Associate - IT Governance (UAE National Only)
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About the Role
Emirates Investment Bank seeks an Associate for IT Governance to support the CIO in maintaining IT governance, risk oversight, and regulatory compliance. The role involves governance coordination, reporting, documentation, and audit support.
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Responsibilities
- Support the CIO in the administration and ongoing maintenance of the IT governance framework, including policies, standards, and procedures
- Assist in preparing IT governance, technology risk, and compliance reports for management, IT committees, and board level forums
- Maintain IT governance documentation, evidence repositories, and trackers to support audit and regulatory reviews
- Track and monitor IT action items arising from internal audits, external audits, regulatory examinations, and governance forums
- Support the maintenance of IT and technology risk registers, ensuring accurate documentation of risks, controls, owners, and remediation status
- Coordinate with IT Delivery, security, and operations teams to gather information required for governance reporting, management oversight and regulatory submissions
- Assist in responding to audit and regulatory requests by compiling evidence and drafting responses under CIO guidance
- Support monitoring of compliance with IT policies, CBUAE regulations, and internal control requirements
- Assist in third party and outsourcing governance activities, including documentation and compliance tracking
- Prepare governance dashboards, summaries, and presentations for CIO led management and oversight meetings
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, Business, or a related discipline
- UAE National (mandatory – Emiratisation role)
- 3–5 years of experience in IT governance, IT risk, audit, compliance, or control functions
- Exposure to regulated environments such as banking, financial institutions is preferred
- Basic understanding of IT governance framework and control concepts, technology risk management, and audit and regulatory compliance processes
- Prior experience supporting audits, reporting, or documentation is an advantage
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Job Purpose
- To support the Chief Information Officer (CIO) in maintaining effective IT governance, technology risk oversight, and regulatory compliance in line with Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) expectations and internal governance frameworks.
- The role focuses on governance coordination, structured reporting, documentation, and audit support to ensure IT activities are well governed, transparent, controlled, and audit‑ready.
Key Accountabilities
- Support the CIO in the administration and ongoing maintenance of the IT governance framework, including policies, standards, and procedures.
- Assist in preparing IT governance, technology risk, and compliance reports for management, IT committees, and board level forums.
- Maintain IT governance documentation, evidence repositories, and trackers to support audit and regulatory reviews.
- Track and monitor IT action items arising from internal audits, external audits, regulatory examinations, and governance forums.
- Support the maintenance of IT and technology risk registers, ensuring accurate documentation of risks, controls, owners, and remediation status.
- Coordinate with IT Delivery, security, and operations teams to gather information required for governance reporting, management oversight and regulatory submissions.
- Assist in responding to audit and regulatory requests by compiling evidence and drafting responses under CIO guidance.
- Support monitoring of compliance with IT policies, CBUAE regulations, and internal control requirements.
- Assist in third party and outsourcing governance activities, including documentation and compliance tracking.
- Prepare governance dashboards, summaries, and presentations for CIO led management and oversight meetings. Escalate governance, risk, or compliance concerns to the CIO in a timely and structured manner.
Qualification
- Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, Business, or a related discipline.
- UAE National (mandatory – Emiratisation role).
- Professional certifications (preferred or in progress): COBIT (Foundation or equivalent), ITIL (Foundation or above), CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor), CGEIT (Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT), ISO 38500 (IT Governance) – awareness or training
Experience
- 3–5 years of experience in IT governance, IT risk, audit, compliance, or control functions.
- Exposure to regulated environments such as banking, financial institutions is preferred.
- Basic understanding of IT governance framework and control concepts, technology risk management, and audit and regulatory compliance processes.
- Prior experience supporting audits, reporting, or documentation is an advantage.
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