AVP- International Compliance (Emiratized Role)

Support the Head of International Compliance in deploying the bank s Compliance strategy and program across all countries.

Work with Group Compliance colleagues, and Heads of Regional and Country Compliance to ensure that core elements of the Group Compliance framework are designed in a robust, efficient and fit-for-purpose manner, leading to clearer information for Senior Management, better insights into regulatory risk management, and reduced duplication and unnecessary noise . Core elements include:

• u>Reporting, Assurance and Issues Management:/u>
• Coordinate reporting and management information processes to enhance, filter and de-duplicate reporting output, capturing themes, trends, emerging risks, as well as details of open risks and issues.
• Synthesise and standardise the reporting of risks and issues to enable consistent and enhanced information for Senior Management, Boards and regulators.
  • Escalate emerging risks relating to the inability to close issues in a timely fashion
• Coordinate the planning and execution of fit-for-purpose compliance assurance programs to identify, prevent, detect and correct non-compliance with applicable rules and regulations.
• Monitor progress on Groupwide regulatory and Compliance-related projects across all countries. Periodically report to senior management on project status and any regulatory risks inherent in project objectives and activities.
• u>Regulatory Change, Assessments, Policies and Training/u>
• Leverage Compliance Risk Assessment and Group Risk and Control Self-Assessment processes to measure and challenge risk assessment outputs. Participate in the Annual Compliance Planning process, ensuring that Annual Compliance Plans are duly reflective of heightened risks and issues.
• Support the appropriate governance and management of policies applicable to countries.
• Simplify regulatory change management processes and reporting of new and changing regulation to support a no-surprise culture across the bank.
• u>International Compliance Business Management/u>
• Support the Head of International Compliance in running the function as a business, with prudent oversight of budget and financial risks, recruitment and retention processes, and oversight of a complex team of more than 100 staff across 4 continents.
• Coordinate engagements with internal and external audit, ensuring that audits are prepared for according to consistent standards, that accountability for issue ownership (both inside and outside the department) is a non-negotiable principle, and that issues are driven the closure on a timely basis. Provide advice to issue owners and auditees on best practice with respect to audit engagement and ensuring that risks are appropriately and sustainably mitigated
• Contribute to a no-surprise culture of compliance across all countries, promoting business accountability for regulatory risk management, proactive intervention to manage open and emerging risk, and innovative approaches to the dynamic resolution of open risk issues
• Engage in initiatives and assignments from the Head of International Compliance and/or the Regional Heads of Compliance.