Risk & Control Assistant Manager
by Emirates NBD in Banking & Financial Services
The Assistant Manager, Risk & Control, is responsible for safeguarding the organization by ensuring comprehensive identification, assessment, and management of operational risks across Account Services supporting Retail Banking, Business Banking, Wholesale Banking, Priority, and Private Banking segments of ENBD and EI customers. The role drives RCSA (Risk & Control Self-Assessment), KCAA (Key Control Assessment & Assurance), and KRI (Key Risk Indicators) frameworks, ensuring control testing, issue closure, and timely escalation. It oversees the closure of audit findings, compliance actions, and operational risk issues while conducting control reviews and process assessments to prevent emerging risks. The incumbent manages operational risk reporting, maintains a risk register, supports fraud risk management, and ensures readiness for internal and external audits. Additionally, the role includes designing and implementing QA sampling guidelines, thematic reviews, and NPPA (New Product & Process Assessments), as well as driving initiatives for continuous control improvement. It involves building risk culture through training and workshops, promoting ownership of risk controls, and ensuring adherence to risk frameworks, audit requirements, and regulatory standards across units. The position requires strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, stakeholder management, and proficiency in operational risk methodologies within the BFSI context.