AVP & Lead, CAD International

JOB SUMMARY / INTRODUCTION: The role supports the GM MO Control & Governance function by executing and monitoring first-line control activities across Global Markets Middle Office processes, ensuring control discipline, timely exception escalation and accurate evidence management. The role performs day-to-day control monitoring across trade controls, risk monitoring, reconciliations, exceptions, breaks, lifecycle events and governance reporting, working under the direction of the VP & Head of GM MO Control & Governance. The role helps ensure that trading permissions controls, booking template controls, internal and Islamic trade booking controls, off-market monitoring, counterparty exposure monitoring, reconciliation checks and control reporting are performed consistently and escalated appropriately. The role works closely with GM MO Trade Support, Front Office, Global Markets Operations, Product Control, Market Risk, Finance, Compliance, Technology, Credit, Reference Data and regional teams to support issue resolution, root-cause analysis, control evidence and operating-model discipline. Control execution, monitoring, investigation, escalation and reporting role within the GM MO Control & Governance team. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Control Execution and Operating Discipline: Execute assigned GM MO Control & Governance activities in line with approved SOPs, control standards, escalation protocols and evidence requirements. Perform daily, periodic and event-driven control checks across assigned Global Markets products and processes. Maintain disciplined control logs, issue trackers, exception records, evidence files and escalation documentation. Support the VP & Head of GM MO Control & Governance in implementing the control operating model, SOP updates, control library requirements and governance routines. Identify recurring issues, control gaps, data-quality issues and process breakdowns, and support remediation planning. Trade Controls Perform trading permissions control checks against approved desk mandates, product permissions, system entitlements and operating standards. Perform booking template and desk business model control checks to identify booking inconsistencies, inappropriate template usage or policy deviations. Support review of internal trade booking controls and Islamic trade booking controls where applicable. Review amendment and cancellation control evidence, including approvals, rationale, thresholds and escalation requirements. Escalate breaches, repeated exceptions or unresolved control issues to the VP & Head of GM MO Control & Governance and relevant owner functions. Risk Monitoring and Surveillance Support: Perform off-market trade monitoring checks and coordinate escalation of indicators requiring review by Product Control, Market Risk, Front Office or Compliance. Support counterparty exposure monitoring activities by tracking exceptions, threshold breaches, pending clarifications and required stakeholder actions. Validate completeness of monitoring outputs, exception comments, investigation evidence and escalation status. Identify trends in off-market indicators, exposure breaches, late actions or recurring control exceptions. Provide inputs into risk-monitoring dashboards, KRI reporting and governance forums. Reconciliations and Exception Governance: Perform or oversee assigned internal reconciliation checks, including front-to-back, system-to-system, T0 and position-related reconciliations where applicable. Support external reconciliation follow-up with custodians, counterparties, brokers, clearing channels or market infrastructure providers where applicable. Track failed trades, alleged trades, settlement fails, aged breaks and unresolved exceptions within agreed escalation standards. Coordinate root-cause analysis for recurring breaks, aged items and high-impact exceptions. Ensure reconciliation evidence, exception commentary and remediation actions are complete, accurate and available for management review. Lifecycle Events and Control Support: Monitor assigned lifecycle event controls, including credit events, corporate actions, settlement-related lifecycle updates and other post-trade control triggers where applicable. Coordinate with Trade Support, Operations, Product Control, Market Risk and other stakeholders to ensure lifecycle-related control issues are investigated and escalated. Track open lifecycle-event control items, evidence completion, owner actions and closure status. Support timely escalation of high-impact lifecycle events or unresolved control matters to the VP & Head of GM MO Control & Governance. Contribute to remediation of recurring lifecycle control issues through process clarification, control enhancement and stakeholder follow-up. Reporting, MI and Governance Inputs : Prepare inputs for management dashboards, KPI/KRI reporting, control packs and governance forums relating to assigned con

Core Competencies: 1. Leading CAD International-DU team in Head Office. 2. Monitoring CAD-Intl governance framework across processes, people, systems and administration. Processes: 1. Acting as a focal point of contact between Head Office and Country CAD teams on the matters related to CAD. 2. Preparing and reviewing various consolidated reports for CAD-International. 3. Overseeing Loan Documentation managed by County CAD teams by periodic review of data maintained in GLCMS and Core Banking System. 4. Publishing reports on the data maintained in the systems and liaising with Country CAD teams on the corrective actions. 5. Assisting Country CAD teams in drafting the CAD Standard Operating Procedures and liaising with Group Operational Risk for review and finalization. 6. Evaluating the efficacy of CAD Standard Operating Producers and associated checks and control for Country CAD teams on an ongoing basis. 7. Reviewing the Country Audit reports and liaising with Country CAD teams in timely closure of the internal and external audit observations. 8. Completing the annual Risk and Control Assessment exercise (RCSA) as required and perform control testing. 9. Maintaining and update the Annual Business Continuity Plan (BCP) for the Unit, conduct business Impact Analysis (BIA) and risk assessment to identify critical functions/processes. 10. Developing strategies and preventive control measures to mitigate credit and operational risks in CAD processes. Administration: 1. Conducting gap analysis and peer review of CAD processes and collating enhancement needs to better support Country CAD teams’ requirements. 2. Preparation and periodic review of training manuals for Country CAD teams covering system and process. 3. Organizing and conducting semi-annual CAD Academy training sessions and conducting periodic system and functional training for international branches. 4. Arranging periodic communication forums with the key stakeholders in Head Office and the International branches. 5. Attending fortnightly communication forums with CAD Cluster Heads and track action plans. 6. Conducting quarterly video conference calls with Cluster Heads, Country CAD teams and developing key action plans for tracking and implementation. Systems: 1. Representing CAD-International as an SME during various projects implementation. 2. Collaborating with IT and CAD Projects team on system enhancements as and when requested from Country CAD teams. 3. Reviewing and signing off various system related documents from a CAD perspective including BRDs, Design Documents, Solution Designs, and Migration Approach etc. 4. Carrying out the User Acceptance Testing (UAT) on system enhancements and participating in data migration and validation exercises. People: 1. Responsible for up skill, cross-skill and enhancing the competency level of the team (product, system and process knowledge). 2. Evaluating staff training needs and liaise with FAB Business School to arrange the training and refresher courses. 3. Responsible for ensuring the completion of mandatory training requirements for the team. 4. Responsible for developing SMART goals for the team. 5. Responsible for effective management of staff leaves and ensuring that adequate resources are available to ensure business continuity. 6. Ensuring timely performance feedback, recognition, and acknowledgement. 7. Undertaking all such other roles and responsibilities assigned by the Head of CAD International from time to time.