VP, Data Management Non- Credit Risk

Role Overview

VP, Data Management Non-Credit Risk at First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB). This VP-level delivery leadership role manages independent validation and assessment of Critical Data Elements, regulatory reports and management reports within the Data Validation & Assessment function.

Role Purpose

The role delivers VP-level oversight of independent validation and assessment activities, including validation planning, evidence review, reconciliation assessment, control evidence challenge, findings governance, stakeholder coordination and escalation. It supports both the initial CDE-focused mandate and 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.

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.
• Prioritize 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, prioritization, 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 parameterization, 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.

Qualifications & Experience

• 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.
• Master's degree or relevant professional qualification in banking, risk, audit, finance or data management is preferred.

Skills & Competencies

• 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

Additional Information

• Strong stakeholder coordination, written communication, team guidance and issue-management skills are essential.