Associate Analyst - Risk Governance & Risk Policy

This position is for fresh graduates UAE Nationals only. The role supports Group Risk Management in coordinating risk governance, policy administration, regulatory and committee actions, management reporting, and change initiatives. It develops practical knowledge of enterprise risk governance while providing disciplined tracking, analysis, and stakeholder support.

Responsibilities

• Under supervision, maintain governance calendars, policy and action trackers, change logs, committee materials, and evidence repositories.
• 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.
• Assist in documenting target operating model changes, process improvements, control enhancements, and implementation readiness across Group Risk.
• Support change initiatives by documenting scope, stakeholders, milestones, risks, dependencies, decisions, benefits, and implementation status.

Requirements

• Bachelor's 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, organization, 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.
• Interested in risk strategy, risk appetite, enterprise risk taxonomy, management reporting, data visualization, 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.
• Seek feedback, demonstrate continuous learning, and build practical knowledge of the company products, processes, and risk governance.
• Demonstrate integrity, professional judgment, 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.
• Visible development of technical knowledge, analytical capability, and professional communication.
• Practical contributions to at least one controlled efficiency, automation, or process-improvement opportunity.