Senior GM MO Control & Governance Lead

First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB); Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 400,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) is seeking an experienced GM MO Control & Governance professional based in Abu Dhabi to execute and monitor first‑line control activities across Global Markets Middle Office processes, ensuring control discipline and timely escalation.

You will collaborate with Front Office, Risk, Compliance and Operations to maintain control logs, perform daily checks, review trade controls, reconciliations and governance reporting, and support remediation and governance routines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Banking, Economics, Business Administration, Accounting, Risk Management or a related discipline.
• 7+ years of experience in Global Markets Operations, Middle Office, Control, Governance, Reconciliations, Regulatory Reporting, Product Control, Market Risk or related first‑line control functions.
• Strong understanding of Global Markets products including FX, Money Markets, Rates, Derivatives, Commodities, Capital Markets and structured products.
• Good knowledge of trade lifecycle controls, booking controls, amendment/cancellation controls, reconciliations and settlement‑fail monitoring.
• Experience preparing control evidence, issue logs, KPI/KRI inputs, audit evidence and management reporting.
• Practical knowledge of systems and platforms such as Murex, MarkitWire, Bloomberg, reconciliation tools and workflow/dashboard tools.

Responsibilities

• Control Execution and Operating Discipline across GM MO processes.
• Perform daily, periodic and event‑driven control checks across products and processes.
• Maintain disciplined control logs, issue trackers, evidence files and escalation documentation.
• Support the control operating model, SOP updates, control library requirements and governance routines.
• Identify recurring issues, control gaps, data‑quality issues and remediation planning.
• Coordinate with Front Office, Trade Support, Operations, Product Control and Risk on control investigations.
• Review internal trade controls and lifecycle events, ensuring policy adherence and approvals.
• Escalate breaches, repeated exceptions or unresolved control issues to leadership and owners.

Skills

Control governance

Trade control execution

Reconciliations

KPI/KRI reporting

Audit evidence

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Banking/related

Professional qualification preferred

Tools

Murex

MarkitWire

Bloomberg

Reconciliation tools

Job description

First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) is seeking an experienced GM MO Control & Governance professional based in Abu Dhabi to execute and monitor first‑line control activities across Global Markets Middle Office processes, ensuring control discipline and timely escalation.

You will collaborate with Front Office, Risk, Compliance and Operations to maintain control logs, perform daily checks, review trade controls, reconciliations and governance reporting, and support remediation and governance routines.