Specialist, Compliance - Governance & Risk Assessment

First Abu Dhabi Bank FAB; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

First Abu Dhabi Bank FAB is seeking a Compliance Governance professional to support the establishment and enhancement of group-wide governance frameworks, standards and training materials. You will coordinate governance activities, administer the compliance control document lifecycle and facilitate enterprise risk assessments to strengthen consistency and oversight across the Group.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree and a professional compliance certification is desirable, with 1–3 years of

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, finance, economics, law, risk management or a related discipline.
• Professional compliance certification (e.g., ICA or CAMS) is desirable, or willingness to pursue one.
• 1-3 years of relevant experience in compliance, governance, or risk assessment; fresh graduates may be considered.
• Sound communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Excellent report writing and documentation capabilities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including PowerPoint, Word and Excel.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Good organizational and time management skills, including tracking multiple submissions and deadlines.
• Basic understanding of the UAE regulatory framework (including CBUAE requirements) is desirable.
• Familiarity with Governance, Risk and Compliance or issue management tools is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Execute assigned responsibilities and deliverables in accordance with approved policies, procedures and standards while ensuring quality and timely completion.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to support business objectives, resolve issues and contribute to the successful delivery of departmental initiatives and projects.
• Prepare, maintain and analyze relevant documentation, management information, reports and records to support effective decision-making and governance.
• Identify risks, control gaps, process inefficiencies and improvement opportunities, escalating issues as appropriate and supporting the implementation of corrective actions.
• Support administration of the Compliance control document lifecycle including drafting, coordination, stakeholder consultation, approvals, publication, renewal and retirement.
• Maintain inventories and registers of Compliance policies, procedures, standards, addendums, local regulatory overlays, deviations, dispensations and exceptions ensuring each is justified, formally approved, documented and periodically reviewed.
• Monitor adherence to control-document governance requirements, e.g. review dates, approvals, renewals and elevate overdue reviews, approvals or documentation gaps.
• Support rollout of Group standards across Head Office and international locations, track adoption status and elevate persistent non-adoption.

Skills

Sound communication

Stakeholder engagement

Report writing

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Time management

GRC/issue management familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in business administration, finance, economics, law, risk management or related discipline

Professional compliance certification (ICA or CAMS) desirable

Tools

Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Word, Excel)

Job description

JOB PURPOSE

Support the establishment maintenance and continuous enhancement of Group-wide Compliance governance frameworks methodologies standards and training material Coordinate governance activities administer the Compliance control document lifecycle support alignment across jurisdictions and support the facilitation of enterprise Compliance Risk Assessments to strengthen consistency transparency and oversight across the Group

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Generic Accountability

• Execute assigned responsibilities and deliverables in accordance with approved policies procedures and standards while ensuring quality and timely completion
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to support business objectives resolve issues and contribute to the successful delivery of departmental initiatives and projects
• Prepare maintain and analyze relevant documentation management information reports and records to support effective decision-making and governance
• Identify risks control gaps process inefficiencies and improvement opportunities escalating issues as appropriate and supporting the implementation of corrective actions

Compliance Governance

• Support the development maintenance and periodic review of Group Compliance standards methodologies evidence requirements procedures and guidance documents
• Support the administration of the Compliance control document lifecycle including drafting coordination stakeholder consultation approvals publication renewal and retirement
• Maintain inventories and registers of Compliance policies procedures standards addendums local regulatory overlays deviations dispensations and exceptions ensuring each is justified formally approved documented and periodically reviewed
• Monitor adherence to control-document governance requirements e g review dates approvals renewals and elevate overdue reviews approvals or documentation gaps
• Support the rollout of Group standards across Head Office and international locations track adoption status and elevate persistent non-adoption

Compliance Risk Assessment Framework Management

• Support the maintenance and enhancement of Compliance Risk Assessment methodologies standards and minimum requirements pertaining to Regulatory Compliance and Financial Crime Compliance
• Support the planning of the annual enterprise compliance risk assessment cycle including timelines kick-off communications guidance material and stakeholder briefings
• Support the coordination of compliance risk assessment activities across Head Office and international locations
• Track the risk assessment submissions and prepare regular status updates
• Support consistency and quality checks on submissions and ratings to help ensure comparable outputs across locations
• Support the consolidation of assessment outputs and preparation of risk reports and management presentations
• Consolidate issues and actions identified through the risk assessment and coordinate with the respective Compliance teams across the Group to ensure they are recorded in the Compliance Issue Management System CIMS

Compliance Training amp Awareness

• Support the standardization and maintenance of Compliance training materials across the Group
• Coordinate with HR to track the training delivery against the training plan and maintain attendance records

Job Context

The role supports the following outcomes Consistent application of Compliance standards and methodologies across the Group Effective governance of Compliance control documents and local deviations Improved visibility of Compliance risks issues and governance activities Enhanced Group-wide standardization and regulatory alignment Effective collaboration with Head Office Compliance sub-functions international branches and subsidiaries and Group Internal Audit

• Bachelor s degree in business administration, finance, economics, law, risk management or a related discipline.
• Professional compliance certification (e.g., ICA or CAMS) is desirable, or willingness to pursue one.
• 1 3 years of relevant experience in compliance, governance, or risk assessment; fresh graduates may be considered.
• Sound communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Excellent report writing and documentation capabilities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including PowerPoint, Word and Excel.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Good organizational and time management skills, including tracking multiple submissions and deadlines.
• Basic understanding of the UAE regulatory framework (including CBUAE requirements) is desirable.
• Familiarity with Governance, Risk and Compliance or issue management tools is an advantage.