Saad Saad, Risk Manager - Head Of Operational Risk Management

Saad Saad

Risk Manager - Head Of Operational Risk Management

INVESTBANK

Location
Jordan - Amman
Education
Master's degree, Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP)
Experience
17 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :17 years, 9 Months

Risk Manager - Head Of Operational Risk Management at INVESTBANK
  • Jordan - Amman
  • My current job since April 2013

• Board Risk Management committee Rapporteur, communicating committee decisions; provide the committee of the needed information, preparing the related MOM, etc…
• Serving as a Central point on maintaining the risk management concepts at the Bank i.e. Risk Management Framework, Risk Appetite, Risk Strategy, Business continuity management, etc…
• Serving as a central point in implementing Risk and Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) methodology as well as applying the Key Risk Indicators (KRIs).
• Serving as a central point in managing Operational Risk, Reputational Risk, and Strategic Risk.
• Serving as a focal point in running RCSA workshops.
• Serving as a central Point in reviewing the bank procedures and ensuring proper controls are in place.
• Maintain current understanding of the Bank Risks including control environment, Bank products, services, and customer types.
• Assist in monitoring adequacy of the levels of control and update of operational Risk Management Tools.

Senior Compliance Officer at Group Regulatory Compliance at Arab Bank
  • Jordan - Amman
  • July 2010 to April 2013

• Assist in monitoring Country Compliance Risk and Country Compliance Function Performance, including monitoring progress as it relates to addressing compliance issues and Country Compliance Program improvement opportunities identified.
• Assist in identifying and recommending opportunities for improvement, reviewing country action plans, and leading initiatives to further strengthen the Country Compliance Program.
• Assist in Monitoring and assessing Compliance program effectiveness through Country Regulatory Compliance Reports, Compliance Self Assessments, Stoplight Reports, Audits and Examinations, as well as Compliance Key Risk and Key Performance Indicators.
• Assist in identifying opportunities for improvement, and leading initiatives to further strengthen the country compliance program.
• Assist in monitoring adequacy and continuous update of Compliance Risk Management Tools.
• Assist in developing and enhancing Compliance Risk Management and Reporting tools.
• Report Compliance Performance and Risk status through periodical consolidated reports/executive summaries.
• Maintain current understanding of Country Risks including regulatory requirements, Bank products, services, and customer types.
• Assist in ensuring adequacy of compliance resources including financial and human.

Head of Operational Risk Unit at Bank of Jordan
  • Jordan - Amman
  • August 2006 to July 2010

• Serving as main trainer in risk management, operational risk and Basel II.
• Applying operational risk measurement and management techniques.
• Running RCSA (Risk and Control Self-Assessment) workshops for identifying operational risk and controls for any unit at the bank.
• Ability to analyze events (incidents) related to operational risks that might happen at work environment.
• Reporting to the executive risk committee and board of directors about the control environment in the bank as a whole (Branches and Departments).
• Very good knowledge in Basel II committee Regulations and Requirements and central bank of Jordan Regulations.
• Writing policies and procedures related to Operational Risk.
• Analyzing and identifying operational risks for the new bank products, services, processes, and policies and procedures.
• Running educational operational risk training courses to the different levels at the bank.

Education

Master's degree, Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP)
  • at Disaster Recovery International Institute – DRII
  • September 2015
Master's degree, Investment and Finance
  • at Hashemite University
  • February 2011
Master's degree, Certified Operational Risk Executive (CORE)
  • at Al-Dar For Governance and Consultancy - SA & Grant Thornton - UK
  • February 2008
Bachelor's degree,
  • at The Hashemite University
  • July 2006

Specialties & Skills

Business Continuity
Enterprise Risk Management
Risk Management
Operational Risk
Operational Risk Management
Analysis
Problem Solving
Leadership

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Native Speaker

Memberships

Disaster Recovery International Institute – DRII
  • CBCP
  • September 2015

Hobbies

  • Reading
    Passing the Golden Level of the Knowledge Train "قطار المعرفة" by reading more than 700 book in different areas i.e. novels, political, economic, etc...