Established in 1964 as the country’s first Qatari-owned commercial bank, QNB Group has steadily grown to become the largest bank in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region.

QNB Group’s presence through its subsidiaries and associate companies extends to more than 31 countries across three continents providing a comprehensive range of advanced products and services. The total number of employees is more than 28,000 serving up to 20 million customers operating through 1,000 locations, with an ATM network of 4,300 machines.

QNB has maintained its position as one of the highest rated regional banks from leading credit rating agencies including Standard & Poor’s (A), Moody’s (Aa3) and Fitch (A+). The Bank has also been the recipient of many awards from leading international specialised financial publications.

Based on the Group’s consistent strong financial performance and its expanding international presence, QNB currently ranks as the most valuable bank brand in the Middle East and Africa, according to Brand Finance Magazine.

QNB Group has an active community support program and sponsors various social, educational and sporting events.

The incumbent will be responsible for managing all the anti-fraud investigations activities within QNB Group Compliance, particularly assessing, and analysing all the fraud events, assessing their potential impact and identify the required answer strategy that needs to be implemented in order to mitigate the fraud risks within the Group. In addition, act in a pro-active manner toward any fraud event by reporting through the appropriate channels the nature of the risk faced, the ownership and the remediation measures.

• Support the QNB Group Management to reduce the likelihood of a negative risk event by respecting and maintaining the fraud control infrastructure that sets the control consciousness of the Department.

• Review analysis results on the performance of parameters to manage Fraud Investigations & Monitoring in ensuring the appropriateness of rules in response to emerging or previously undetected suspicious and fraudulent behaviour, recommending changes or enhancements where necessary.

• Participate in making sure that an appropriate fraud deterrence framework is in place to protect the group from any risk event.

• Establish, initiate and be the custodian of all the Group policies dedicated to prevent and detect fraud activities.

• Advise and guide the business and support units on compliance matters and issues pertinent to their day-to-day operations to ensure adherence to relevant QNB Anti-Fraud policies.

• Assist the Senior Vice President Global Fraud Control & RegTech in providing Compliance Anti-Fraud services / advices to all the business lines.

• Advise on the implementation of fraud risk management and control practices within the organization.

• Consult on an ongoing basis on Compliance related issues with seniors and operation managers.

• Assist the Senior Vice President Global Fraud Control & RegTech in the development of the compliance plan and the Compliance policies and manuals for approval by the Group Board Audit & Compliance Committee.

• Report on a regular basis to the Senior Vice President Global Fraud Control & RegTech regarding non-compliance risks, identified Frauds and corrective action taken pertaining to the Group’s activities, for onward reporting to the Group Board Audit & Compliance Committee and Group Management Risk Committee.

• Assist the Senior Vice President Global Fraud Control & RegTech and Executive Vice President Financial Crimes Compliance & Governance in identifying and selecting the Fraud Control systems to facilitate the Group’s Compliance efforts and ensuring proper implementation of the selected systems.

• Assist in preparing the Anti-Bribery & Fraud training programs provided by Group Compliance and ensure there are continuously updated and in line with all the new applicable laws, regulations and best practices

• Provide input and areas of enhancements on the existing operational procedures to enhance the key risk and key control indicators dedicated to fraud detection and prevention

• Bachelor Degree with a Major in Marketing, Banking, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration or Information Technology with professional qualifications such as CFE / CIA / CRMA / CAMS.

• A minimum of 12 years of experience in a major financial institution or Big 4 audit firm or both out of which the last 9 years at least should be in a supervisory role relating to Compliance

• Good understanding of the relevant regulatory pronouncements of the different regulators impacting the Group’s operations related to Fraud Control.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills (including report writing) in English and Arabic.

• Good interpersonal and presentation skills.

• Understanding of the relevant laws, regulations, and practices.

• Ability to make decisions and follow through with initiatives.

• Personal integrity and self-management.

• Planning, organising, and analytical ability.

• Results oriented.

• Strong analytical skills and the ability to communicate both verbally and in writing with all levels of management.