VP ESG Nature Risk

Job Description:

The Vice President and Head of Climate & Nature Risk leads the design, implementation and continuous enhancement of FABs climate and nature risk management framework, ensuring that physical, transition and nature-related risks are identified, measured, monitored and managed consistently across the Groups portfolios and operations. The role holder owns the development and governance of climate and nature risk methodologies and models (e.g., risk scoring, scenario analysis and stress testing) and oversees their integration into the Group Risk framework, risk appetite, credit decision-making, ICAAP and business strategy.

Working closely with business units, risk functions, Model Risk Management and Group ESG, as well as external stakeholders such as regulators, climate and nature data vendors, rating agencies and industry organisations, the role holder drives collaboration and alignment on climate and nature risk initiatives and ensures compliance with CBUAE requirements and evolving international standards and frameworks (e.g., ISSB/IFRS S2, TNFD, NGFS, UNEP FI Principles for Responsible Banking).

This is a strategic leadership role that requires deep technical expertise in climate and nature risk, the ability to lead and develop a specialist team, and the capability to translate complex risk insights into clear recommendations for senior management and governance committees.

• Manage and ensure effective implementation of Risk functional policies, procedures and controls covering all international locations so that all relevant procedural/legislative requirements, fulfilled while delivering a quality, cost-effective service.
• Champion the development of a risk culture in order to drive heightened awareness and understanding of prudent risk management practices.
• Liaise with relevant Risk Committees (including Sub-Committees) to ensure risk oversight, provide guidance and support as necessary in order to enable the effective implementation of an effective risk management process.

• Lead the project teams in planning and execution of programmes, projects, change demand and delivery of change portfolio for the assigned groups in order to ensure achievement of project objectives.
• Support assigned business unit in defining technology programmes, scoping the comprising projects and their prioritization in order to ensure execution in line with the agreed objectives.
• Monitor project progress and take corrective actions to ensure projects remain on track and achieve agreed deadlines.
• Engage and communicate with stakeholders in order to keep them up to date with progress, risks and issues and influence stakeholders in decision making for the benefit of the programme / project.

• Liaise with Procurement department in order to initiate procurement requests and conduct vendor negotiations in order to obtain a high quality and cost-effective service.
• Ensure effective evaluation of systems proposals and provide recommendations in order to support accurate identification / acquisition of appropriate systems to suit business requirements.
• Attend and participate in the vendor selection to review and approve the quotations, timeframe, costs, functionality, quality assurance, user satisfaction in order to meet the user requirements while ensuring adherence with overall Central Procurement policy standards.
• Lead the provision of technical expertise in developing RFPs and RFQs relevant to all product and services requirements; participate in the preparation of tendering and contractual documentation to ensure cost effective and quality services are obtained for group’s related…