Head – Operational Support Department
Working for an award winning UAE Bank, headquartered in the UAE, and reporting to the Head of Operations, your responsibilities will be as follows:
Main Tasks Responsibilities
Cash Management
• Oversee management of Bank’s cash and ATM Network downtime
• Explore areas for improvement of services, cost reduction and risk mitigation
• Ensure vendors meet their SLAs
IPO
• Meet with Lead Managers / Heads of Business Units to understand requirements, time scales etc. for upcoming IPOs and ensure successful completion of all processes and reconciliation
Policies
• Ensure availability of updated Policies for operations related areas in branches / departments and guide staff in preparation, review and revision
• Assist in review of Policies / SOPs relating to Operational areas
• Review and improve / update forms / documents relating to operational areas
Data Clean Up
• Develop strategy in consultation with various business units to identify areas for improvement of customer / account data
• Standardise business rules for capturing customer data and implement dashboards for monitoring
• Evaluate data cleansing tools to be deployed to cleanse existing data
• Initiate action to identify and clean operational data fields with bad data
Business Continuity
• Coordinate with departments to develop Business Continuity Management plans
• Coordinate to arrange alternate sites for handling critical business processes during a crisis
• Periodically Test and Evaluate BCM plans and update as required
Risk Controls
• Develop a mechanism to monitor activity and enquiries into staff accounts
• Manage Risk Control Testing process for departments based on the Risk Control Self Assessment for the relevant departments.
• Initiate action to mitigate identified risks
Process Improvement
• Review processes at branches / operational departments and recommend / implement improvements
Others
• Initiate measures to develop and improve quality of staff
• Initiate measures for overall improvement of staff satisfaction / involvement
• Provide guidance to branches / departments on operational / regulatory issues
Document Control
Ensure that Users have easy access to documents issued by the Bank and routed through the DCMS and all such documents are version controlled
REQUIREMENTS:
- Banking Diploma (Preferred)
- BCM Certification is an advantage
- 10 Years in Banking Operations
- Exposure to others banking areas is an advantage.
- Knowledge of Banking principles, Bank’s policies regulations in UAE.
- Ability to work as part of a team and in a changing environment.
- Ability to work unsupervised and meet time lines for deliverables.
- A sound creative, analytical mind.
- Planning, Problem solving and organisational skills
- Computer literacy
- Good writing skills