Portfolio Manager

Confidential Careers; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential Careers in Abu Dhabi seeks a Manager Portfolio Management to oversee subsidiary companies across geographies, driving financial discipline and governance, bridging HQ and local management. You will lead dashboards, budgets, and risk reviews; participate in M&A evaluations, project finance, and commercial negotiations; and promote alignment with strategic objectives.

This role requires a strong track record in corporate finance within energy/infrastructure sectors and regionally

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in financial management or economics required.
• MBA or CFA preferred.
• 7–10 years in management consultancy, investment banking or corporate finance with a focus on large capital investments.
• GCC project finance experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop dashboards / performance reports for portfolio companies and ensure timely reporting reflecting activities, achievements and risks.
• Develop budgets, forecasts and long-term plans with management of portfolio companies.
• Coordinate with banks to optimise financing and ensure covenant compliance.
• Evaluate and structure M&A opportunities, JV structures and integration planning.
• Build and review financial models for projects and present analyses to Investment Committees.
• Support governance by drafting/ reviewing board documents and ensuring compliance with policies.

Skills

Financial management

Governance

M&A evaluation

Stakeholder relations

Financial modelling

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree in financial management or economics

MBA or CFA preferred

Job description

Job Objective

The Manager Portfolio Management will support the Head of Portfolio Management in overseeing subsidiary companies across multiple geographies. The role is responsible for driving financial discipline, strengthening governance, initiatives across the portfolio. The Manager will act as a bridge between headquarters and subsidiary management, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives,

Key Accountabilities

Financial management

• Develop dashboards / performance reports and ensure the reporting of portfolio companies is timely and correctly reflects the activities, achievements and risks of these companies, as well as fulfilling the requirements of the shareholders.
• Develop budgets, forecasts, long term plans in conjunction with the management of portfolio companies
• Track and escal… red flags (overdue receivables, covenant breaches, funding gaps)
• Coordination with banks to optimise financing for portfolio companies and ensure that loans are compliant with banking covenants
• Identify and implement synergies across subsidiaries.

Business development

• Support new connections by coordinating with GMs and their teams.
• Assist in evaluating M&A opportunities, JV structuring, and integration planning.
• Conduct financial analysis (valuation, sensitivity/scenario analysis, investment returns).
• Build and review financial models for projects
• Take part in negotiations for financing / refinancing of projects with lenders
• Take part in commercial negotiations with potential clients
• Review legal documentation on projects (in liaison with Legal Dept.)
• Work with Projects and Engineering departments to develop technical solutions for projects / companies
• Produce analysis of risks associated with companies / projects
• Present new projects in Investment Committees
• Continuously review market opportunities across the portfolio companies

Corporate governance

• Implement good governance practices in subsidiaries and joint ventures by ensuring the existence of and compliance with schedules of authority, policies and procedures and board charters where appropriate
• Draft and review board/committee documents, policies, minutes, and charters in line with best practice and regulatory standards.
• Follow-up on external and internal audits to ensure that shortcomings are corrected quickly after they are identified

Shareholder / Stakeholder relations

• Supporting role in developing good working relationships with shareholders and senior management of subsidiaries to facilitate transparent communications and alignment of objectives

Job Requirements

Minimum Qualification

• Bachelor's Degree in financial management, economics or a related discipline.
• Master in Business Administration (MBA) or Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) is preferred.

Minimum Experience

• 7 - 10 years of relevant experience in either management consultancy, investment banking or corporate finance with a main focus on the District Cooling/Energy/Utilities/Infrastructure sectors preferred.
• 2 - 4 years of supervisory experience.
• Ability to build trust-based relationships across cultures and seniority levels.
• Excellent written communication and board-level presentation skills.
• Development in sectors involving large capital investment decisions.
• Project Finance experience preferably in the GCC.
• Strong financial modelling experience.
• Experience of closing Project Finance and acquisition financing preferred.