Senior Professional Financial Governance Global Fund UAE

Job Description:

We are working with a leading global fund that has top-talent from across the world.

• ICFR and Internal Controls: travel to investee locations as required to review, monitor, and support investee ICFR programmes, including site visits and engagement with investee finance and controls teams
• Control monitoring, assurance and governance reporting:
  Establish control monitoring and key control indicators across the head office and in-scope entities, providing timely visibility of control performance, exceptions, and emerging risks
• Financial governance, policies, and control environment:
  Lead the financial governance framework, including finance policies and procedures, delegation of authority compliance, control ownership accountabilities, and reporting to governance forums
• Relationship management and external stakeholder engagement:
  Manage strategic relationships with senior finance leadership, legal, tax, treasury, second-line risk, internal audit, and external auditors
• People leadership:
  Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team, creating clear accountability for delivery, technical quality, and professional development

• Relevant professional qualification is required (e.g. CIA, CISA, or equivalent)
• Experience across internal controls / ICFR, risk assurance, audit, and financial governance roles
• Big 4 background (Risk Assurance) is required, with substantial post-qualification experience designing, implementing, or assessing ICFR / SOX-style control programmes in complex environments
• Strong experience working across multiple jurisdictions and legal entity structures
• Prior experience within an asset manager, sovereign wealth fund, investment holding company, private equity, alternatives, or similarly complex investment environment is strongly preferred
• Demonstrated experience leading teams and managing delivery in fast-paced, high-accountability organisations
• Proven track record of leading an ICFR programme implementation or maturity uplift, including management attestation and remediation