CFO Corporate & Investment Banking

Client of Tandem Search; Dubai; On-site; AED 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

An institution in Dubai is seeking an accomplished Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to lead its Wholesale Banking division. The role encompasses strategic financial leadership, overseeing digital transformation, and ensuring compliance while fostering a high-performing finance team.

Qualifications

• Minimum 20 years of experience in banking, with significant exposure to wholesale banking.
• At least 10 years in a senior finance leadership role within a major financial institution.
• Hands-on experience in digitalization, automation, or finance process transformation.

Responsibilities

• Formulating and executing financial strategy for wholesale banking.
• Leading the digitalization and automation of finance functions.
• Ensuring compliance with regulatory frameworks and high standards of internal control.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Analytical skills

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, Economics

MBA, CPA, CFA

Job description

The institution is seeking an accomplished and visionary Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to lead the finance function for its Wholesale Banking division, covering Corporate & Investment Banking and Financial Institutions. The role encompasses financial leadership, ensuring alignment with group strategy while driving performance, cost efficiency, and digital transformation of finance processes. The CFO will play a strategic partner role, providing insights that shape financial strategy, capital planning, and risk management in a complex and dynamic environment.

Responsibilities:

The CFO will be responsible for formulating and executing the financial strategy for wholesale banking, ensuring effective performance management, financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting. A critical aspect of the role is leading the digitalization and automation of finance functions, optimizing internal processes to improve accuracy, efficiency, and scalability. The CFO will also oversee financial governance, ensuring compliance with regulatory frameworks and maintaining high standards of internal control. The role includes delivering business-aligned financial reporting, partnering with product and business leaders to enhance profitability, and engaging with regulators, auditors, and board committees. Additionally, the CFO will lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing finance team, fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Candidate Requirements:

• Bachelor s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, or related discipline.
• MBA, CPA, CFA, or other relevant postgraduate/professional qualification preferred.
• Minimum 20 years of experience in banking, with significant exposure to wholesale banking
• At least 10 years in a senior finance leadership role within a major financial institution.
• Proven track record of leading finance functions.
• Hands-on experience in digitalization, automation, or finance process transformation.
• Strong understanding of financial markets, corporate banking products, and institutional client segments.
• Demonstrated experience managing regulatory, risk, and compliance requirements in global jurisdictions.
• Exceptional strategic thinking and analytical skills.
• Strong leadership presence and the ability to influence at senior and board level.
• Proven ability to lead through transformation and manage change across complex, cross-border environments.
• High integrity, with a strong sense of accountability and sound judgment.

About the Role:

The institution is seeking an accomplished and visionary Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to lead the finance function for its Wholesale Banking division, covering Corporate & Investment Banking and Financial Institutions. The role encompasses financial leadership, ensuring alignment with group strategy while driving performance, cost efficiency, and digital transformation of finance processes. The CFO will play a strategic partner role, providing insights that shape financial strategy, capital planning, and risk management in a complex and dynamic environment.

Responsibilities:

The CFO will be responsible for formulating and executing the financial strategy for wholesale banking, ensuring effective performance management, financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting. A critical aspect of the role is leading the digitalization and automation of finance functions, optimizing internal processes to improve accuracy, efficiency, and scalability. The CFO will also oversee financial governance, ensuring compliance with regulatory frameworks and maintaining high standards of internal control. The role includes delivering business-aligned financial reporting, partnering with product and business leaders to enhance profitability, and engaging with regulators, auditors, and board committees. Additionally, the CFO will lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing finance team, fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Candidate Requirements:

• Bachelor s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, or related discipline.
• MBA, CPA, CFA, or other relevant postgraduate/professional qualification preferred.
• Minimum 20 years of experience in banking, with significant exposure to wholesale banking
• At least 10 years in a senior finance leadership role within a major financial institution.
• Proven track record of leading finance functions.
• Hands-on experience in digitalization, automation, or finance process transformation.
• Strong understanding of financial markets, corporate banking products, and institutional client segments.
• Demonstrated experience managing regulatory, risk, and compliance requirements in global jurisdictions.
• Exceptional strategic thinking and analytical skills.
• Strong leadership presence and the ability to influence at senior and board level.
• Proven ability to lead through transformation and manage change across complex, cross-border environments.
• High integrity, with a strong sense of accountability and sound judgment.

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