An excellent Opportunity is available with a leading bank in the United Arab Emirates for a Senior Manager in Credit Risk and Control Projects and Portfolios within Group Risk based in Dubai.

Reporting to the Head of Credit Risk Projects and Portfolios you will assist the Risk Management Department to achieve its vision and goals and assist in advancing capabilities around Risk Modelling, Data analysis and Controls, by implementation of Risk initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive Strategic Risk Initiatives, by developing close working relationships with the other Risk Management units and Senior stakeholders in Business, Group Credit, Finance, IT and Data Governance
• Conceptualize and design system-based solution to address Process issue / Data issue / Adherence with regulatory requirements
• Independently assess and perform root cause analysis on the issues reported by stakeholders, recommend solutions, Implement and track them to closure
• Experienced in project planning and implementation of change management, by bringing in functional, Process and technical expertise in credit risk- wholesale and retail banking.
• Facilitate and/or participate in workgroup meetings for requirement gathering sessions with the key user groups
• Act as Data Stewards to provide process and system solutions to resolve issues in data quality for credit rating process and data modelling
• Design Data quality monitoring framework to ensure ongoing monitoring of data quality
• Expertise in Enterprise Data Warehouse development and maintenance encompassing various internal and external sources across various functions of the bank
• Good understanding on emerging topics related to Climate/model risk and associated data requirements for measurement, monitoring and reporting on the same.
• Has knowledge and experience in using data tools such as Python, R, SAS, and reporting tools such as Cognos, Power BI

This is an excellent opportunity with a leading bank here in Dubai. Please apply now or for further information contact Kayte Short at Robert Walters at kayte.short@robertwalters.com