Senior Vice President, Non-Financial Regulatory Reporting, Wealth (UAE Nationals Only)

Citigroup Inc.; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in Dubai is seeking a Senior Vice President to oversee non-financial regulatory reporting. This role requires at least 10 years of experience in the financial industry and a proven record of leading teams within a large organization. The ideal candidate will drive strategic improvements and ensure compliance with local regulatory requirements. The position emphasizes strong analytical and communication skills, along with a background in regulatory reporting.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in financial industry, preferably in regulatory reporting space.
• Proven record of achievement in leading teams in a large, matrixed organization.
• Solid experience in local non-financial regulatory reporting.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the end-to-end execution of the UAE non-financial regulatory reporting function.
• Shape and influence non-financial regulatory reporting strategy for UAE.
• Lead regulatory reporting reviews and audits.

Skills

Financial industry experience

Team leadership

Regulatory reporting knowledge

Interpersonal skills

Analytical thinking

Effective communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

The Non-Financial Regulatory Reporting Operations cover key areas:

• Reporting - e-2-e execution of non-financial regulatory reporting processes, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and timelines in accordance with regulatory requirements and internal Citi standards.
• Controls - comprehensive control framework that includes pre-submission, post submission controls, issue management, and sustainable risk mitigation practices.
• Oversight - Lead governance activities, including escalation protocols, regulatory issue remediation, disclosure to regulators to ensure transparency and accountability across reporting functions.
• Compliance Management - Drive standardization, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance process efficiency, data integrity, and operational resilience.
• Horizontal Function - Collaborate with Compliance, Risk, Technology and Business partners to ensure alignment of reporting practices with evolving regulatory expectations and Citi policies.

The Non-Financial Regulatory Reporting Operations Senior Vice President is accountable for overseeing the end-to-end execution of the UAE non-financial regulatory reporting function. This role ensures completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of regulatory reports while maintaining a strong control framework. The Senior Manager designs, implements, and monitors controls including post-submission validation, issue management, and sustainable mitigation strategies. They lead governance activities by chairing local control forums, managing escalations, and ensuring regulatory remediation plans are executed effectively. The Senior Manager engages proactively with internal stakeholders including Compliance, Risk, and senior leaders to align practices with policy changes and regulatory updates. They drive standardization, automation, and process optimization initiatives to enhance data integrity and operational resilience. This role is responsible for the strategic oversight of audit and regulatory examination activities. The Senior Vice President mentors VPs and contributes to the leadership and development of the broader reporting team. They oversee the implementation of local regulatory change management processes and ensure that enterprise standards are embedded in day-to-day operations. Through thought leadership and collaboration, the Senior Manager strengthens the firm’s regulatory reporting capabilities and risk posture.

Responsibilities:

• Accountable for local non-financial regulatory reporting obligations to CBUAE, SCA, and other UAE regulators, building trusted relationships and representing the firm in high-level discussions, consultations, and industry forums.
• Shape and influence non-financial regulatory reporting strategy for UAE, advising senior leadership on regulatory trends and potential impacts.
• Lead senior-level engagement in local, non-financial regulatory reporting reviews, audits, and supervisory meetings, ensuring effective representation of the firm and credibility with regulators.
• Oversee all UAE non-financial regulatory reporting submissions, ensuring reports are complete, accurate, and timely, with zero tolerance for material errors.
• Identify stakeholders and key organizations in order to build and manage relationships with each for local non-financial regulatory reporting.
• Design, oversee, and evaluate operative strategies to have efficient processes, and reduce regulatory risk to the institution.
• Design strategies for local non-financial regulatory reporting that generate improvements.
• Escalate in timely manner the potential risk issues, revenue leakages etc. to senior management.
• Review processes, procedures, strategy changes, and capacity plans to ensure productivity, inventory control, and turnaround time according to Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
• Oversee all policies and procedures are in place to ensure operations run within the highest quality standards and Regulatory Risks are minimized for local non-financial regulatory reporting.
• Develop proposals for all initiatives and communicate opportunities and progress against the proposal in a concise and timely manner to senior leadership.
• Provide judgements based on analysis of facts and a diverse range of internal and external sources in complicated, unique, and dynamic situations.
• Negotiate internally and communicate management report to senior management, recommending next course of action.
• Resolve highly complex and varying issues that have substantial potential impact.
• Participate in improvement projects with internal and external stakeholders.
• Responsible for project / program management and tools process adherence, training (if required) and delivery.
• Build an effective team through hiring exceptional candidates, coaching, collaboration, and motivation of staff.
• Continue professional development to keep abreast of emerging technologies, methods and best practices.
• Adequate level of proficiency with MS Office Suite with experience presenting to stakeholders and senior leadership.
• Experience working both independently and, in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 10 years of experience in financial industry, preferably in regulatory reporting space
• Proven record of achievement in leading teams in a large, matrixed organization
• Solid experience in local non-financial regulatory reporting
• Proven experience working with demanding business stakeholders within a cross-functional matrix environment
• Deep understanding of regulations and operational processes
• Strong interpersonal skills to influence and spur change, facilitate, and enhance performance within a cross - functional environment.
• Proven experience leading a team
• Good understanding of Investments and Capital Market products as well as trade execution and settlement processes
• Analytical thinking skills
• Effective workload management
• Effective, adjusted to recipient communication skills
• Critical thinking and drawing logic-based conclusions
• Adequate level of proficiency with MS Office Suite with experience presenting to stakeholders and senior leadership
• Experience working both independently and, in a team-oriented, collaborative environment

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field

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