SVP & Head of IB and CCB Credit Risk

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Specific Accountability

CCB & IB – Credit Risk:

• Lead in establishing a CCB & IB Credit Risk Management Framework.
• Lead in review and analysis of CCB & IB credit risk policies Credit Policies, Product Programs, RACs, C2P2 from Credit Risk prospective in coordination with respective credit team and product representative of business.
• Partner with CCB & IB Credit in development, rollout and maintenance of Score Cards.
• Developing framework for validation of Credit Rating models.
• Support designing CCB & IB application score card cut off strategies and scorecard usage guideline for credit approval. 
• Identify credit risk emanating from existing as well as new products that are being launched By CCB & IB .
• Carry out thematic portfolio stress testing/scenario analysis to ensure quality portfolio growth of CCB & IB.
• Monitoring Performance of CCB & IB scorecard on periodical basis.

IFRS 9 Execution and Reporting:

• Drive, on monthly basis, IFRS 9 staging and ECL review process adherence to IFRS/local regulatory requirements/ internal policies and procedures including coordinating with Credit for obtaining approval of the staging and ECL overrides.
• Review the international IFRS 9 Run results on monthly basis in coordination with respective country’s Risk department and SPOC. 
• Submit on monthly basis the results of IFRS 9 review to Steering Committee for approval along with key credit risk Matrix. 
• Responsible for providing outlook on Assets Quality, Impairments, CoR and provision coverage to senior management in coordination with respective credit heads.  
• Support rollout of implementation of IFRS 9 at various international location in coordination with local Credit and Risk department to ensure local regulatory requirements are captured and implemented.
• Oversight on monthly basis input data submission from Credit Department for IFRS 9 such as NPL, IIS and SP to ensure that ECL Provision accurately reflect Group risk profile.

Credit Risk Reporting and Analysis:

• Ownership of Credit risk information framework which includes data for GCRO’s quarterly risk dashboards, and other important credit risk reports submitted to Management-level and Board-level Risk Committees.
• Ownership of reports to monitor credit quality of the portfolio across lines of business.
• Drive the development and maintenance of credit risk data base to ensure timely availability of data for analysis, forecasting and decision making. 
• Lead the development of automated dashboards for the respective Lines of Business and ensure proper dashboards are built for decision making and performance management.
• Overall responsible for timely delivery of dashboard, report and various committee presentations such as CCB & IB CC, CIBCC, GRC, BRCC, and other committees to enable regular monitoring and reporting of performance of FAB portfolio.
• Overall responsible for providing Credit Risk Disclosure within Financial statement in coordination with Group Finance.
• Partner with ERM and Investor Relation Department to ensure data provided to regulator, rating agencies or investor forums reflect the risk profile of the bank.  
• Development, analysis and interpretation of key Risk KPI drivers in order to apprise credit risk at horizon. Moreover, provide detailed monthly value added analysis and variance against budget and forecast.
• Prepare and review monthly risk forecast and long range financial plans.
• Oversee PDNI reporting process and its review.

Portfolio Management:

• Set up the country and industry limit framework and monitoring of the limits.
• Analyse monthly Credit Risk portfolio KPIs and submit review, scenario analysis and recommendations covering Group, geographies, segments and subsidiaries.
• Drive the development of CCB & IB’s Risk MIS on portfolio basis in coordination with Group Credit.  
• Responsible for Monitoring of designate credit risk appetite and reporting an ongoing basis.
• Protecting quality of entire loan portfolio by undertaking portfolio evaluation and conducting comprehensive studies on environment to test the resilience of loan portfolio.
• Monitoring and report concentration limits in credit portfolio by customer segment / by industry / single obligor to senior management on periodical basis.
• Recommend prudential norms for various Credit Risk and exposure limits.
• Alert the senior management for carrying out suitable corrective action in case of breaches discovered during risk monitoring process.  
• Measuring, forecasting and managing credit risk as per FAB’s risk appetite framework

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Finance, management,  Accounting or related discipline
• Adequate knowledge of financial services business
• Strong background in Credit Risk Management
• Significant experience in running/managing the provisions process for a reputable UAE/GCC bank
• Excellent understanding of IFRS9 guidelines
• Excellent understanding of CBUAE regulations Credit Risk
• Strong project and change management skills
• Strong financial and analytical skills with significant experience in analytics, portfolio management
• Strong mind-set of improving processes and decision making through automation, analytics, technology
• Knowledge of advanced excel and power-point skills is a strong plus
• Strong leadership skills required to manage a team

▪ Minimum 15 years of experience in Credit Quality, Credit Risk or Portfolio Management/ Analytics