Assistant Manager, NFR & Operational Resilience

Protiviti Middle East Member Firm; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Protiviti Middle East Member Firm in Riyadh seeks an Assistant Manager – Non-Financial Risk & Operational Resilience to lead advisory engagements. You will identify critical services, map processes and test disruption scenarios, advising on remediation and governance across BCM, incident management and risk controls.

You'll guide workstreams, supervise junior staff and collaborate with client teams to embed robust risk management and regulatory-aligned practices within the business.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in risk management, business administration, finance, economics; a relevant postgraduate degree is advantageous.
• Working knowledge of the SAMA Business Continuity Management Framework and relevant Saudi regulatory expectations.
• Knowledge of Basel Committee Principles for Operational Resilience and sound operational-risk management; familiarity with leading international operational-resilience practices.
• Familiarity with ISO 22301; certifications such as CBCI/MBCI, ISO 22301 Lead Implementer/Auditor, CRISC, CISA or equivalent are advantageous, not mandatory.
• Strong command of Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel and Word; familiarity with business process mapping tools and techniques and GRC platforms is useful.
• Fluent professional English is required; Arabic capability is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Identify and validate important/critical business services and operations, including service-owner engagement and approval packs.
• Facilitate impact-tolerance workshops and support development of quantitative and qualitative measures reflecting multiple harm dimensions.
• Map end-to-end processes and dependencies to deliver critical services and identify vulnerabilities.
• Design and execute scenario testing, tabletop exercises and simulations for clients.
• Review and enhance business impact analyses, continuity strategies, BCPs and incident response processes.
• Lead defined client workstreams across non-financial risk topics and governance design.
• Develop operational-risk metrics, dashboards and management information for decision making.
• Maintain knowledge of day-to-day NFR activities to credibly advise client units.

Skills

Non-financial risk

Operational resilience

Regulatory awareness

Project leadership

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in risk management, business administration, finance, economics

Postgraduate degree advantageous

Tools

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

Protiviti Middle East Member Firm in Riyadh seeks an Assistant Manager – Non-Financial Risk & Operational Resilience to lead advisory engagements. You will identify critical services, map processes and test disruption scenarios, advising on remediation and governance across BCM, incident management and risk controls.

You'll guide workstreams, supervise junior staff and collaborate with client teams to embed robust risk management and regulatory-aligned practices within the business.