Senior Operational Risk & Resilience Lead

Aventus Global Talent; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

Aventus Global Talent is seeking an Operational Risk Lead (UAE National) based in Abu Dhabi to lead risk governance, resilience and control frameworks. The role collaborates with Finance, Internal Audit and portfolio companies to ensure robust risk management across the organization.

The candidate will drive continuity planning, stress-testing, and reporting to senior leadership, with strong stakeholder engagement and regulatory alignment in the UAE.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in operational or enterprise risk.
• Experience across RCSA, business continuity, resilience, crisis management, internal controls/ICFR or insurance.
• Comfort presenting to senior management and governance committees.

Responsibilities

• Lead risk identification, assessment and governance framework design from concept to day-to-day tools.
• Run structured risk and control reviews across corporate functions with live KPI view.
• Lead continuity and resilience planning, mapping dependencies and stress-testing disruptions.
• Coordinate with Finance and Internal Audit to tighten controls and assess insurance coverage vs risk.
• Benchmark risk maturity across portfolio companies and promote group standards.
• Summarize risk insights for senior leadership and boards, connecting Finance, Investments, HR, Tech and Facilities.

Job description

Aventus Global Talent is seeking an Operational Risk Lead (UAE National) based in Abu Dhabi to lead risk governance, resilience and control frameworks. The role collaborates with Finance, Internal Audit and portfolio companies to ensure robust risk management across the organization.

The candidate will drive continuity planning, stress-testing, and reporting to senior leadership, with strong stakeholder engagement and regulatory alignment in the UAE.