Senior Executive Officer (ADGM)
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About the Role
Bybit is seeking a Senior Executive Officer to lead its ADGM regulated entity in Abu Dhabi. The role involves overall leadership, regulatory compliance, risk management, and acting as the primary liaison with the FSRA.
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Responsibilities
- Provide overall leadership and direction for the regulated entity, ensuring the successful execution of its strategic, operational, and commercial objectives
- Hold ultimate responsibility for the day to day management, supervision, and control of the firm's regulated activities
- Ensure the firm maintains compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements, licensing obligations, and governance standards
- Establish and foster a strong culture of compliance, risk management, accountability, and ethical conduct across the organisation
- Lead and oversee senior management, ensuring effective execution, clear accountability, and strong organisational performance
- Ensure appropriate governance frameworks, policies, systems, and controls are implemented and operating effectively
- Oversee the identification and management of key regulatory, operational, financial, technology, and reputational risks
- Act as the primary liaison with the FSRA and lead all significant regulatory engagements, supervisory interactions, and licensing matters
- Maintain effective relationships with regulators, Board members, shareholders, and other key stakeholders
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Law, Accounting, Risk Management, or related discipline
- Minimum 10 years of leadership experience within financial services, capital markets, fintech, digital assets, exchanges, broker dealers, custodians, clearing houses, payment firms, or other regulated financial institutions
- Proven experience leading regulated businesses and managing senior stakeholders, including regulators and Boards
- Strong understanding of financial services regulation, governance, risk management, and regulatory expectations
- Experience overseeing business, operational, and control functions within a regulated environment
- UAE and/or ADGM regulatory experience strongly preferred
- Ability to satisfy the FSRA's Fit and Proper requirements and obtain approval as the Senior Executive Officer
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About the Role
- The Senior Executive Officer (SEO) is responsible for the overall leadership, management, and performance of the ADGM regulated entity.
- The role is accountable for the execution of the firm's strategy, governance, regulatory compliance, risk management, and operational effectiveness, while serving as the primary point of contact with the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA).
Responsibilities
- Provide overall leadership and direction for the regulated entity, ensuring the successful execution of its strategic, operational, and commercial objectives.
- Hold ultimate responsibility for the day to day management, supervision, and control of the firm's regulated activities.
- Ensure the firm maintains compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements, licensing obligations, and governance standards.
- Establish and foster a strong culture of compliance, risk management, accountability, and ethical conduct across the organisation.
- Lead and oversee senior management, ensuring effective execution, clear accountability, and strong organisational performance.
- Ensure appropriate governance frameworks, policies, systems, and controls are implemented and operating effectively.
- Oversee the identification and management of key regulatory, operational, financial, technology, and reputational risks, while ensuring the firm maintains adequate resources to support its business objectives and regulatory obligations.
- Act as the primary liaison with the FSRA and lead all significant regulatory engagements, supervisory interactions, and licensing matters.
- Maintain effective relationships with regulators, Board members, shareholders, and other key stakeholders, while providing regular updates on business performance, strategy, governance, regulatory matters, and key risks.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Law, Accounting, Risk Management, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 10 years of leadership experience within financial services, capital markets, fintech, digital assets, exchanges, broker dealers, custodians, clearing houses, payment firms, or other regulated financial institutions.
Required Skills
- Proven experience leading regulated businesses and managing senior stakeholders, including regulators and Boards.
- Strong understanding of financial services regulation, governance, risk management, and regulatory expectations.
- Experience overseeing business, operational, and control functions within a regulated environment.
- UAE and/or ADGM regulatory experience is strongly preferred.
- Ability to satisfy the FSRA's Fit and Proper requirements and obtain approval as the Senior Executive Officer.
Preferred Skills
- Strategic and commercially minded leader with strong business acumen.
- Demonstrates integrity, sound judgement, accountability, and strong leadership capabilities.
- Able to balance growth objectives with effective governance and regulatory compliance.
- Comfortable operating in a fast paced and evolving financial services environment.
- Passion for financial services, virtual assets industry, and emerging technologies.
- Comfortable leveraging technology and AI tools to enhance operational effectiveness and decision making.
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