Strategic CRO — UAE Banking Risk Leader

Salt; Dubai; On-site; AED 800,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Salt in the United Arab Emirates seeks an accomplished banking risk leader for an executive leadership opportunity at CRO level in a complex regulatory environment. The role provides independent oversight, strengthens enterprise-wide risk discipline, and supports senior decision making across the organisation.

Key responsibilities include setting risk direction, advising executives and the Board, enhancing governance, overseeing capital and liquidity risk, regulating engagement, and fostering a

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience within banking or financial services.
• Experience in a senior risk leadership capacity within a UAE-regulated financial institution; CRO level experience is highly desirable.
• Broad expertise across credit, market, liquidity, operational, strategic and other non-financial risk disciplines.
• Strong knowledge of UAE banking regulation, prudential risk frameworks, capital and liquidity requirements, stress testing, recovery planning, and risk governance.

Responsibilities

• Set the overall risk direction for the organisation, ensuring major exposures are understood, challenged, and managed within defined boundaries.
• Provide independent advice to executive and Board-level stakeholders, translating complex risk information into clear implications and priorities.
• Strengthen the risk operating model by improving governance, escalation, accountability, and consistency across business and control functions.
• Oversee forward-looking assessments of capital strength, liquidity resilience, adverse scenarios, and contingency readiness to support sound balance sheet planning.
• Maintain effective regulatory engagement and ensure supervisory expectations, reviews, and remediation actions are addressed in a timely manner.
• Build a strong risk culture across the organisation, encouraging informed decision making and clear ownership of risk.

Skills

Banking risk leadership

Regulatory engagement

Board communication

Risk governance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline

Postgraduate study and professional qualifications advantageous

Job description

Salt in the United Arab Emirates seeks an accomplished banking risk leader for an executive leadership opportunity at CRO level in a complex regulatory environment. The role provides independent oversight, strengthens enterprise-wide risk discipline, and supports senior decision making across the organisation.

Key responsibilities include setting risk direction, advising executives and the Board, enhancing governance, overseeing capital and liquidity risk, regulating engagement, and fostering a