Ali Alawneh

Ali Alawneh

Quality Assurance | Internal Control | Governance & Compliance | Process Improvement
UAE
English, Arabic
Full-time On-site

نبذة عني

Quality Assurance and Internal Control professional with 10 years of UAE banking experience, including nearly 7 years in risk-based quality reviews, control testing, governance, and operational improvement. Experienced i…

الخبرة

Senior Officer – Quality Assurance & Control

National Bank of Fujairah (NBF) · UAE
Oct 2019 - حتى الآن · 7 سنوات 1 شهر

<p>Designed an enhanced pre-release check of eligibility and calculation accuracy for incentive and commission payment validation.</p><p> Coordinated Product, Operations and Legal to revise a bilingual liability / non-liability letter following a regulatory audit observation.</p><p> Obtained Legal acceptance before technical implementation.</p><p> Led the move from manual registers to structured digital tracking.</p><p> Built an automated QA task tracker and co-developed management dashboards covering review findings, corrective actions and digital KPIs.</p><p> Executed risk-based QA and control testing across a 14-branch UAE retail network.</p><p> Assessed control design, operating effectiveness and adherence to bank policy and applicable requirements.</p><p> Reviewed cash and vault, reconciliations, KYC checks and customer protection.</p><p> Owned complex control issues end to end, including root-cause analysis, coordination of accountable departments, corrective-action follow-up, escalation of material risks and validation of closure evidence.</p><p> Independently developed QA checklists, review tools, monitoring mechanisms and procedures that improved review consistency and strengthened controls.</p><p> Supported business requirements, user acceptance testing and readiness checks for process and system changes, including branch openings.</p><p> Engaged Retail Management, Branches, Operations, Finance, Product, Legal, IT, Risk, Compliance and Internal Audit.</p><p> Supported management decisions through reporting and recommendations.</p><p> Served as the primary technical reference for a QA team of 3–5 colleagues.</p><p> Reviewed deliverables, coached, gave feedback and monitored deadlines.</p><p> Monitored and guided 100+ retail branch employees on control adherence through review findings, feedback and follow-up.</p>

Sales & Service Officer

Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) · UAE
Jan 2018 - Jan 2019 · 1 سنة

<p>Delivered customer-facing banking and sales services in line with documentation, onboarding and KYC requirements.</p>

Operations Teller

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) · UAE
Jan 2017 - Jan 2018 · 1 سنة

<p>Handled cash and branch transactions with emphasis on accuracy, reconciliations and procedural compliance.</p>

Foreign Exchange Officer

UAE Exchange · UAE
Jan 2016 - Jan 2017 · 1 سنة

<p>Processed foreign-exchange and remittance transactions.</p><p> Applied customer identification, AML/KYC checks and daily operational controls.</p>

المهارات

Quality Assurance Risk-Based Reviews Control Testing Root-Cause Analysis Corrective Action Management Quality Monitoring Internal Controls Compliance Monitoring Operational Risk Audit Readiness Policy Adherence Control Effectiveness Process Improvement Digital Transformation Workflow Automation Dashboards KPI Monitoring UAT Support Functional Team Guidance Stakeholder Management Cross-Functional Coordination Management Reporting Coaching Microsoft Excel PowerPoint AI Governance AI Compliance AI Ethics ChatGPT Microsoft Copilot Supabase Replit
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