VP & Head of Audit, Personal, Wealth & Commercial Banking
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About the Role
Manage audits for Personal, Wealth, and Commercial Banking, ensuring compliance, guiding teams, and enhancing processes while maintaining stakeholder relationships.
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Responsibilities
- Manage end to end audit of FAB Group's Business, Product & Credit activities in UAE and international network
- Provide guidance and on the job training for junior colleagues
- Prepare and maintain risk assessments and audit programs
- Conduct audits and assess governance, risk management, and control procedures
- Draft and finalize audit reports, negotiate management action plans
- Develop and maintain effective business relationships with stakeholders
- Conduct investigations and special reviews as assigned
Requirements
- End to end audit management experience in banking
- Expertise in risk assessment and internal control frameworks
- Strong leadership and people management skills
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements in UAE and international markets
- Experience in audit of Personal, Wealth & Commercial Banking
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Strategic Contribution
- End to end managing the audit of FAB Group's Business, Product & Credit related activities in the UAE and across the international network (functional).
- Ensure that relevant verticals audits are conducted in accordance with the objectives laid down in the Annual Plan and ensure that the work program is completed in an efficient and effective manner on or ahead of schedule.
People Management
- Provide guidance and on the job training for junior colleagues and conduct knowledge sharing to facilitate achievement of team objectives.
- Promote the organization's values and ethics in all activities within the team.
Budgeting and Financial Performance
- Monitor the financial performance of given areas of activities versus budgets and ensure all activities are carried out in line with the approved guidelines.
Policies, Systems, Processes & Procedures
- Execute to established GIA Policies, Guidance Notes, Procedures and Practice Notes in undertaking all tasks.
- Provide input to the development of GIA practices as per industry standards and regulatory expectations.
- Review all activities of the Units within FAB Group's Operations and Support related activities, define and maintain the Audit Universe.
- Prepare and maintain a Risk Assessment of each Process Stream as identified in the Audit Universe.
- Establish/update and maintain Audit programs in the central audit management tool.
- Conduct audits of the Processes and assess governance, risk management, and control procedures.
Continuous Improvement
- Lead the identification of change through continuous improvement of processes and practices considering global standards.
Relationship Management
- Develop and maintain effective business relationships with all relevant external/internal entities and stakeholders.
- Act as the Audit Business Partner for Line Managers and actively manage the relationship.
- Provide ongoing consultancy/advice to Unit management from a governance, risk management and control perspective.
- Ensure pending audit issues are followed up with Unit management and corrective actions are implemented.
- Conduct any investigations/special reviews assigned by Head of Audit/GCAO.
Reporting
- Ensure that all functional reports are prepared timely and accurately and meet Group requirements, policies and quality standards.
Specific Accountability
- Safeguarding against potential loss and reporting whether Operational/Regulatory controls of FAB standards are effectively carried out.
- Reviewing the Operations and Support related functions of the bank end to end and identifying areas of correction/improvement.
- Examine and comment on the process for early recognition of issues and their remedial management.
- Preparation/Review of Audit MIS/dashboards including audit committee presentation slides.
- Maintain up to date knowledge of key product, processes and regulatory developments.
- Contributing towards the enhancement of relationship between GIA and stakeholders.
- Keeping abreast of local and international economic trends, banking practices and regulatory prescriptions.
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