Risk Manager - Abu Dhabi

Department environment 

The Risk Team at Copper embeds and maintains an effective Enterprise Risk Management Framework across all business lines, ensuring that any risks to the business are identified and assessed. Where applicable, measures are put in place to mitigate or reduce the risk in accordance with regulatory compliance, our approved risk tolerance, risk appetite and strategic plans. 

Key Responsibilities of the role

Risk Management 

• Support the Chief Risk Officer with the risk assessment framework including the identification of risks, assessing controls, measuring the residual risks and ensuring the business remains within our risk appetite.
• Analysis, reporting and tracking of all material risks as a 2nd line function.
• Assisting the design & implementation of quantitative & qualitative strategy & risk controls.
• Ensure the protection of the business with the operational effectiveness of Risk systems & procedures.
• Attend all risk review meetings and contribute to the quarterly Risk Committee, which aim to continually assess and manage all forms of risk across the enterprise.
• Develop, improve, manage, and promote effective Risk Management within a regulated business.

Security 

• Risk oversight of high security environments
• Risk oversight of the technologies used at Copper and the security systems and programmes
• Conduct security risk assessments for facilities, staff and life systems e.g., access control

Resilience 

• Assist with the management of resilience programmes for a financial services business with regulatory obligations
• Managing external clients and/or regulators 

Your experience, skills and knowledge

• Professional experience working in a role managing risk, governance and security, preferably in the fintech space or in a regulated environment
• Strong awareness of process, controls, systems, and technology relevant to a fintech business
• Understanding of operational, technical, market and liquidity Risk
• A working knowledge of the main regulatory frameworks relating to Risk
• Ability to assert and influence and clearly articulate risks and issues
• Strong operational risk acumen, including the perceptiveness to identify early key risk indicators
• Ability to lead and drive controls across products and functions
• Ability to manage through influence, having the soft skills required to form meaningful cross functional relationships
• Assurance programme experience or qualifications

Desirable

• Risk Management certifications, Security Certifications (CISA, CISM, CISSP, ISO27001) or other relevant certifications desirable 
• Experience working in the crypto currency industry desirable

The benefits offered

In return for everything you can bring to Copper, we can offer you an exciting, challenging role in a fast-growing and dynamic business, with career opportunities and welcoming working environment.

If you think you have everything we're looking for and more, then we'd love you to apply for the opportunity.

This role is deemed an Approved Persons role and will require the role holder to hold mandatory regulatory qualifications and pass fitness and propriety assessments.