Director - Governance Risk And Compliance GRC Dubai UAE
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About the Role
Moove is seeking a Director of Governance, Risk and Compliance to establish and scale a global GRC framework. The role involves enterprise governance, risk management, and compliance strategy across multiple markets.
Key Skills for This Role
Responsibilities
- Establish and maintain the enterprise governance framework, ensuring clear accountability across Board, executive leadership, and operational management
- Design and oversee the internal control environment, embedding ownership of controls within business functions
- Lead executive level governance forums, driving visibility of key issues, decision making, and accountability for remediation
- Identify, assess, and manage enterprise and operational risks across all markets
- Develop and implement a global compliance program aligned with applicable laws and regulations
- Oversee third party due diligence frameworks
- Manage whistleblowing and Speak Up mechanisms
- Provide strategic leadership to the GRC function
Requirements
- Significant post qualification experience in Governance, Risk and Compliance (or closely related fields) in a fast paced, multi jurisdictional environment
- Demonstrable track record in designing and running enterprise wide governance frameworks, internal control environments and GRC operating models
- Strong experience in enterprise risk management, including risk identification, assessment, reporting and remediation
- Deep knowledge of anti bribery & corruption, sanctions, AML/CTF and related regulatory regimes
- Proven experience working with Boards and executive leadership
- Strong strategic thinking and ability to translate complex regulatory and risk topics into clear business decisions
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills
- High degree of integrity and sound judgment
Full Job Posting
About the Role
- We are seeking a highly experienced GRC leader to establish and scale a global Governance, Risk & Compliance framework across all Moove markets.
- This role will own enterprise governance, risk management and compliance strategy, with a clear priority on governance initiatives and control environment maturity.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Roll out core GRC initiatives across all markets, with clear emphasis on governance, internal controls and policy frameworks.
- Establish and embed an enterprise governance framework with defined forums (e.g. GRC SteerCo), roles and accountabilities.
- Implement and operationalise a global enterprise risk management approach, including group wide risk assessments, reporting and remediation tracking.
- Stand up a global compliance program (anti bribery & corruption, sanctions, AML/CTF, third party due diligence, Speak Up, training) with clear ownership, processes and KPIs.
Core Responsibilities Governance
- Establish and maintain the enterprise governance framework, ensuring clear accountability across Board, executive leadership, and operational management.
- Design and oversee the internal control environment, embedding ownership of controls within business functions and ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
- Lead executive level governance forums, driving visibility of key issues, decision making, and accountability for remediation.
- Define and implement policy governance structures, including development, approval, communication, and lifecycle management of all core policies and standards.
- Build feedback loops and continuous improvement mechanisms to strengthen governance maturity.
Core Responsibilities Risk
- Identify, assess, and manage enterprise and operational risks, ensuring material risks are visible, prioritized, and actively mitigated across all markets.
- Embed a risk based approach to decision making, integrating risk considerations into business operations, expansion and strategic initiatives.
- Oversee the development of risk assessment methodologies, including periodic risk reviews across key domains.
- Drive root cause analysis and corrective action frameworks for incidents.
- Monitor and report on risk trends, emerging threats, and systemic vulnerabilities.
- Align risk management practices with global standards and frameworks (e.g., ISO 31000, Three Lines Model).
Core Responsibilities Compliance
- Develop and implement a global compliance program aligned with applicable laws and regulations (e.g., FCPA, UK Bribery Act, AML/CTF, sanctions regimes).
- Oversee third party due diligence frameworks, ensuring robust onboarding, monitoring, and risk mitigation.
- Lead regulatory compliance across jurisdictions, ensuring adherence to local legal requirements while maintaining global standards.
- Design and deliver compliance training and awareness programs.
- Manage whistleblowing and Speak Up mechanisms, ensuring confidential reporting, proper investigation, and protection against retaliation.
- Ensure independence and integrity of investigations.
- Ensure books and records integrity, supporting accurate financial reporting and compliance with anti fraud and anti corruption requirements.
Core Responsibilities Leadership & Team
- Provide strategic leadership to the GRC function, including day to day direction to junior support resources.
- Act as a trusted advisor to the executive leadership and country heads on governance, risk and compliance topics.
- Partner with Legal, Finance, Operations, People, Technology and Market leadership to integrate GRC into business processes and decision making.
What You Will Need For This Position
- Significant post qualification experience in Governance, Risk and Compliance (or closely related fields) in a fast paced, multi jurisdictional environment, ideally in fintech, financial services, mobility or technology.
- Demonstrable track record in designing and running enterprise wide governance frameworks, internal control environments and GRC operating models.
- Strong experience in enterprise risk management, including risk identification, assessment, reporting and remediation.
- Deep knowledge of anti bribery & corruption, sanctions, AML/CTF and related regulatory regimes (e.g., FCPA, UK Bribery Act, OFAC, UN, EU, FATF, HMT).
- Proven experience working with Boards and executive leadership, including preparation of materials and leading SteerCo or similar forums.
- Strong strategic thinking and ability to translate complex regulatory and risk topics into clear business decisions.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills, including at C suite and Board level.
- High degree of integrity and sound judgment, particularly in handling sensitive investigations, speak up cases and disciplinary processes.
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills, with experience in root cause analysis and designing sustainable remediation.
- Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment with aggressive timelines and multiple competing priorities.
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