Al Futtaim Jobs - UAE National Risk and Compliance Manager | IKEA Service Office | Festival PLAZA | Jebel Ali | Dubai (Dubai, AE)

About Al-Futtaim Private Company LLC

 

No two days are the same at Al-Futtaim, no matter what role you have. Our work is driven by the desire to make a difference and to have a meaningful impact with the goal of enriching everyday lives. Take our engaging and supportive work environment and couple it with a company culture that recognises and rewards quality performance, and what do you get? The chance to push the limits every single day.

 

As a humble family business that started on the banks of the Dubai Creek in the 1930s, Al-Futtaim has expanded to a presence in 31 countries, a portfolio of over 200 companies, and 42,000 employees. You’ll find us in industries ranging from automotive and retail, to finance and real estate, and connecting people with international names like Lexus, Ikea, and Adidas. Our team is proudly multicultural and multinational because that kind of diverse representation gives us the global mindset to grow and impact the people, markets, and trends around us.

 

About Al-Futtaim IKEA

 

GROWING TOGETHER...

 

We are a values-driven company with a passion for life at home. Our vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people.

 

Al-Futtaim IKEA holds the franchise rights for IKEA in Egypt, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

 

 

About you

You want to lead, inspire and build a strong team. You can effectively work with others by developing trust and respect in order to achieve agreed goals. You can implement change by looking for opportunities to make improvement in the way of work. You are able to prioritize and plan tasks to reach the targeted results. You are inspired by working together in fast paced and complex environments. You are interested in people’s everyday life at home and in home furnishings.

 

What’s more, we believe that you have the following knowledge, capabilities and motivation:

• Live and share the IKEA values every day
• Degree in Audit or Compliance
• Relevant Professional certification (COA, CIA, CPA, CFE, etc,)
• 5+ years of experience working with risk and compliance, both on a strategic and an operational level
• Including first-hand experience driving change with risk and compliance for a global brand, is preferred
• Practical understanding of concepts and approaches for change management
• First-hand knowledge of challenges and opportunities when working with risk and compliance and how to navigate and leverage them.
• In-depth understanding of concepts, theories, principles and practices of risk management, compliance, and internal control and internal audit
• Excellent Communication skills
• Ability to work with all level of stakeholders
• Proficent in MS Office Application (Excel, Power Point, etc), Navision is added advantage

 

About the role

You are responsible to provide business performance management and follow up, including making business insights available to the IKEA franchise system. You support Al Futtaim IKEA with business navigation, financial, legal, risk, procurement and office operations related competences and solutions. You lead the planning and processes to anticipate, identify, and navigate opportunities and risks in a business oriented and compliant way.

 

Key Specific Accountabilities:

• Develop, lead and deliver long-term planning for the Risk & Compliance function, activities, and people that meets the future organizational demands and ensures activities are integrated with Al Futtaim IKEA’s business
• Lead the Risk & Compliance team and inspire and empower co-workers to perform to the best of their abilities and continuously develop in their assignments 
• Ensure that the responsibility for Risk & Compliance activities is owned, understood and accepted by the different business stakeholders
• Lead an overall risk management process for Al Futtaim IKEA as part of the business planning process, in collaboration with internal stakeholders. 
• Report on risk in a relevant way for different audiences, e.g. management board and other senior business leaders to ensure they are aware of risks relevant to their parts of the business
• Secure an effective compliance and audit practice within Al Futtaim IKEA and report on the level of compliance with Al Futtaim IKEA steering documents and regulatory requirements, focusing on key risks
• Ensure that issue & crisis routines and trainings are in place in accordance with Al Futtaim IKEA steering documents 
• Actively contribute to the Risk & Compliance community within Al Futtaim IKEA
• Supervise the Raising Concern Line operations, report on the statistics, and escalate issues when needed.  
• Contribute to One Business Support – work closely with colleagues in other assignments within Business Support to enable interdependent and seamless business support processes, tools and services

 

A few more things for you

 

Interest? Then please join us for a rewarding career journey!

 

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Before you click, “apply”: Please read the job description carefully to ensure you can confidently demonstrate why this opportunity is right for you and take the time to put together a well-crafted and personalised CV to further boost your visibility. Our global Talent Acquisition team members are all assigned to specific businesses to ensure that we make the best matches between talent and opportunities. We not only consider the requisite compatibility of skills and behaviours, but also how candidates align with our Values of Respect, Integrity, Collaboration, and Excellence.

 

As part of our candidate experience promise, we also want to make ourselves available to you throughout the application process. We make every effort to review and respond to every application.

 

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