Senior Officer - Procurement Control & Governance

Role: Senior Officer - Procurement Control & Governance

Location: Abu Dhabi

Role Purpose:

• Bring ADIB into governance with CBUAE Regulations for Outsourcing plus validating on a bank level.
• Support the implementation of Third-Party Risk Management on a bank level.
• Support the implementation of CB requirements related to Operational Resilience.
• Manage the engagement with risk functions for outsourcing and other risk topics.
• Lead the ongoing update of Procurement Policies and Procedures.
• Support in reviewing and ongoing update of Procurement Risks & Controls assessments “RCSAs”, KRIs, issues & actions, including system inputs and update.
• Conduct regular control testing of Procurement Controls.
• Support in the preparation and update of Procurement business continuity plans and coordinate business continuity testing.
• Support the regular reviews conducted by CMAT, internal Audit & external Auditors including Central bank.

Key Accountabilities Of The Role:

Strategic/Relational:

Outsourcing:

• Support the implementation of Central Bank of the UAE regulations & principles related to Outsourcing with regards to assessment of risks, preparation of committees’ agenda/MoMs, follow up on confirmations & approvals on a bank level supporting all businesses/departments.
• TPRM: Drive the implementation of Third-Party Risk Management on a bank level.

Operational Resilience:

• Support the implementation of CB requirements related to Operational Resilience.

Risk Management:

• Represent Procurement in risk related committees and discussions and prepare Procurement packs in relevant committees.

Policies & Procedures:

• Support in updating Procurement & outsourcing policy, procedures, forms.
• Drive the implementation of systems/tools on ongoing basis from control & governance perspective.

Functional:

• Support closing/rectifying CB observations, conducting clean up exercise of existing Outsourcing Agreements.
• Support in the regular review of existing Outsourcing Agreements in terms of Risk Assessment update & Performance evaluation.

Rcsas:

• Review and ongoing update of Procurement Risks & Controls assessments “RCSAs”, manage GRC system inputs, follow up & update.

Borm:

• Conduct regular control testing as per the outcomes of the RCSAs.
• Regularly review, update and report of Procurement KRIs, issues & actions on GRC.
• Support Businesses & Departments in assessing Outsourcing controls managed by Procurement.

Bcm:

• Support in the preparation and update of Procurement business continuity plans, business impact analysis, support BCM to conduct business continuity testing, update BCM records/systems with Procurement BCM related information, maintain and regularly update Procurement call tree.

Cb Related Activities:

• Maintain & drive the preparation of the Outsourcing Register for onward submission to the Central bank of the UAE.

Second Line Of Defense Engagements:

• Support the engagement with 2LoD for outsourcing arrangements confirmations and other risk topics connected to Procurement process, oversee & follow up workflow tasks created for 2LoD members confirmations for all Outsourcing arrangements.
• Support the regular reviews conducted by CMAT, internal Audit & external Auditors including Central bank.  

Specialist skills / technical knowledge, technical competencies required for this role:

• Minimum bachelor’s degree
• CIPS/equivalent accreditation is a plus
• Project Management experience
• Business English-verbal and written
• Professional Certificate in Risk Management is a plus
• Expert in MS tools
• Arabic is preferred
• IT background is preferred

Previous Experience:

• A minimum of 5 years’ banking experience in Risk Management, Operational Risk and/or Compliance.
• Experience in Procurement, IT Procurement and supply chain process.