Specialist- Business Planning & Data Management

First Abu Dhabi Bank; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading bank in the UAE is seeking an experienced professional to manage the reporting process and develop strategic business insights. This role requires an MBA in Finance and a minimum of 4 years in banking. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills and experience with tools such as Excel and Power BI. Full-time position based in Abu Dhabi, no remote work available.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of relevant experience in banking or financial institutions.
• Ability to manage business complexities and high-stress situations.
• Strong understanding of business and financial planning.

Responsibilities

• Manage the management reporting process for FAB-Islamic.
• Coordinate with various teams for insurance and reporting.
• Develop user-friendly MIS related to products and sales.

Skills

Analytical skills

Strategic thinking

Financial planning

Business acumen

Education

MBA in Finance

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Power BI

Job description

This role holder is mainly responsible for the following:

• Assisting in forming implementation and execution of business planning & data management for FAB-Islamic
• Manage the companys management reporting process including the development communication and implementation of management reporting requirements and timetables that align with Group management reporting requirements to ensure efficiency and accuracy.
• Support & develop user friendly MIS related (both Assets and Liabilities) to products Branches Sales.
• Responsible for FAB-Islamic incentive calculation & payout and amending the incentives policy on a yearly basis in alignment with Group.
• Co-ordinate with SALAMA and our group insurance team for customers Takaful life insurance premium & claims.
• Design and deliver adhoc performance reporting and analytics for a range of business requirements focused on the key drivers of value in the organization.
• Co-ordinate with group business management team for all kinds of reporting purpose.
• Co-ordinating with business support & FCD team in terms of finalizing the budgets planning other financial requirements & to support any task fulfilment.
• Prepare performance appraisal scorecard for higher management staffs.

Generic Accountability

• Develop manage agreed company metrics and key performance criteria linked to strategy and business plans to ensure appropriate metrics are included within Management reporting to support decision making.
• Prepare monthly FAB-Islamic incentive calculation & payout and amending the incentives policy on a yearly basis in alignment with Group.
• Monitor the complete business related MIS on a daily weekly & monthly basis for FAB-Islamic
• Prepare monthly HF Life Takaful Fee deduction report for FAB-Islamic Mortgage Customers.
• Review and challenge business performance in relation to forecast plans and suggest improvements or opportunities for FAB-Islamic.
• Manage the production of accurate and high quality data management consolidated reporting in required timeframes including both routine and ad hoc reporting and ensuring that these anticipate the emerging needs of a rapidly changing business.
• Support in exploring the potential of FAB-Islamic customers from various dimensions harnessing through the existing customer base for the cross-sell activities in order to increase the customer product holding and profitability.
• Develop and produce reporting analytics to clearly identify key trends or issues in the company that necessitate further analysis and discussion.
• Engaging and liaising with IT & digitalization teams for continues system enhancement and improvisation of FAB-Islamic platform.

Specific Accountability

• Contribute broadly to strategic and operational priorities discussions and decisions as a member of the business management team and drive collaboration and sharing of best practice.
• Monitor on a regular basis the business performance vis--vis budgets (Product Branch Distribution Sales)
• Co-ordinate with SALAMA and our group insurance team for customers Takaful life insurance premium & claims.
• Co-ordinate with group business management team for all kinds of reporting purpose.
• Co-ordinating with business support & FCD team in terms of finalizing the budgets planning other financial requirements & to support any task fulfilment.
• Prepare performance appraisal scorecard for higher management staffs.
• Design and deliver ad hoc performance reporting and analytics for a range of business requirements focused on the key drivers of value in the organization.
• Review customer database from time to time and identify cross selling opportunities for increased profitability.

Qualifications :

Minimum Qualification

• Masters qualification Master of Business Administration (MBA) in finance

Minimum Experience

• 4 years relevant experience in the banking & Financial Institutions sector within a fast-paced and dynamic business environment in similar positions of progressively increasing managerial responsibilities in similar functions.
• Ability to think strategically and cope with business complexity in high stress situations.
• Significant exposure to and participation in business and financial planning and decision-making.
• Highly developed analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to bring together diverse data and information and form sound judgments and insights.
• Highly developed understanding of commercial realities and well developed business acumen.

Additional Information :

Candidate should have hands on experience with Microsoft Excel Power point and Basic Power BI knowledge

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time