• Establish enterprise-wide risk management frameworks aligned to COSO,
achieving a 65% reduction in key risk exposures while embedding Risk &
Control Self-Assessment (RCSA), incident management, and Key Risk
Indicator (KRI) frameworks within a GRC system implementation.
• Maintain and enhance dynamic risk registers, driving the closure of 25% of
identified risks per quarter, whilst strengthening control effectiveness
through data-led monitoring and functional KRI tracking.
• Lead operational resilience initiatives, including implementation of risk
appetite and risk acceptance frameworks, execution of top emerging risk
assessments, and integration of KRIs across business functions to support
proactive risk mitigation.
• Strengthen operational controls, reducing process deviations by 50% and
improving on-time remediation to 75%, alongside structured incident
management and escalation protocols.
• Direct governance forums including Management Risk Committees and
Board reporting, ensuring 100% timely tracking of actions, risk acceptance
decisions, and regulatory alignment.
• Manage and enhance the Business Continuity Management System (BCMS),
driving organisation-wide awareness, engagement with BCP champions, and
scenario-based testing to ensure operational readiness and resilience.
• Refresh governance policies and Delegations of Authority, achieving 75%
adherence in audits and regulatory reviews while reinforcing compliance
culture.
• Re-engineer processes through RPA and API integration, reducing cycle
times by 30% and manual error rates by 80%, enhancing risk visibility and
operational efficiency.
• Designed and rolled out risk policies and control frameworks (guided by
COSO/ISO 31000 principles) for client engagements, lowering process risk.
• Delivered VAT advisory covering registration, grouping, designated zones,
returns, refunds, and reverse charge mechanisms, ensuring 100% on-time
filings with no audits triggered during the VAT cycle.
• Conducted 10 VAT workshops and seminars, raising compliance
awareness and achieving 100% adherence among participants.
• Prepared risk-based internal audit and compliance reports, highlighting
control weaknesses and providing actionable recommendations to client
management.
• Ensured internal controls across financial accounting, reporting,
requisition-to-pay, order-to-cash, treasury, supply chain, credit
management, procurement, HR, payroll, IT and sales achieved 98%
maturity in line with IFRS and SOX requirements.
• Established a compliance monitoring framework across the MENA region,
mitigating regulatory risks and safeguarding corporate reputation.
- Company industry:
- Financial Services
