regulatory Compliance and Financial Crime Compliance.
- Plan the annual assessment cycle, including timelines, kickoff communications, guidance, and stakeholder briefings.
- Coordinate assessments across Head Office and international locations; track submissions and issue status updates.
- Check submission and rating consistency, consolidate outputs, and prepare risk reports and management presentations.
- Coordinate recording of assessment issues and actions in the Compliance Issue Management System.
Training and general duties
- Support standardization and maintenance of Compliance training materials; coordinate with HR to track delivery and attendance.
- Prepare and maintain documentation, reports, and records; identify risks, control gaps, and improvement opportunities and support corrective actions.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders and escalate material risks, overdue actions, and matters requiring management decisions.
Qualifications and experience
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance, economics, law, risk management, or a related discipline.
- 1–3 years of relevant compliance, governance, or risk assessment experience; fresh graduates may be considered.
- ICA or CAMS certification is desirable, or willingness to pursue one.
- UAE regulatory framework knowledge, including CBUAE requirements, is desirable; GRC or issue management tool familiarity is advantageous.
Skills
- Communication, stakeholder engagement, report writing, and documentation skills.
- Microsoft Office proficiency, including PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.
- Analytical skills, attention to detail, organization, and time management.
About FAB
First Abu Dhabi Bank describes itself as the largest bank in the UAE and offers banking services including credit cards, Islamic banking, investments, loans, and mortgages.
Authority and boundaries
Work within Group policies and governance frameworks and provide support and advisory input to Group Compliance functions.
The role has no approval authority over standards, exceptions, or risk ratings; decisions remain with governance forums and accountable owners.
The role does not operate first-line controls or perform independent assurance.
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