Risk Officer Full Time

SUCCESS PROFILE

Job title: Risk Officer

Role: Full Time

Location: Dubai

The Company

Our client is an award-winning trading provider with more than 24+ years’ experience in operating through different entities around the world.

They are renowned for superior client support and dedicated account managers, ensuring excellent trading experiences for clients in 100+ countries.

Their mission is to passionately empower traders and investors by providing superior trading services.

Job purpose

To coordinate and execute risk and governance by developing, measuring, enhancing, and effectively implementing enterprise-wide risk management policy and framework.

Responsibilities

Support the delivery of global security governance and compliance strategies.
Monitor mitigation action plans, risk tolerance levels, and KRIs and report to upper management and Audit for onward reporting.
Manage and maintain a security compliance framework across global entities that can align to CFI’s compliance and Internal audits requirements.
Assist management with integrating Risk Management with strategy development and implementation process by identifying and prioritizing strategic / project risks, validating key decision-making assumptions/methodologies and compliance.
Facilitate security risk management within the business units.
Perform risk assessments: Analysing & identifying current and potential risks that affect the Group.
Establish and maintain information risk metrics to highlight information assets that have the highest risk exposure.
Build risk awareness amongst staff by providing support and training within the Group.
Conduct regular review of remediation actions and reporting to business and technology senior management.
Establish an operational risk registry as part of the ERM Framework and monitor operational risks.

Skills and Experience

2-3 years’ experience in financial markets is a must.
Must have passed SCA exams or fulfilled SCA requirements for approval.
Experience of implementing risk management principles and methodologies within a security or technology function
Strong Written and Verbal Communication Skills
Excellent English communication and composition skills (written and verbal)
Background or experience in financial services is a plus.
Strong leadership and excellent communication skills
Understanding of Information Risk, security control, data privacy related regulations (e.g. CCPA, SG PDPA, EU GDPR) within the financial services and banking industry

Qualifications

Degree Holder or any equivalent qualification.
SCA Qualifications