Accountabilities and Key Roles:
- Lead and manage risk evaluation and assurance activities to support the bank's overall risk management framework.
- Ensure effective identification, assessment, and evaluation of compliance risks across all relevant activities.
- Provide independent assurance on the adequacy and effectiveness of compliance controls and remediation actions.
- Deliver timely reporting and insights to support management in maintaining a strong, proactive compliance risk framework.
- Maintain current understanding of risks, including regulatory requirements.
- Analyze compliance risk issues and identify trends and metrics for program evaluation.
- Design and manage the Compliance Monitoring & Testing Framework covering all regulatory obligations and high-risk activities.
- Conduct periodic, thematic, and issue-specific reviews and escalates material deficiencies.
- Tracks and validates remediation across Compliance, business units, internal audit, and regulatory observations.
- Provide clear reporting on control effectiveness, emerging risks, and trends to management and compliance and risk committees.
- Prepare annual and Board of Director reporting and action plans.
- Develop and track AB plc Budget and managing the financial aspects with procurement and venders.
- Follow-up quarterly on key projects and initiatives.
- Oversee and support on Regulatory/External/Internal audit examination and establish the required action plan.
- Validate the accuracy, completeness, and consistency of all compliance-related data submitted to regulators, auditors and management
Job Requirements:
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Banking, Accounting or a related field.
- Professional certifications in Compliance, Financial Crimes, or Auditing (preferred).
Experience:
- Minimum 10 years of experience in risk evaluation, assurance, compliance, audit or related roles.
- Experience in banking or financial services sector.
Competencies:
- Strong knowledge of risk management frameworks and assurance methodologies.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and report writing abilities.
- Project management and coordination skills.
- Leadership and team development capabilities.
- Attention to detail and professional integrity.
- Compliance and regulatory awareness.
