IT Risk & Controls Specialist

Job Location Abu Dhabi (Work From Office)

Job Type Contract

• Minimum 7 years in IT risk, controls, audit or assurance, including banking or regulated financial-services experience.
• Independently review first-line remediation evidence for completeness, correctness and traceability.
• Assess policies, procedures, control designs, operating evidence, approvals and closure packs.
• Maintain assurance plans, evidence requests, work papers, findings and closure recommendations.
• Track gaps, overdue evidence, actions, dependencies and risks.
• Perform sample-based testing and walkthroughs.
• Quality-assure management reporting and submission packs.
• Coordinate with IT GRC, programme management, Internal Audit, Compliance and Technology.
• Document conclusions, limitations and residual risks.
• IT risk, control testing, audit or assurance.
• Technology governance, cybersecurity, resilience, service management and third-party controls.
• Evidence assessment across design, implementation and operating effectiveness.
• Regulatory remediation and audit closure.
• Strong analysis, writing, challenge and stakeholder management.
• Excel, PowerPoint, JIRA, Confluence and GRC repositories.