Head of Internal Shariah Audit; Emirati Talent

The Head of Internal Shari’ah Audit Division ensures that the function undertakes Shari'ah audit and monitors UAB’s compliance with Islamic Shari'ah. This is conducted through an annual plan to collect and assess evidence of UAB’s activities and transactions to ensure their compliance with Islamic Shari'ah and ensure the adequacy of internal procedures and Shari'ah governance frameworks.

• Lead and oversee Shariah audits across the Bank, in order to assess the adequacy and effectiveness of controls, systems, processes and procedures, highlighting areas of concern.
• Plan and organize reviews and agree terms of reference to ensure Shariah audits are carried out effectively, within the allocated timelines, keeping senior management informed of progress and findings.
• Reliably able to exercise judgement over the materiality of issues and ratings of Shariah audits.
• Exercising judgement over management's risk awareness and delivering ISAD's opinion to senior management.
• Present Shariah Audit reports to stakeholders on the Shariah audit findings raised in reviews, together with corrective action plans.
• Review proposed actions from Senior Management and present these to the ISSC for review, discussion and finalization.
• Oversee the finalized actions taken so that outstanding issues identified during reviews are followed up and resolved to ensure that risks are effectively managed in accordance with all relevant policies and regulations.
• Lead and present results to Senior Management on ad-hoc requests for special Shariah audits or investigations.

• Build, manage and maintain effective senior stakeholder relationships in order to ensure service levels are in line with agreed business plans.
• As appropriate, pro-actively liaise with stakeholders and team members in order to discuss current and future issues; feed risks identified into the planning process and provide advice and guidance as required, whilst promoting best practice.
• Assess compliance with the Bank's policies and procedures and guidelines together with relevant regulatory and statutory requirements where appropriate implementing actions to protect the Bank's business at all times.

• Frequent attendance at, and presentation to, the ISSC.
• Attendance at, and presentation to, Board Audit Committee.
• Recommend and manage changes to policies, systems, processes and working practices in order to achieve operational improvements.
• Lead, manage, motivate, develop and appraise staff so that their individual and collective performance is of the required standard and meets the current and future needs of the business.
• Fully accountable for maintaining the Audit Universe for Internal Sharia/ Islamic Banking areas.

• University degree in Islamic Shariah, or relevant specialization
• Professional qualification relevant to Shariah audit from AAOIFI or CIBAFI
• Professional qualification in auditing from an international organization
• 10+ years' experience in the field of Shariah audit
• 10+ years' experience in Shariah and Islamic Banking, ideally audit related