Senior Risk Data Architect for Scorecards & Automation

ADIB - Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 268,000 - 402,000; Full time

Job summary

ADIB - Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank in Abu Dhabi seeks a Senior Officer in Risk Data Management to prepare, derive and validate variables for scorecards, provide model-ready datasets, and support production deployment of risk models.

You will automate BAU data ingestion, work with SAS, SQL and data integration tools, and coordinate with Model Development, Validation, Business and IT teams to resolve data issues and ensure regulatory reporting readiness.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on expertise in SAS programming, SAS Data Integration, SAS Studio and SQL.
• Practical experience preparing and deriving variables for Application and Behavioural Scorecards.
• Experience implementing scorecards or risk models, including testing, reconciliation and production deployment.
• Good understanding of data quality, data lineage, reconciliation, model implementation controls and documentation.
• Ability to review and optimise SAS code and develop efficient, controlled data pipelines.
• Working knowledge of relational database management systems and Oracle.
• Exposure to Python or SAS for analytics and automation.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, documentation, communication and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, derive and validate variables and analytical datasets required for Application and Behavioural Scorecard development, recalibration, validation and implementation.
• Interpret approved business definitions, model specifications and variable logic and convert them into controlled SAS and SQL programs.
• Consolidate source data, perform data-quality checks and deliver complete datasets in the agreed structure and format.
• Investigate data gaps, anomalies and reconciliation differences and coordinate their resolution with relevant stakeholders.
• Prepare data for CBUAE regulatory reporting and BRF requirements.
• Support model implementation by providing accurate insights into the underlying data and model logic.
• Perform unit testing, system integration testing, user acceptance support, reconciliation and parallel-run validation.
• Deploy SAS models to the IFRS 9 risk engine using SAS DI jobs, and benchmark results across the Development and UAT environments.
• Develop, maintain and optimise SAS and SQL programs used for variable preparation, scorecard implementation and recurring data processing.
• Support model deployment using SAS Data Integration, SAS Studio and related SAS platforms.
• Develop controlled data pipelines and maintain data lineage between source systems, SAS processes, modelling databases and downstream solutions.
• Execute relevant business-as-usual activities and provide technical support for implemented models.
• Automate recurring data preparation, validation, reconciliation and model implementation activities.
• Review and optimise existing SAS implementation code to improve efficiency, maintainability and control.
• Identify and implement SAS-based automation opportunities to reduce manual intervention and support the Provisioning, CBUAE Sup-Tech Risk Model BRFs.
• Support other risk model implementation and regulatory data automation activities where required.

Skills

SAS programming

SQL

Data integration

Python basics

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Tools

SAS Data Integration

SAS Studio

Oracle

Python

Job description

ADIB - Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank in Abu Dhabi seeks a Senior Officer in Risk Data Management to prepare, derive and validate variables for scorecards, provide model-ready datasets, and support production deployment of risk models.

You will automate BAU data ingestion, work with SAS, SQL and data integration tools, and coordinate with Model Development, Validation, Business and IT teams to resolve data issues and ensure regulatory reporting readiness.