Executive Director, Head of Business Governance
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Role Overview
The client is seeking an Executive Director, Head of Business Governance to lead the First Line of Defence governance and controls function across Investment Banking.
The role will establish and embed a business-owned governance framework and strengthen risk management, accountability, and operational effectiveness.
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Role Overview
The client is seeking an Executive Director, Head of Business Governance to lead the First Line of Defence governance and controls function across Investment Banking.
The role will establish and embed a business-owned governance framework and strengthen risk management, accountability, and operational effectiveness.
Governance and Controls
- Lead the first-line governance and controls framework across Investment Banking and Markets.
- Oversee risk tracking, control design, RCSA activity, control effectiveness, KRIs, issues, incidents, near-misses, and remediation.
- Establish governance and assurance mechanisms across Coverage, Global Markets, and Global Corporate Finance.
- Lead governance reporting and senior management committees, including risk trend and control weakness analysis.
Regulatory and Risk Management
- Coordinate regulatory engagement, examinations, information requests, and regulatory reporting with Compliance, Risk, and business stakeholders.
- Oversee issues and findings from regulatory reviews, Compliance monitoring, Internal Audit, and control failures.
- Partner on regulatory, credit, risk, policy, and risk-threshold matters and align processes with CBUAE and Group requirements.
- Support Capital Allocation Committee governance and decision-making.
Key Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Banking, Finance, Management, or a related discipline.
- Professional certification in Risk, Compliance, AML/CFT, or Financial Crime is advantageous.
- 10–15+ years of experience within a reputable international bank.
- Substantial Investment Banking and Markets, Risk, Compliance, or Internal Audit experience in regulated financial services.
- Strong knowledge of Global Markets, Global Corporate Finance, financial services regulations, and regulatory reporting.
- Proven first-line governance, risk and control assessment, regulatory engagement, remediation, assurance, monitoring, and reporting experience.
- UAE or CBUAE experience is highly advantageous.
- Excellent senior stakeholder management, communication, influencing, and challenge skills.
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