Risk Assurance - Financial Services - Policies and Procedures

Job description / Role

Risk Assurance - Financial Services - Policies and Procedures - Manager - Dubai

Line of Service
Assurance

Industry/Sector
Not Applicable

Specialism
Assurance

Management Level
Manager

Job Description & Summary
Due to the rapid growth of our Financial Services Risk Assurance team, we currently have opportunities for ambitious and highly motivated Manager with a proven track record of high quality delivery of client projects. We would like to hear from Manager with experience of working with Risk and Prudential assurance background.

Responsibilities
- Work with department subject matter experts to develop new and/or revise policy and procedure documents and forms.
- Review submitted content from the subject matter experts for completeness, level of detail, content organization, and overall understandability by all readers.
- Interview employees for information as necessary through direct/targeted questioning to ensure capture of requirements to ensure documentation is auditable and functional.
- Ensure evaluation of process flows and controls are captured.
- Facilitate resolution of questions, comments and suggestions back to the department management so as to cooperatively achieve the best end product possible.
- Upon approval by department management, forward "final" drafts to the senior management for approval to publish.
- Change tracking, approval tracking, and audit purposes, retain pertinent communications with department management, members of Senior Management and other key persons, and draft versions with changes/comments from all parties.
- Within each policy and procedure document, document the revision history of the document.
- Ensure maintenance of all current and previously published editions of policy and procedures documents on a secure network drive for version control, audit, and archive purposes.
- Collaborate with other departments to ensure timely updates are maintained.
- Ensure that the policies and procedures are updated on a periodic basis according to the frequency defined for each policy.

Requirements

- Experience in developing policies, procedures, process map across most functions within financial services industry such as Banks, Insurance and Investment Companies is essential.
- Track record to demonstrating that documentation prepared is audit ready, functional and accurately reflects the client's procedures, process flows and controls.
- Experience in performing the ongoing management of policy recommendations and procedure documentation of the company which includes adhering to a change management process, obtaining approvals from the senior management for proposed Policy changes, publishing approved documentation to Company's intranet for all-employee access, maintaining published document version archives, and administering a quarterly policy and procedure certification process with applicable senior management.
- Good understanding of control components, assertions, design and operating effectiveness
- Excellent report writing and presentational skills
- Ability to lead team and develop junior members of staff
- Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent in relevant
- Mandatory qualifications: The following qualification(s) are mandatory for the candidate to perform the role: Chartered Accountant or Certified Internal Auditor
- Over 8 years of experience in developing new and revised policies, procedures. Process maps and forms for all functional areas of the company, which are complete, well-written and which accurately reflect the proper level of detail.
- Excellent organisational skills, having the ability to prioritise work load whilst being resilient and being able to cope well under pressure and meeting tight deadlines.
- Proven IT skills in the following programmes such as excel, word, PowerPoint etc
- Language Skills: Excellent communication skills (verbal and written).
- The ability and willingness to travel within the Middle East and worldwide where the project dictates.

Minimum years experience required
- 8 years of relevant experience in Financial Services, preferably within a professional services environment.

About the Company

At PwC Middle East, we've set out an ambitious purpose and strive to live it everyday: to solve important problems and build trust in society.

We're a community of solvers that come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustained outcomes. We solve important problems, support one another as we grow, develop and build fulfilling careers.

PwC provides industry-focused services for public and private clients across Assurance and Audit, Deals, Consulting, Tax and Legal. We draw on our development legacy that brings together the collective experience of over 7,000 people in our region with offices across 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.

We're striving to consistently deliver innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustained outcomes. And we're proud of the strength that comes from all our different backgrounds and experiences and we value everyone's uniqueness. We thrive in uncertainty, operate with integrity and leverage the diverse perspectives of our teams.

If you're looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life, then you're a future PwCer.