Head of Finance

Leirus; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading bank in the UAE is seeking a Head of Finance to drive business development and ensure growth within wholesale banking. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience, strong leadership skills, and a degree in Economics or Finance. Responsibilities include managing client relationships, monitoring market trends, and supporting budget preparations. Competitive remuneration is offered for this pivotal role.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of relevant experience with preference to exposure in the GCC market.
• Experience of working in a complex financial institution including matrix management.
• Ability to communicate and present across a diverse range of customers.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a business development plan with clients.
• Monitor the business operating environment for market trends.
• Cross-sell bank's products and enhance key relationships.
• Support the business in budget and forecasts preparation.

Skills

Experience of managing high performing multi-disciplinary teams

Leadership skills

Coaching & Motivating

Negotiation skills

Problem Solving ability

Planning and Organising ability

Teamwork & Delegation

Excellent communication skills

Strong analytical skills

Education

University Degree in Economics or Finance; ideally MBA in Finance

Job description

My client is a leading bank in the UAE who are seeking a Head of Finance to continue and expand the banks continuing growth and success within wholesale banking.

The role

• Develop and execute a business development (sales) plan with the Representatives or Country Managers for assigned clients and prospects in-Market Report on and use market intelligence to capitalize on potential opportunities and to avoid possible pitfalls/manage bank country, and compliance risk.
• Focusing on consolidating and growing the portfolio for maximization of revenue.
• Monitoring the business operating environment with respect to market trends, interest rates, assets and liability positions, trade volume, credit facilities etc on an ongoing basis.
• To stay up to date with regulatory and other developments.
• To Cross-sell of bank's products.
• Delivering insightful and commercially-focused analysis on financial and management information, including on variances to budget, underlying business trends, and opportunities for income growth, cost savings and risks.
• Maintaining and enhancing relationships with key customer accounts and prospective customers to ensure business continuity and growth; expanding share of wallet from key clients.
• Managing key relationships which require higher level of expertise and experience.
• Effectively partner with other banking departments to ensure that client issues/problems are addressed and resolved in a timely manner; Develop and train staff.
• Supporting the business in the preparation of budget and forecasts, and providing input into strategic reviews, business cases and investment proposals.
• Conduct performance management process for all team members; participate in annual budget planning process; to manage business within expense targets.
• Responsible for effectively managing and growing Bank's relationship with global banks in order to ensure competitive product offerings by key international.

Key Skills for the role

• Experience of managing high performing multi-disciplinary teams
• Leadership skills
• Coaching & Motivating
• Negotiation skills
• Problem Solving ability
• Planning and Organising ability
• Teamwork & Delegation
• Excellent communication skills
• Confident and capable of working credibly with the business at all levels including senior management
• Strong analytical skills, including ability to understand inter-relationships and interpret trends in financial data.
• University Degree in Economics or Finance; ideally MBA in Finance/ CIA/ACCA/CPA/CA. At least 10 years of relevant experience with preference to exposure in the GCC market Knowledge

Knowledge for the role

• Experience of working in a complex financial institution including matrix management; most likely from a global bank or financial services/advisory firm
• Management of a significant and diverse function with exposure to senior management
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with ability to communicate and present across a diverse range of customers; in particular ability to communicate detailed financial information in a concise and straightforward way

About The Company

Established in 2006 Leirus is an independent innovative recruitment consultancy. We specialise in Construction, Facilities and Engineering recruitment in a number of industries.

We globally recruit high quality professionals into premium positions for international blue chip companies.