Manager - Risk and Internal Control
Posted date [2026-07-02]
(ID: 47335)
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Talabat is the MENA region’s leading on-demand delivery platform, headquartered in Dubai and operating across eight markets. We leverage a tech-driven flywheel model to connect millions of users with food, groceries, and essential services. By bridging the gap between people and local businesses, we continue to scale our ecosystem and simplify everyday life through innovation. |
Job Description and Requirements
Manager - Risk and Internal ControlJob Snapshot
Role: Manager - Risk and Internal Control
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Internet
Function: Risk Management-Compliance
Experience: 5+ years in risk management, internal controls, internal audit, governance, or related areas
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
Manager - Risk and Internal Control in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is an Internet hiring opportunity for an experienced governance, risk, and compliance professional who can lead enterprise risk management, internal control reviews, risk reporting, and GRC framework enhancement for Talabat. This role requires strong risk assessment capability, control testing experience, stakeholder confidence, and the ability to turn complex operational, regulatory, and governance risks into practical business insights for leadership decision-making.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Dubai
Industry: Internet
Function: Risk Management-Compliance
Salary: 25000-38000
Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer
with the employer.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Manager - Risk and Internal Control will support Talabat’s governance maturity by improving how enterprise risks are identified, assessed, monitored, reported, and controlled across regional markets. The role connects risk management, internal controls, internal audit coordination, finance alignment, GRC systems, and business stakeholder engagement. By strengthening control reliability and risk-based decision-making, the position helps Talabat operate with better visibility, stronger accountability, and more resilient governance practices across a fast-moving digital delivery environment.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead enterprise risk assessment activities across functions, markets, business units, and regional operating teams.
* Facilitate risk workshops, stakeholder discussions, and working sessions with functional leaders and business owners.
* Maintain and improve the enterprise risk register, risk heatmaps, risk dashboards, and reporting packs.
* Support the development, refresh, and implementation of risk appetite statements, key risk indicators, and monitoring routines.
* Execute internal control reviews to assess control design, operating effectiveness, process discipline, and documentation quality.
* Identify control gaps, process weaknesses, recurring risk themes, and improvement opportunities across business areas.
* Track remediation plans, follow up with action owners, and ensure control issues move toward timely closure.
* Coordinate with Internal Audit, Finance, Legal, Compliance, Operations, and business stakeholders to strengthen control environments.
* Prepare management reporting, including top risk summaries, control health updates, remediation progress, governance insights, and executive-level risk commentary.
* Support the rollout and continuous improvement of GRC frameworks, methodologies, templates, systems, and reporting standards.
* Contribute to integrated assurance work by aligning risk, audit, finance, compliance, and business control activities.
* Help improve governance initiatives that make risk ownership clearer and decision-making more consistent.
* Work with GRC Tech Enablement teams to support automation, dashboard enhancement, reporting efficiency, and better data visibility.
* Simplify complex risk issues into clear messages, practical recommendations, and business-focused action plans.
* Manage multiple risk, control, reporting, and governance projects while maintaining accuracy, timelines, and stakeholder trust.
Ideal Profile
* 5+ years of experience in risk management, enterprise risk management, internal controls, internal audit, governance, compliance, or related assurance roles.
* Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Risk, or a related field.
* Strong understanding of enterprise risk management, internal control frameworks, control testing, governance processes, and risk reporting.
* Hands-on experience conducting risk assessments, control design reviews, control effectiveness testing, and remediation follow-up.
* Able to facilitate workshops and work confidently with senior stakeholders, functional leaders, action owners, and cross-functional teams.
* Strong analytical ability with the judgment to identify root causes, risk drivers, control gaps, and practical improvement actions.
* Experience using GRC systems, dashboards, reporting tools, risk registers, or control monitoring platforms is preferred.
* Strong communication skills with the ability to convert technical risk language into clear business insight.
* Able to manage multiple projects, competing deadlines, stakeholder requests, and reporting cycles at the same time.
* Certifications such as CIA, CRMA, CPA, CISA, or equivalent are an advantage.
* Fluent English is required; Arabic language skills are an advantage.
* Comfortable working in a fast-paced technology, delivery, and regional business environment where risk visibility and control reliability are critical.
Skills Set
* Enterprise risk management
* Internal controls
* Governance risk and compliance
* GRC frameworks
* Risk assessments
* Control testing
* Control design review
* Operating effectiveness testing
* Risk registers
* Risk heatmaps
* Key risk indicators
* Risk appetite statements
* Risk reporting
* Control health reporting
* Remediation tracking
* Internal audit coordination
* Integrated assurance
* Governance reporting
* Stakeholder management
* Risk workshops
* Dashboard reporting
* GRC systems
* Reporting automation
* Process improvement
* Root cause analysis
* Regulatory risk awareness
* Operational risk management
* Finance controls
* CIA advantage
* CRMA advantage
* CPA advantage
* CISA advantage
* English communication
* Arabic language advantage
Why Join Us
This role offers a strong opportunity to shape risk and control practices inside Dubai’s fast-growing technology and delivery sector. Talabat provides exposure to regional markets, digital commerce operations, governance transformation, GRC systems, reporting automation, and cross-functional risk leadership. The position is ideal for a risk and internal control professional who wants to improve governance maturity, strengthen decision-making, support leadership with meaningful insights, and contribute to a platform serving customers, partners, riders, and communities across the region.
About the Company
Talabat is a leading regional technology and delivery platform connecting customers with restaurants, groceries, and everyday services across the MENA region. As part of Delivery Hero Group, Talabat combines local market knowledge, logistics capability, digital commerce expertise, and data-driven operations to deliver fast and convenient customer experiences. In Dubai, the company continues to grow through food delivery, q-commerce, grocery services, partner networks, rider operations, and technology-led innovation.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Manager - Risk and Internal Control will support Talabat’s governance maturity by improving how enterprise risks are identified, assessed, monitored, reported, and controlled across regional markets. The role connects risk management, internal controls, internal audit coordination, finance alignment, GRC systems, and business stakeholder engagement. By strengthening control reliability and risk-based decision-making, the position helps Talabat operate with better visibility, stronger accountability, and more resilient governance practices across a fast-moving digital delivery environment.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead enterprise risk assessment activities across functions, markets, business units, and regional operating teams.
* Facilitate risk workshops, stakeholder discussions, and working sessions with functional leaders and business owners.
* Maintain and improve the enterprise risk register, risk heatmaps, risk dashboards, and reporting packs.
* Support the development, refresh, and implementation of risk appetite statements, key risk indicators, and monitoring routines.
* Execute internal control reviews to assess control design, operating effectiveness, process discipline, and documentation quality.
* Identify control gaps, process weaknesses, recurring risk themes, and improvement opportunities across business areas.
* Track remediation plans, follow up with action owners, and ensure control issues move toward timely closure.
* Coordinate with Internal Audit, Finance, Legal, Compliance, Operations, and business stakeholders to strengthen control environments.
* Prepare management reporting, including top risk summaries, control health updates, remediation progress, governance insights, and executive-level risk commentary.
* Support the rollout and continuous improvement of GRC frameworks, methodologies, templates, systems, and reporting standards.
* Contribute to integrated assurance work by aligning risk, audit, finance, compliance, and business control activities.
* Help improve governance initiatives that make risk ownership clearer and decision-making more consistent.
* Work with GRC Tech Enablement teams to support automation, dashboard enhancement, reporting efficiency, and better data visibility.
* Simplify complex risk issues into clear messages, practical recommendations, and business-focused action plans.
* Manage multiple risk, control, reporting, and governance projects while maintaining accuracy, timelines, and stakeholder trust.
Ideal Profile
* 5+ years of experience in risk management, enterprise risk management, internal controls, internal audit, governance, compliance, or related assurance roles.
* Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Risk, or a related field.
* Strong understanding of enterprise risk management, internal control frameworks, control testing, governance processes, and risk reporting.
* Hands-on experience conducting risk assessments, control design reviews, control effectiveness testing, and remediation follow-up.
* Able to facilitate workshops and work confidently with senior stakeholders, functional leaders, action owners, and cross-functional teams.
* Strong analytical ability with the judgment to identify root causes, risk drivers, control gaps, and practical improvement actions.
* Experience using GRC systems, dashboards, reporting tools, risk registers, or control monitoring platforms is preferred.
* Strong communication skills with the ability to convert technical risk language into clear business insight.
* Able to manage multiple projects, competing deadlines, stakeholder requests, and reporting cycles at the same time.
* Certifications such as CIA, CRMA, CPA, CISA, or equivalent are an advantage.
* Fluent English is required; Arabic language skills are an advantage.
* Comfortable working in a fast-paced technology, delivery, and regional business environment where risk visibility and control reliability are critical.
Skills Set
* Enterprise risk management
* Internal controls
* Governance risk and compliance
* GRC frameworks
* Risk assessments
* Control testing
* Control design review
* Operating effectiveness testing
* Risk registers
* Risk heatmaps
* Key risk indicators
* Risk appetite statements
* Risk reporting
* Control health reporting
* Remediation tracking
* Internal audit coordination
* Integrated assurance
* Governance reporting
* Stakeholder management
* Risk workshops
* Dashboard reporting
* GRC systems
* Reporting automation
* Process improvement
* Root cause analysis
* Regulatory risk awareness
* Operational risk management
* Finance controls
* CIA advantage
* CRMA advantage
* CPA advantage
* CISA advantage
* English communication
* Arabic language advantage
Why Join Us
This role offers a strong opportunity to shape risk and control practices inside Dubai’s fast-growing technology and delivery sector. Talabat provides exposure to regional markets, digital commerce operations, governance transformation, GRC systems, reporting automation, and cross-functional risk leadership. The position is ideal for a risk and internal control professional who wants to improve governance maturity, strengthen decision-making, support leadership with meaningful insights, and contribute to a platform serving customers, partners, riders, and communities across the region.
About the Company
Talabat is a leading regional technology and delivery platform connecting customers with restaurants, groceries, and everyday services across the MENA region. As part of Delivery Hero Group, Talabat combines local market knowledge, logistics capability, digital commerce expertise, and data-driven operations to deliver fast and convenient customer experiences. In Dubai, the company continues to grow through food delivery, q-commerce, grocery services, partner networks, rider operations, and technology-led innovation.
