Junior Relationship Banker

DUNE Strategy; Dubai; Hybrid; AED 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model in Dubai (office + 2

Exposure to client-facing partnerships

Job summary

DUNE Strategy in Dubai invites applications for a Junior Relationship Banker. This entry-level role supports client relationships and the commercial reading that underpins them, operating in a hybrid setup based in Dubai.

You will work close to counterparties, numbers and notes, helping build a clear view of clients and opportunities while developing your judgement in live engagements.

Qualifications

• Basic grounding in finance or commercial analysis from studies or internship.
• Clear written English that can convey a concise point clearly.
• Organised approach with attention to small details that affect numbers.
• Comfort with incomplete information and ability to ask better questions.
• Discretion; handle sensitive information with confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Research clients, counterparties and family ownership structures, and keep that picture current as things move.
• Map who matters in a transaction or market entry question: who decides, who influences, who has to be comfortable before anything signs.
• Assemble briefing material for partner meetings so the person walking in knows the history, the numbers and the open questions.
• Track a regulatory path from first enquiry to approval, noting where the timeline sits and what could slow it down.
• Write the short note a partner uses in the room: clear position, the reasoning behind it, and the gaps still open.
• Keep relationship records and follow-ups in order, so nothing depends on someone remembering.

Skills

Finance basics

Clear English

Organisation

Curiosity

Discretion

Education

Finance or economics background

Job description

About The Role

We are hiring a Junior Relationship Banker to work alongside our partners on client relationships and the commercial reading that supports them. You will sit close to the counterparties, the numbers and the notes that go out the door. It is a permanent, full-time role, hybrid, based in Dubai.

What You Will Do

• Research clients, counterparties and family ownership structures, and keep that picture current as things move.
• Map who matters in a transaction or a market entry question: who decides, who influences, who has to be comfortable before anything signs.
• Assemble briefing material for partner meetings so the person walking in knows the history, the numbers and the open questions.
• Track a regulatory path from first enquiry to approval, noting where the timeline sits and what could slow it down.
• Write the short note a partner uses in the room: clear position, the reasoning behind it, and the gaps still open.
• Keep relationship records and follow-ups in order, so nothing depends on someone remembering.

What We Are Looking For

• Basic grounding in finance or commercial analysis, from studies, an internship, a placement or a side project.
• Clear written English. You can put a point on one page and have it hold up when someone reads it closely.
• An organised way of working, with care for the small details that change a number.
• Comfort with incomplete information. Early on, the picture is partial and the answer arrives by asking better questions.
• A pragmatic streak: you ask what a decision means for the client, not only what it looks like on paper.
• Discretion. Much of what crosses this desk stays on this desk.

Helpful Background

• An interest in finance, economics or politics, and the habit of following current affairs properly rather than skimming headlines.
• Arabic, or another language spoken across the region. Useful, never required.
• Exposure to a sector such as real estate, industrials, financial services or family-held businesses.
• Prior research work of any kind: a university project, a report, an internship where you were the one gathering the facts.

What We Offer

• A hybrid arrangement, based in Dubai, with time in the office and time working elsewhere.
• Direct exposure to partners who are in the client conversations themselves.
• The chance to learn how complex markets and sovereign capital priorities operate, from the inside of live engagements.
• A deliberately small portfolio of active work, which means your research gets read and used.
• Room to grow into client-facing responsibility as your judgement develops.

What Success Looks Like

After a year, you should be running your own briefing for a partner meeting without needing it checked line by line. You will spot the commercial call earlier, often before the client says it out loud, and you will know which questions to ask first when the information is thin. Counterparties should recognise your name and answer your calls. The measure is simple: the people making the decision trust what you hand them.