Requirements
Requires a Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Risk, Data or Information Systems, Engineering, Statistics, Economics or a related discipline, with 10+ years of banking experience covering operations, data, reporting, risk, finance, audit, data governance, or control environments. Strong experience in data validation, reporting validation, CDE governance, risk data aggregation, BCBS 239, and regulatory/finance/risk reporting controls is essential. Must possess a good understanding of banking data flows, data ownership, metadata, lineage, reconciliations, and controls, with the ability to review evidence, challenge outputs, assess controls, document findings, and prepare governance MI, validation reports, and management updates. Strong stakeholder coordination, written communication, team guidance, and issue management skills are also required.
Description
Job description / Role
Job Type
Full Time
Job Location
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Nationality
Any Nationality
Salary
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Arabic Fluency
Not Specified
Job Function
Finance, Business Analysis & Consulting
Company Industry
Finance, Investment & Asset Management
Job summary / introduction
The role is responsible for managing delivery of data validation & assessment activities under the direction of the SVP & Head of Data Validation & Assessment. The role provides VP-level oversight over independent validation and assessment of critical data elements, regulatory reports and management reports, including validation planning, evidence review, reconciliation assessment, control evidence challenge, findings governance, stakeholder coordination and escalation. The role supports both the initial CDE-focused mandate and the end-state periodic validation mandate for in-scope regulatory and management reports through a BCBS 239 lens, while preserving clear independence from first-line report production, data processing, remediation execution and platform implementation.
The role is a VP-level delivery leadership role within Data Validation & Assessment. It sits below the SVP & Head of Data Validation & Assessment and above AVP, Data Validation & Assessment. The role manages delivery of independent validation activities across the initial CDE-focused mandate and the end-state regulatory and management report validation mandate. The role operates as part of the second line and remains separate from first-line report preparation, data production, data-quality rule design, operational control execution, data engineering changes, platform implementation and business interpretation of report outcomes.
Key responsibilities
DVA delivery planning and coordination
Support the SVP & Head of Data Validation & Assessment in translating the approved DVA mandate into validation plans, validation schedules, operating routines, evidence requirements and governance reporting.
Coordinate delivery of assigned CDE validation and report validation activities, ensuring timely completion, quality review and escalation of key issues.
Prioritise validation work based on report criticality, CDE materiality, regulatory relevance, risk impact, overdue actions and emerging data or reporting themes.
CDE validation and governance challenge
Oversee independent validation of CDE identification, scoring, prioritisation, documentation, ownership assignment, governance evidence and metadata records.
Review whether CDEs have appropriately assigned data sponsors, owners, processors, consumers, stewards and custodians, and whether ownership records are maintained in approved tools.
Challenge CDE relevance, business impact, quality parameterisation, control design evidence, lineage, documentation completeness and material changes affecting CDEs.
Regulatory and management report validation
Manage validation of assigned regulatory and management reports against agreed sources, systems of record, approved datamarts, reconciliations, report definitions, movements, adjustments, coverage, units, assumptions and approvals.
Assess whether reports are verified, reconciled and fit-for-purpose for their intended regulator, senior management or governance audience.
Review evidence supporting period-on-period variances, trend or outlier checks, movement explanations, control testing and report approval records.
Methodology, evidence review and quality control
Apply DVA validation methodology, minimum evidence requirements, validation criteria, checklists and pass / conditional pass / fail outcome definitions consistently across assigned work.
Review validation working papers, evidence packs, reconciliation outputs, control evidence and draft conclusions prepared by AVP or team members.
Ensure validation files are complete, repeatable, auditable and suitable for internal audit, management assurance and regulatory review.
Issues, escalation and governance MI
Identify, document and escalate material discrepancies, unexplained movements, CDE governance gaps, control weaknesses, recurring data issues and delayed remediation.
Ensure findings are supported by clear evidence, root-cause themes, owners, due dates, risk impact, remediation expectations and closure evidence.
Prepare governance MI on validation coverage, findings, thematic weaknesses, recurring root causes, CDE coverage, ownership adherence, data quality issues and remediation status.
Team guidance and stakeholder management
Guide AVP and supporting team members in completing validation activities, evidence review, working papers, follow-ups and draft conclusions.
Coordinate with report owners, data owners, Data Management, Risk, Finance, Technology, Operations, control functions and Internal Audit stakeholders as required.
Support continuous improvement in evidence discipline, validation quality, operating efficiency, issue tracking and governance reporting.
Health & safety
Ensure compliance with all group health, safety, and wellbeing policies.
Promote a safe and inclusive working environment within the function.
Requirements / qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Risk, Data or Information Systems, Engineering, Statistics, Economics or a related discipline.
10+ years of banking experience, including exposure across banking operations, data domains, reporting, risk, finance, audit, data governance or control environments.
Strong experience in data validation, reporting validation, CDE governance, risk data aggregation, BCBS 239, regulatory reporting controls, finance/risk reporting controls or related assurance activities.
Good understanding of banking data flows, data ownership, metadata, data lineage, reconciliations, source systems, approved datamarts, data quality controls and reporting production processes.
Ability to review evidence, challenge reconciliation outputs, assess control evidence, document findings and determine whether issues require escalation.
Experience preparing governance MI, validation reports, issue trackers, evidence packs and management updates.
Strong stakeholder coordination, written communication, team guidance and issue-management skills.
Preferred / beneficial
Master's degree or relevant professional qualification in banking, risk, audit, finance or data management is preferred.
Skills
Data validation
Data validation & assessment
Critical data elements (CDE) governance
Regulatory reporting validation
Management reporting validation
BCBS 239
Risk data aggregation
Data governance
Data lineage
Metadata management
Reconciliations
Control evidence review
Governance MI reporting
Validation methodology
Stakeholder management
Issue management
Root cause analysis
Internal audit readiness
Evidence review
Banking operations
Risk management
Finance controls
Written communication
Team guidance
Escalation management
About us
First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) is the largest bank in the UAE and one of the world's largest and safest financial institutions. We offer a comprehensive range of personal and private banking services, including credit cards, Islamic banking, investments, loans, and mortgages. Our commitment to excellence and innovation drives us to provide top-tier financial solutions to our clients.
Life at FAB
Working at FAB means being part of a team of talented and passionate individuals with a shared vision to support the ambitions of our stakeholders to "Grow Stronger." We embrace the needs of our customers across the globe with a sense of responsibility and confidence driven by extensive expertise that can only be delivered by an ambitious world-class organization.
Career development
FAB offers unique career choices, a chance to innovate, craft solutions for the future, and express yourself in a performance-based culture that will unleash the best in you. Whether you are an experienced professional or just starting your career, FAB provides a range of learning and development initiatives to support all employees through training and skill development.
Our values
At FAB, we place our customers at the core of our activities, live our values each day in every way, celebrate achievements, and empower each other to deliver leading solutions. We have structured plans for the recruitment and career progression of Emirati talent to enable them to make a mark in the financial and banking sector both regionally and globally that rewards your hard work and dedication.
Join our team and be part of a journey to shape the future of banking.
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