Senior Control & Governance Lead, Global Markets MO

First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB); Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) is seeking an experienced GM MO Control & Governance professional in Abu Dhabi to drive control execution across Global Markets Middle Office activities. You will monitor risk, manage control evidence, and escalate issues in line with approved SOPs and governance frameworks.

Collaborating with Front Office, Risk, Compliance and regional teams, you will support issue resolution, root-cause analysis and reporting of KPI/KRI metrics to enable strong operating-model

Qualifications

• Experience in control execution and governance within financial markets.
• Ability to monitor trade controls, risk monitoring and reconciliation processes.
• Familiarity with KPI/KRI inputs, evidence retention and escalation.

Responsibilities

• Execute GM MO Control & Governance activities per SOPs, standards and evidence requirements.
• Perform daily, periodic and event-driven control checks across GM products and processes.
• Maintain control logs, issue trackers, exception records and escalation documentation.
• Support the control operating model updates, SOP changes and governance routines.
• Identify recurring issues, data-quality gaps and remediation opportunities.
• Review trading permissions, desk mandates, and booking/template controls.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to ensure lifecycle-related control issues are investigated and escalated.
• Prepare inputs for management dashboards, KPI/KRI reporting and governance forums.
• Maintain auditable evidence for assigned controls, including source data and approvals.

Skills

Control execution

Governance

Risk monitoring

Data analysis

Issue remediation

Job description

First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) is seeking an experienced GM MO Control & Governance professional in Abu Dhabi to drive control execution across Global Markets Middle Office activities. You will monitor risk, manage control evidence, and escalate issues in line with approved SOPs and governance frameworks.

Collaborating with Front Office, Risk, Compliance and regional teams, you will support issue resolution, root-cause analysis and reporting of KPI/KRI metrics to enable strong operating-model