Senior Officer - Procurement Control & Governance

ADIB Group; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 240,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

ADIB Group in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Senior Officer for Procurement Control & Governance to strengthen governance with regulatory standards, drive risk management initiatives and update procurement policies. You will coordinate with risk functions and audit teams and support business continuity and outsourcing control reviews.

The role requires governance experience, a bachelor degree and professional qualifications in risk management, with fluency in business English and Arabic preferred.

Qualifications

• Minimum bachelor degree in a relevant field.
• CIPS/equivalent accreditation is a plus.
• Project management experience is required.
• Business English- verbal and written proficiency.
• Professional Certificate in Risk Management is a plus.
• Expert in MS tools.
• Arabic language is preferred.
• IT background is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Governance with CB UAE regulations for outsourcing and validating at bank level.
• Support Third-Party Risk Management implementation bank-wide.
• Lead updates of Procurement Policies and Procedures.
• Coordinate risk reviews with CMAT, internal audit and external auditors.
• Maintain Outsourcing Register for submission to regulators.

Skills

Project Management

Business English

MS tools

Arabic

IT background

Education

Bachelor's degree

CIPS / equivalent accreditation

Professional Certificate in Risk Management

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Description

Role: Senior Officer - Procurement Control & Governance

Location: Abu Dhabi

Role Purpose

• Bring ADIB into governance with CBUAE Regulations for Outsourcing plus validating on a bank level.
• Support the implementation of Third-Party Risk Management on a bank level.
• Support the implementation of CB requirements related to Operational Resilience.
• Manage the engagement with risk functions for outsourcing and other risk topics.
• Lead the ongoing update of Procurement Policies and Procedures.
• Support in reviewing and ongoing update of Procurement Risks & Controls assessments RCSAs KRIs issues & actions including system inputs and update.
• Conduct regular control testing of Procurement Controls.
• Support in the preparation and update of Procurement business continuity plans and coordinate business continuity testing.
• Support the regular reviews conducted by CMAT internal Audit & external Auditors including Central bank.

Key Accountabilities of the role

Strategic/Relational

Outsourcing

• Support the implementation of Central Bank of the UAE regulations & principles related to Outsourcing with regards to assessment of risks preparation of committees agenda/MoMs follow up on confirmations & approvals on a bank level supporting all businesses/departments.
• TPRM: Drive the implementation of Third-Party Risk Management on a bank level.

Operational Resilience

• Support the implementation of CB requirements related to Operational Resilience.

Risk Management

• Represent Procurement in risk related committees and discussions and prepare Procurement packs in relevant committees.

Policies & Procedures

• Support in updating Procurement & outsourcing policy procedures forms.
• Drive the implementation of systems/tools on ongoing basis from control & governance perspective.

Functional

• Support closing/rectifying CB observations conducting clean up exercise of existing Outsourcing Agreements.
• Support in the regular review of existing Outsourcing Agreements in terms of Risk Assessment update & Performance evaluation.

RCSAs

• Review and ongoing update of Procurement Risks & Controls assessments RCSAs manage GRC system inputs follow up & update.

BORM

• Conduct regular control testing as per the outcomes of the RCSAs.
• Regularly review update and report of Procurement KRIs issues & actions on GRC.
• Support Businesses & Departments in assessing Outsourcing controls managed by Procurement.

BCM

• Support in the preparation and update of Procurement business continuity plans business impact analysis support BCM to conduct business continuity testing update BCM records/systems with Procurement BCM related information maintain and regularly update Procurement call tree.

CB related Activities

• Maintain & drive the preparation of the Outsourcing Register for onward submission to the Central bank of the UAE.

Second Line of Defense Engagements

• Support the engagement with 2LoD for outsourcing arrangements confirmations and other risk topics connected to Procurement process oversee & follow up workflow tasks created for 2LoD members confirmations for all Outsourcing arrangements.
• Support the regular reviews conducted by CMAT internal Audit & external Auditors including Central bank.

Specialist skills / technical knowledge technical competencies required for this role

• Minimum bachelors degree
• CIPS/equivalent accreditation is a plus
• Project Management experience
• Business English-verbal and written
• Professional Certificate in Risk Management is a plus
• Expert in MS tools
• Arabic is preferred
• IT background is preferred

Previous experience

• A minimum of 5 years banking experience in Risk Management Operational Risk and/or Compliance.
• Experience in Procurement IT Procurement and supply chain process.

Required Experience

Senior IC