VP, FCO Governance, Quality, and Capability

First Abu Dhabi Bank
Abu Dhabi
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Quality & Regulatory (Non-Software)Experience: 12-15 yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Leadership","Stakeholder management","Data-driven decision-making","Root cause analysis","Continuous improvement","Governance oversight"]

Lead and establish centralized governance and control oversight for FCO, acting as a “control tower” to ensure operations are data-led, consistently governed, quality assured, and continuously improving. Own end-to-end frameworks for governance, MI reporting, KPIs/KRIs, quality control and outcome testing, and training/capability development. Provide independent assurance across investigations and decision consistency, drive standardization and transformation, and partner with compliance and internal audit at senior levels.

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First Abu Dhabi Bank
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VP, FCO Governance, Quality, and Capability

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Job Summary

Lead and establish centralized governance and control oversight for FCO, acting as a “control tower” to ensure operations are data-led, consistently governed, quality assured, and continuously improving. Own end-to-end frameworks for governance, MI reporting, KPIs/KRIs, quality control and outcome testing, and training/capability development. Provide independent assurance across investigations and decision consistency, drive standardization and transformation, and partner with compliance and internal audit at senior levels.
Location: Abu Dhabi
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Quality & Regulatory (Non-Software)
Seniority: Sr. Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and implement a robust FCO governance framework, including control standards, procedures, and operating models across audit, regulatory, and internal audit findings.
  • •Own and deliver end-to-end MI and reporting, defining KPIs/KRIs and producing accurate, timely, insight-driven reporting for senior management and ExCo.
  • •Establish and lead a global QC and outcome testing framework, defining quality standards, review methodologies, and sampling approaches, and ensuring defensible investigations.
  • •Develop and implement training, capability, and education frameworks, including training on AML/CTF typologies, sanctions risks, fraud typologies, investigation standards, and regulatory expectations.
  • •Drive operational excellence via standardization, simplification, efficiency initiatives (including automation/workflow enhancements), and align governance, analytics, QC, and operations teams.

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree or higher in management, banking, finance, preferably with certification in compliance, transaction monitoring/sanctions screening, KYC/AML/CTF, financial crime, or risk management.
  • •ACAMS and/or ICA certification.
  • •12–15+ years’ experience in Financial Crime, AML, sanctions, TBML, fraud risk, compliance, audit, or risk within global financial institutions.
  • •Proven experience designing governance and control frameworks; owning MI, reporting, and data analytics; and leading quality assurance/testing and audit activities.
  • •Ability to lead large multi-location teams, influence senior/executive stakeholders, and translate data into strategic insights and decisions.
Experience:12-15 yearsFinancial crimeAMLSanctionsTrade based money launderingFraud riskComplianceAuditRisk managementGlobal financial institutionsTechnology-enabled transformationAnalyticsAutomation
Education:Bachelor's in management, banking, finance
Skills:LeadershipStakeholder managementData-driven decision-makingRoot cause analysisContinuous improvementGovernance oversight
Certifications:ACAMSICA Certification
Languages:US
Tech Stack:Data analyticsAutomationDashboardsReporting frameworks

Company Brief

First Abu Dhabi Bank
First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) is the UAE’s largest bank, offering retail, corporate, investment banking, wealth and Islamic banking services across multiple continents, formed by the 2017 merger of First Gulf Bank and National Bank of Abu Dhabi.
Industry: Banking
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Founded: 2017
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