VP Data Validation & Risk Oversight (CDE)

First Abu Dhabi Bank; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 450,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

First Abu Dhabi Bank seeks a VP-level leader to own Data Validation & Assessment across CDE and regulatory/report validation. You will oversee independent validation activities, govern evidence, and coordinate with Risk, Finance, Technology and Internal Audit to ensure accuracy and compliance.

The role ensures separation from first-line reporting, guides AVP teams, and drives continuous improvement in validation quality and governance reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a finance, risk, data, accounting or related field.
• 10+ years banking experience across operations, data domains, reporting, risk, finance or audit.
• Experience in data validation, regulatory reporting controls and BCBS 239.
• Understanding of data flows, metadata, lineage, reconciliations and datamarts.
• Ability to review evidence, challenge outputs and escalate issues.
• Experience delivering governance MI, validation reports and issue trackers.
• Strong stakeholder coordination and written communication.

Responsibilities

• DVA delivery planning and coordination for validation activities.
• CDE validation, governance challenge and ownership records.
• Regulatory and management report validation against sources and datamarts.
• Apply validation methodology, review papers and ensure auditable files.
• Identify issues, governance gaps and remediation status with clear evidence.
• Prepare governance MI on validation coverage and root causes.
• Guide AVP and team, coordinate with stakeholders across functions.
• Ensure adherence to health, safety and wellbeing policies.

Skills

Data Validation

Data Validation & Assessment

CDE Governance

Regulatory Reporting Validation

Management Reporting Validation

BCBS 239

Risk Data Aggregation

Data Governance

Data Lineage

Metadata Management

Reconciliations

Control Evidence Review

Governance MI Reporting

Validation Methodology

Stakeholder Management

Issue Management

Root Cause Analysis

Internal Audit Readiness

Evidence Review

Banking Operations

Risk Management

Finance Controls

Written Communication

Team Guidance

Escalation Management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Risk, Data or Information Systems, Engineering, Statistics, Economics or a related discipline

Master’s degree or relevant professional qualification in banking, risk, audit, finance or data management is preferred

Job description

First Abu Dhabi Bank seeks a VP-level leader to own Data Validation & Assessment across CDE and regulatory/report validation. You will oversee independent validation activities, govern evidence, and coordinate with Risk, Finance, Technology and Internal Audit to ensure accuracy and compliance.

The role ensures separation from first-line reporting, guides AVP teams, and drives continuous improvement in validation quality and governance reporting.