Requirements
The role requires a multidisciplinary, highly analytical, and action-oriented professional to join the Strategy & Operations team. Key responsibilities include supporting the 3-year growth plan, refining the MENA business case, leading strategic initiatives, developing business performance tools, assisting with budgeting and P&L, managing internal reporting, executing new hire onboarding (visa, payroll, relocation), coordinating global T&C initiatives, orchestrating vendor portfolios (bookkeeping, tax, IT, legal, compliance), and liaising with engineering teams for office infrastructure development. Skills such as client orientation, empathy, ethics, innovation, and proactive thinking are essential.
Description
Job description / Role
Job Type
Full Time
Job Location
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Nationality
Any Nationality
Salary
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Arabic Fluency
Not Specified
Job Function
Finance, Business Analysis & Consulting
Company Industry
Finance, Investment & Asset Management
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BBVA is a global company with more than 160 years of history that operates in more than 25 countries where we serve more than 80 million customers. We are more than 121,000 professionals working in multidisciplinary teams with profiles as diverse as financiers, legal experts, data scientists, developers, engineers and designers.
We are looking for a multidisciplinary, highly analytical and action-oriented professional to join the Strategy & Operations team at BBVA CIB MENA. You will play a pivotal role in the operational setup and strategic expansion of our regional office.
As a manager, you will bridge the gap between high-level strategy and day-to-day execution, ensuring that our different workstreams operate at the highest standards of excellence.
About the job:
Key responsibilities
Strategy
Growth ambition and business case: Support in defining the 3-years growth plan, refining the MENA business case, providing data-driven insights to calibrate regional ambition.
Strategic projects: Lead the conception and execution of strategic initiatives to ensure the fulfillment of regional objectives.
Office governance: Drive the development of presentations for senior leadership, and oversee the continuous optimization of client-facing commercial materials.
Financial & management control
Business monitoring: Design and develop business performance tools (income, expenses, financial KPIs), to support both internal management tracking and regulatory reporting.
Budgeting: Assist in building and monitoring the annual budget/P&L, ensuring clear income/expenses attribution and efficient estimations: liquidity, income, etc.
Reporting: Manage internal reporting on performance metrics and cost evolution for regional and global stakeholders (London, Frankfurt, Madrid).
T&C coordination
Onboarding management: Execute plan for new hires, managing the end-to-end process including visa tracking, payroll activation, and relocation logistics.
T&C partnership: Act as the local point of contact for global T&C initiatives, ensuring all local operations align with BBVA's international policies.
Office operations
Cross-functional management: Orchestrate the end-to-end delivery of a multidisciplinary vendor portfolio (bookkeeping, tax, IT, legal, compliance), ensuring process efficiency and seamless integration with regional operational standards.
Operational excellence: Liaise with internal engineering and business execution teams to ensure the office infrastructure developments follow plan and support our growth targets.
Skills:
Client orientation, empathy, ethics, innovation, proactive thinking.
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