Senior IT Compliance Specialist
Job Summary
Responsibilities:
- Take ownership of preparation and coordination of IT audits supervisory reviews and regulatory information requests ensuring timely accurate and complete delivery of required evidence.
- Conduct IT compliance and control gap assessments against local regulatory requirements internal policies and recognized industry best practices.
- Identify compliance gaps control weaknesses and technology risks; define execute and track remediation and corrective action plans in collaboration with IT Security Risk and Compliance teams.
- Support the development implementation and ongoing maintenance of IT cybersecurity and information security policies standards and procedures aligned with regulatory expectations.
- Act as a subject-matter expert on IT compliance and technology risk requirements translating regulatory and supervisory expectations into practical implementable controls.
- Maintain accurate complete and audit-ready documentation for all IT compliance activities including policies procedures risk assessments and evidence repositories.
- Support ongoing interactions with regulators and external auditors on technology cybersecurity and operational resilience topics.
Requirements:
- 46 years of experience in IT compliance IT audit technology risk management or related fields within regulated environments.
- Strong understanding of regulatory expectations applicable to financial institutions in the UAE particularly in the areas of: IT governance and oversight Information security and cybersecurity controls Technology risk management Data protection and data residency Access management change management incident management and Business continuity and disaster recovery (BCP / DR).
- Proven hands-on experience conducting IT and cybersecurity gap assessments and defining remediation plans aligned with regulatory and supervisory expectations.
- Solid knowledge of internationally recognized IT and security frameworks (e.g. ISO 27001 NIST COBIT) and ability to apply them in a regulatory context.
- Experience supporting regulatory inspections supervisory reviews or external IT audits including evidence preparation and issue remediation.
- Ability to work independently on complex compliance topics manage multiple priorities and drive remediation activities to completion.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to clearly explain technical and regulatory requirements to non-technical audiences.
- Fluent English is required; professional working proficiency in Arabic is mandatory (written and spoken).
- Strong analytical and risk-based mindset with high attention to detail.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- SQL
- Active Directory
- Information Technology
- Access Points
- System Software
- Database
- Infrastructure
- Linux
- Project Management
- Internet
- Troubleshoot
- PC
- Procedures
- Setup
- hardware
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