Chief Risk Officer | Al Futtaim Finance Company | Financial Services
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About the Role
Al-Futtaim Finance Company seeks a Chief Risk Officer to lead the independent Risk Management function as second line of defense for a CBUAE-regulated finance company.
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Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain and review enterprise risk framework, Risk Appetite Framework, risk policies, KRIs, limits, thresholds and escalation procedures
- Provide timely risk reporting, independent risk opinions and escalation of material risk matters to the Board, Board Risk Committee and senior management
- Provide independent second line oversight and challenge on credit risk, including exposures, deviations, restructurings, write offs, concentration risk, provisioning indicators and portfolio deterioration
- Monitor portfolio quality, concentration risk, delinquency trends, provisioning indicators, early warning indicators, risk appetite breaches and stress signals
- Oversee operational risk, outsourcing and third party risk, technology and information security risk, cyber risk, business continuity and resilience risk
- Support CBUAE examinations, supervisory reviews, remediation plans, regulatory responses and risk related submissions
- Provide independent risk input on policies, DoA changes, outsourcing arrangements, new products, new services, distribution channels, strategic initiatives and major business changes
- Lead the Risk function and promote strong risk culture through governance forums, training, awareness and engagement
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Risk Management, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, Mathematics or related field
- Minimum 12 15 years in risk management within financial services
- Senior experience in a regulated lending, finance or banking environment
- Master's degree and professional qualifications such as FRM, PRM, CFA, CA, CPA or ACCA preferred
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Job Overview
- The Chief Risk Officer leads AL Futtaim Finance Company independent Risk Management function as the second line of defense for a CBUAE regulated finance company.
- The CRO is responsible for enterprise wide risk oversight across credit, portfolio, operational, outsourcing, technology, information security, resilience, model risk where applicable, emerging, strategic and regulatory risks.
- The role owns the Enterprise Risk Management Framework, Risk Appetite Framework, risk policies, risk reporting, monitoring and escalation processes.
Responsibilities
- Enterprise Risk Governance, Framework and Risk Appetite: Develop, maintain and review AFF’s enterprise risk framework, Risk Appetite Framework, risk policies, KRIs, limits, thresholds and escalation procedures.
- Board Risk Committee and Executive Risk Reporting: Provide timely risk reporting, independent risk opinions and escalation of material risk matters to the Board, Board Risk Committee and senior management.
- Independent Credit Risk Oversight and Challenge: Provide independent second line oversight and challenge on credit risk, including exposures, deviations, restructurings, write offs, concentration risk, provisioning indicators and portfolio deterioration.
- Portfolio Monitoring, Risk Appetite, Stress Testing and Early Warning Oversight: Monitor portfolio quality, concentration risk, delinquency trends, provisioning indicators, early warning indicators, risk appetite breaches and stress signals.
- Operational, Outsourcing, Technology and Resilience Risk Oversight: Oversee operational risk, outsourcing and third party risk, technology and information security risk, cyber risk, business continuity and resilience risk.
- Regulatory Risk Management, CBUAE Readiness and Remediation Support: Support CBUAE examinations, supervisory reviews, remediation plans, regulatory responses and risk related submissions.
- Risk Input into Governance, Policy, New Products and Strategic Change: Provide independent risk input on policies, DoA changes, outsourcing arrangements, new products, new services, distribution channels, strategic initiatives and major business changes.
- Risk Culture, Leadership and Governance Evidence: Lead the Risk function and promote strong risk culture through governance forums, training, awareness and engagement.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Risk Management, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, Mathematics or related field.
- Minimum 12–15 years in risk management within financial services, with senior experience in a regulated lending, finance or banking environment.
- Enterprise risk management, Risk Appetite Framework, credit risk oversight, portfolio monitoring, stress testing, operational and outsourcing risk, technology and information security risk, regulatory engagement, Board reporting, policy review, risk data governance, leadership and stakeholder manage
- Master’s degree and professional qualifications such as FRM, PRM, CFA, CA, CPA or ACCA preferred.
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