Description
Role: Associate Analyst - Risk Governance & Risk Policy
Location: Abu Dhabi
This position is for fresh graduates UAE Nationals only.
Role purpose:
Support Group Risk Management in coordinating risk governance policy administration regulatory and committee actions management reporting and change initiatives.
The graduate role develops practical knowledge of enterprise risk governance while providing disciplined tracking analysis and stakeholder support.
Under supervision maintain governance calendars policy and action trackers change logs committee materials and evidence repositories.
The role requires strong organization professional communication attention to detail and the ability to work across risk disciplines.
The role will also provide junior support to Risk Transformation & Risk Strategy workstreams including risk operating model enhancements risk appetite and strategy documentation transformation portfolio tracking benefits realization process simplification data-driven reporting and controlled adoption of digital tools across Group Risk.
Key accountabilities / responsibilities:
Maintain governance policies procedures and related registers across Group risk.
Support policy lifecycle activities including consultation version control approval tracking communication review and archival.
Coordinate input and prepare materials for management and Board risk committees governance forums and regulatory interactions.
Maintain action decision dependency and issue trackers and follow up with accountable owners.
Support regulatory obligation mapping gap assessments evidence collation remediation plans and status reporting.
Support Risk Transformation & Risk Strategy initiatives by maintaining transformation roadmaps milestone plans benefits trackers risk and dependency logs and status packs.
Assist in documenting target operating model changes process improvements control enhancements and implementation readiness across Group Risk.
Support risk strategy refresh activities including collation of strategic priorities balanced scorecard inputs initiative updates management actions and evidence of delivery.
Contribute to risk appetite material risk identification and enterprise risk taxonomy updates by preparing working papers data packs and stakeholder feedback logs.
Support change initiatives by documenting scope stakeholders milestones risks dependencies decisions benefits and implementation status.
Assess governance impacts of organisational policy process system or regulatory changes under supervision.
Validate input and prepare clear management information dashboards and executive summaries.
Support governance assurance reviews for approvals records evidence and traceability.
Promote consistent templates taxonomy and reporting standards across Group Risk.
Automate trackers workflows reminders document management and reporting using approved tools.
Escalate governance gaps missed approvals overdue actions and delivery risks promptly.
Specialist skills / technical knowledge required for this role:
Bachelors degree in Risk Management Business Administration Finance Economics Law Governance Project Management MIS or related discipline.
Fresh graduate or up to two years of relevant internship or work experience.
Strong writing research organisation planning stakeholder coordination and document-control skills.
Good knowledge of PowerPoint Excel and Word. Exposure to SharePoint Power BI Power Automate GRC or project tools is advantageous.
Ability to identify gaps maintain accurate trackers and convert complex updates into concise management summaries.
Foundation awareness of risk management corporate governance policy management compliance or change is advantageous.
Basic understanding of transformation disciplines such as initiative planning benefits tracking process mapping operating model documentation and change governance is advantageous.
Interested in risk strategy risk appetite enterprise risk taxonomy management reporting data visualisation and digital enablement within a regulated banking environment.
Early career development expectations:
Complete required induction risk conduct data protection and role-specific learning within agreed timelines.
Developed from supervised task execution to reliable preparation of analyses working papers trackers and management materials.
Seek feedback demonstrate continuous learning and build practical knowledge of ADIB products processes and risk governance.
Use approved data systems and AI tools responsibly maintaining confidentiality evidence and appropriate human review.
Demonstrate integrity professional judgement collaboration and timely escalation of issues or uncertainty.
Indicative first-year success measures:
Accurate and timely completion of assigned analysis documentation reporting and follow-up activities.
Complete traceable and well-organised records with minimal rework required.
Constructive engagement with stakeholders and consistent adherence to approved governance and control requirements.
Visible development of technical knowledge analytical capability and professional communication.
Practical contributions to at least one controlled efficiency automation or process-improvement opportunity.
Demonstrated support to Risk Transformation & Risk Strategy deliverables including maintained initiative trackers clear status reporting documented process improvements and evidence of control implementation follow-up.
Required Experience:
IC
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