Associate Analyst - Risk Governance & Risk Policy

Role: Associate Analyst - Risk Governance & Risk Policy 

Location: Abu Dhabi

This position is for fresh graduates UAE Nationals only.

Role purpose:

• Support Group Risk Management in coordinating risk governance, policy administration, regulatory and committee actions, management reporting and change initiatives. 

• The graduate role develops practical knowledge of enterprise risk governance while providing disciplined tracking, analysis and stakeholder support.

• Under supervision, maintain governance calendars, policy and action trackers, change logs, committee materials and evidence repositories. 

• The role requires strong organization, professional communication, attention to detail and the ability to work across risk disciplines.

• The role will also provide junior support to Risk Transformation & Risk Strategy workstreams, including risk operating model enhancements, risk appetite and strategy documentation, transformation portfolio tracking, benefits realization, process simplification, data-driven reporting and controlled adoption of digital tools across Group Risk.

Key accountabilities / responsibilities:

• 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.

• Support regulatory obligation mapping, gap assessments, evidence collation, remediation plans and status reporting.

• Support Risk Transformation & Risk Strategy initiatives by maintaining transformation roadmaps, milestone plans, benefits trackers, risk and dependency logs and status packs.

• Assist in documenting target operating model changes, process improvements, control enhancements and implementation readiness across Group Risk.

• Support risk strategy refresh activities, including collation of strategic priorities, balanced scorecard inputs, initiative updates, management actions and evidence of delivery.

• Contribute to risk appetite, material risk identification and enterprise risk taxonomy updates by preparing working papers, data packs and stakeholder feedback logs.

• Support change initiatives by documenting scope, stakeholders, milestones, risks, dependencies, decisions, benefits and implementation status.

• Assess governance impacts of organisational, policy, process, system or regulatory changes under supervision.

• Validate input and prepare clear management information, dashboards and executive summaries.

• Support governance assurance reviews for approvals, records, evidence and traceability.

• Promote consistent templates, taxonomy and reporting standards across Group Risk.

• Automate trackers, workflows, reminders, document management and reporting using approved tools.

• Escalate governance gaps, missed approvals, overdue actions and delivery risks promptly.     

Specialist skills / technical knowledge required for this role:

• 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, organisation, 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.

• Basic understanding of transformation disciplines such as initiative planning, benefits tracking, process mapping, operating model documentation and change governance is advantageous.

• Interested in risk strategy, risk appetite, enterprise risk taxonomy, management reporting, data visualisation 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.

• Developed from supervised task execution to reliable preparation of analyses, working papers, trackers and management materials.

• Seek feedback, demonstrate continuous learning and build practical knowledge of ADIB products, processes and risk governance.

• Use approved data, systems and AI tools responsibly, maintaining confidentiality, evidence and appropriate human review.

• Demonstrate integrity, professional judgement, 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.

• Complete, traceable and well-organised records with minimal rework required.

• Constructive engagement with stakeholders and consistent adherence to approved governance and control requirements.

• Visible development of technical knowledge, analytical capability and professional communication.

• Practical contributions to at least one controlled efficiency, automation or process-improvement opportunity.

• Demonstrated support to Risk Transformation & Risk Strategy deliverables, including maintained initiative trackers, clear status reporting, documented process improvements and evidence of control implementation follow-up.