Risk Manager - AD representative, RCH and RIE (Abu Dhabi Based)

About the Role
The Risk Manager is the senior hands-on risk practitioner supporting the Head of Risk for the RCH and the RIE. This role carries the analytical and operational responsibilities of the risk function for both entities, focusing on building and executing methodologies behind credit, market, liquidity, counterparty, operational, and technology risk. The Risk Manager will translate these methodologies into frameworks, models, and reports to be presented to governance and regulators. This role is pivotal in establishing a dedicated risk capability for the ADGM entities, a requirement emphasized by FSRA engagement, and is directly accountable to the Head of Risk.

Key Responsibilities

• Policy and regulatory framework: Draft and operationalize the risk policy suite across the RIE and RCH, including Risk Management Framework, Credit Policy and Procedures, Margin Policy, Collateral Policy, Stress Testing Policy, and related standards. Translate FSRA rulebook requirements into executable policy. Maintain a traceability mapping between policies and rulebook obligations (GEN, PRU, MIR).
• Regulatory coordination: Serve as the operational coordinator for regulatory submissions and engagement across both entities; prepare and assemble prudential reporting deliverables in line with the reporting calendar; coordinate inputs across Finance, risk systems, and business teams for completeness and reconciliation; maintain an engagement calendar, information-request tracker, and remediation log; prepare drafts of prudential notifications and regulatory inquiry responses for the Head of Risk’s review.
• Risk analytics: Own the risk management toolkit across the RIE and RCH: develop risk identification and assessment methodologies, KRI dashboards, maintain the risk register and taxonomy, and prepare risk reporting packs for governance forums.
• Stress testing: Build and run the stress testing program, including scenario design and calibration, stressed liquidity and capital measures, reverse stress testing, and managing the quarterly stress test cycle.
• Margin and collateral analytics: Develop and maintain margin and collateral risk methodologies, including collateral haircut calibration (volatility and volume-based components, liquidity tiers), concentration and shortfall metrics.
• Incident and prudential assessment: Support the prudential risk assessment within incident escalation; map incidents to notification limbs; prepare Decision Records on risk materiality; draft the risk sections of post-incident reviews; participate as a standing member of the incident bridge.
• Model risk support: Operate the model inventory; maintain model documentation; conduct performance monitoring and validation reviews; prepare model risk reports for the Risk Committee.
• Risk data and systems: Own the risk data infrastructure, including risk engine outputs, exposure aggregation, limit monitoring, and reconciliation between risk systems and business systems; manage data quality issues and uplift requests.
• Governance and business interface: Prepare risk committee and governance papers; monitor risk appetite; track escalations and prepare the risk pack; engage business lines as the risk counterpart for new product assessments, limit requests, and parameter changes.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in risk management within regulated financial institutions such as investment banking, clearing house, exchange, or equivalent market-infrastructure environments.
• Strong quantitative skills with hands-on methodology experience, including stress testing design, VaR measures, collateral haircut frameworks, and market impact analysis. Capable of building models as well as interpreting reports.
• Experience with risk data engineering, including exposure aggregation, reconciliation between risk and business systems, and addressing data quality issues.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to produce decision-ready papers, regulatory submissions, and model documentation; comfortable presenting to senior management.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently on ambiguous problems, defining frameworks when policies are only outlined.
• Comfortable working in a changing, high-growth, and highly regulated environment.
• A natural curiosity about financial markets, digital assets, market structure, and emerging risk themes.
• Based in Abu Dhabi; presence at ADGM premises as required.
• Desirable: experience engaging with regulators; familiarity with ADGM/FSRA/CBUAE/DFSA/MIFID rulebooks; CFA/FRM or equivalent qualification.

Location Note
Abu Dhabi based, on-site. May be designated for approved-person status under ADGM's regime; fitness and propriety requirements apply.

Why Work Here

• Shape the future of finance.
• Collaborate with world-class talent in a user-centric global organization with a flat structure.
• Tackle challenging projects in a fast-paced and innovative environment with autonomy.
• Thrive in a results-driven workplace with opportunities for career growth and continuous learning.
• Competitive salary and company benefits.
• Remote-first, work-from-home arrangements may vary depending on the nature of the role and team.

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