Senior Officer - Procurement Control & Governance

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Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank seeks a Senior Officer for Procurement Control & Governance to lead governance around outsourcing, third party risk management, and operational resilience, coordinating with risk functions, updating policies, maintaining RCSAs and KRIs, and conducting regular control testing and business continuity activities while engaging CMAT, internal and external auditors, and the Central Bank of the UAE. The role requires a strong project management track record, a bachelor’s degree, and ideally CIPS or risk management certifications, with proficiency in MS tools and business English; Arabic is a plus and an IT background is preferred. To stand out, tailor your resume to show regulatory outsourcing experience, policy updates, control testing, cross functional collaboration, and quantify impact, while highlighting GRC system work and 2LoD familiarity. Demonstrate readiness to work onsite in Abu Dhabi.

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.

• 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 reporting 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 Defence 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 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 speaking is preferred
• IT background is preferred