Enterprise Risk Management Senior Specialist

Description:

The ERM Senior Specialist will assist University management in developing, implementing, and improving a University wide Enterprise Risk Management framework and will assist to identify and manage the risk to the University departments/units, employees, students, and reputation.

• Monitor and highlight external risks to the university and recommend on how the same can be managed
• Coordinate risk reporting across the University and ensure that management receives sufficient and reliable information
• Assess and report on operational risks across the University, and provide Director with timely updates
• Discuss the findings and actions to address identified risks with them
• Ensure effective co-ordination, communication and coverage of relevant issues
• Update Director and management on identification and management of major risks
• Liaise with other risk management functions (health and safety, IT risk management, emergency response/business continuity, treasury risk, etc.) to bring about risk alignment.
• Implement and administer the Enterprise risk management (ERM)/ Business continuity management (BCM) programs across the University
• Assist with review and continuous enhancement of the application of the ERM framework.
• Serve as a liaison to provide guidance and make recommendations to the Department Director for the ERM/BCM programs to be taken up at the executives’ level
• Develop and maintain ERM/BCM policies, processes, procedures, tools, and information systems
• Facilitate the identification, measurement, monitoring and reporting of risks in the context of complying with the University’s internal risk tolerances
• Deploy and maintain quantitative tools and models that assist in estimating the likelihood and severity of risk events.
• Analyze ERM metrics and report performance
• Quantify and prioritize risks, validate assumptions, report risks and ensure that information presented for decision-making and reporting is complete and correct
• Oversee the development and delivery of ERM/BCM training across the university
• Monitor compliance as required by the ERM/BCM Policy, including aggregation of risks across the university and development and review of the overall risk profile and report on the results
• Support in the assessment and identification of opportunities for strategic improvement or mitigation of business interruption and other risks caused by business, regulatory, or industry-specific change initiatives
• Participate in conducting the follow up assignments to ensure the proper implementation of the corrective actions agreed in the report;
• Adhere to the University's information security and confidentiality policies and procedures, and report breaches or other security risks accordingly
• Coordinate with other departments to facilitate the accomplishment of tasks and responsibilities, as and when needed
• Perform any other tasks assigned by the Line Manager

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications: A Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Mathematics or IT.

Required Experience:

Expats: A minimum 7 years of relevant experience.

UAE Nationals: A minimum of 3 year of relevant experience

Should you require further assistance or if you face any issue with the online application, please feel to contact the Recruitment Team ([email protected] ).

Primary Location: Abu Dhabi UAE
Job: Senior Specialist
Schedule: Regular
Shift: Standard
Job Type: Full-time