Senior Vice President, Financial Governance

About the role

The Senior Vice President, Financial Governance will lead Mubadala's Financial Governance & Reporting function, ensuring a robust, auditable control environment across the Group Finance landscape. This senior position reports to the Group CFO and works closely with finance, risk, internal audit and external auditors.

Key responsibilities

• Design, implement and continuously improve the Group ICFR framework under COSO 2013 principles for the head office and in‑scope entities.
• Lead risk‑based ICFR scoping, control testing, deficiency evaluation, remediation tracking and management attestation.
• Oversee financial close governance, including calendar management, reconciliation standards and control ownership.
• Provide executive‑level oversight of investee ICFR programmes, ensuring consistency with Mubadala policies.
• Establish control monitoring, key control indicators and reporting for senior management, ARCC and the Board.
• Drive policy compliance, delegation of authority, fraud risk, segregation of duties and user access governance.
• Promote automation, standardisation and digitalisation of controls to reduce manual effort.

Required profile

• Extensive experience (minimum 18 years) in internal controls, ICFR and financial governance within large, multi‑jurisdictional organisations.
• Deep knowledge of COSO 2013, SOX‑style control programmes and risk‑based scoping.
• Proven ability to lead cross‑functional teams, manage external consultants and engage senior stakeholders.
• Willingness to travel to investee locations for on‑site reviews.

Required skills

• Internal Controls
• Management Attestation
• Delegation of Authority frameworks
• ICFR
• Control Monitoring
• ERP Systems
• Three Lines Model
• COSO 2013
• Segregation of Duties
• User Access Governance
• Audit Support
• Application Controls
• Risk‑Based Scoping
• Controls Management Platforms
• Reconciliation Standards
• Deficiency Remediation
• SOX‑style Control Programmes
• Evidence Retention
• Key Control Indicators
• IT General Controls