Vice President, Project & Corporate Finance (UAE Nationals)

Emirates Development Bank (EDB); Dubai; On-site; AED 350,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Emirates Development Bank (EDB) in Dubai seeks a senior banker to originate and execute transactions across five priority sectors, managing client relationships through the project lifecycle. You will be the single contact for government and private sector clients, ensuring alignment with national priorities and risk controls.

The role requires close collaboration with risk, operations, and senior bankers, contributing to a strong deal pipeline and protecting EDB’s reputational value.

Responsibilities

• Originates and executes transactions across EDB’s five priority sectors and manages client relationships through the project lifecycle.
• Acts as the single point of contact for government and private sector clients during the project lifecycle.
• Implement EDB’s value‑proposition for government and private sector clients in line with national priorities.
• Engage with risk and operations to ensure transaction delivery across the project lifecycle.
• Maintain, develop, and originate relationships with government and private sector clients throughout the project lifecycle.
• Create strong UAE brand awareness to position EDB as a preferred advisor for financial/business transactions.
• Develop EDB’s Pitch-book with Head of Originations to maintain a healthy pipeline.
• Join deal teams led by senior bankers for larger deals and manage simpler deals with support.
• Ensure client interests are protected and clearly highlight benefits and risks.
• Protect EDB’s reputational risk and ensure transactions add financial and reputational value.
• Build relationships with government and private sector stakeholders across the five priority sectors.
• Support Head of Project and Corporate Finance in reviewing the financing portfolio per credit/risk policies.
• Liaise with operations to ensure client service delivery metrics meet objectives; escalate deviations.
• Assist in facilitating partnerships and roadshows/investor meetings with government sector.
• Ensure timely preparation and submission of client reports to relevant departments.
• Evaluate initial viability of projects against eligibility criteria and recommend sector-specific consultants if needed.
• Engage with operational departments during the project and develop loan review documentation.
• Ensure all client activities comply with AML and Regulatory requirements.
• Support senior management in capital mobilization committees on project progress.
• Attend weekly review meetings and escalate exceptions.
• Respond to audit, compliance, and regulator inquiries with prepared responses.

Job description

Responsible for originating and executing transactions across EDB’s five priority sectors and managing the relationships with government and private sector clients. The incumbent is responsible for being the single point of contact for the client during the project lifecycle and facilitates the process. In addition, the candidate must measure the initial viability of the projects against eligibility parameters.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

Strategic responsibilities

• Implement EDB’s value-proposition (products and programs) for government and private sector clients in line with national priorities and in consultation with internal management stakeholders; ensure that EDB’s value-proposition always remains relevant within the context of evolving national priorities and market needs
• Engage proactively with risk and operations to ensure the delivery of transactions across the project lifecycle.

Operational responsibilities

• Maintain, develop, and originate relationships with EDB’s government and private sector clients throughout the project lifecycle and ensure all requirements on the client front are met
• Create strong brand awareness within the UAE of EDB’s role in order to make EDB a preferred advisor for all financial / business transactions to our target client base
• Develop EDB’s “Pitch-book” in line with Head of Originations (Senior Bankers) requirements (e.g. ensuring a healthy active pipeline)
• Will be part of the deal team led by Senior bankers for larger complex deals and will manage simpler deals on own with th support deal team
• Ensure customer interests are protected at any given time and advise offered clearly highlights both benefits and risks undertaken
• Ensure that the reputational risk of EDB is protected at all times and all transactions add value to EDB (both financial and reputational)
• Build and maintain relationships with key government and private sector stakeholders across the eco-system of the five priority sectors. Enable Head of Project and Corporate Finance to maintain relationships with key government and private sector stakeholders
• Support the Head of Project and Corporate Finance in reviewing the financing portfolio within parameters outlined in the credit and risk policies of EDB
• Liaise with key operational functions to ensure client service delivery metrics are in line with set objectives. Escalate any significant deviations to Head of Project and Corporate Finance
• Support Head of Project and Corporate Finance in facilitating partnerships between government and private sector clients, and EDB, to conduct roadshows & investor meetings with government sector
• Ensure timely & accurate preparation & submission of all client-specific reports to relevant departments.
• Evaluate initial viability of projects against the pre-screening (eligibility) criteria and recommend sector-specific consultants to support the client in the credit application (if needed)
• Proactively engage with operational department during the operational/ commission-earning-period of the project and develop relevant documentation (e.g. loan review report)
• Ensure that all client activities & operations are strictly implemented with specific reference to AML & Regulatory Compliance requirements of EDB
• Support senior management in capital mobilization committees on the progress of current projects underway
• Attend weekly review meetings with team to ensure compliance with policies and procedures. All exceptions to be escalated as appropriate
• Proactively respond to suggestions of Audit, Compliance and Regulators. Prepare responses to reports / queries raised by Internal / External Audit.