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
Banking & Financial Services
Trade lifecycle oversight
Oversee the end-to-end trade lifecycle for all global markets products. This entails making sure trades are captured, verified, and processed correctly from trade booking and validation in front-office systems through confirmation, settlement, and reconciliation in back-office systems. The middle office head ensures that trade discrepancies or exceptions are identified and resolved promptly to avoid settlement failures or P&L errors.
Operational risk management & controls
Establish and enforce a robust operational control framework to minimize errors, failed trades, and financial losses. This includes overseeing trade exception management, investigating and rectifying any breaks or mismatches, and implementing checks to ensure data accuracy. The middle office head continually re-assesses operational risks considering changing market conditions and regulations. The role will cultivate a "zero-tolerance" culture for control lapses and will frequently review key risk indicators (KRIs) like error rates and operational loss incidents to gauge performance.
Team leadership & talent development
Lead the global (regional dealer assist teams) middle office team. The middle office head manages team managers and staff, sets performance objectives, and provides mentoring and training to develop talent. They are responsible for ensuring the team is well-resourced and skilled to support current and future business needs. This includes succession planning and maintaining high engagement. Strong leadership is critical since this role oversees diverse functions including trade support, collateral operations, and others.
Stakeholder and client management
Manage relationships with key internal and external stakeholders. Internally, the middle office head interacts with senior front office leaders (heads of trading desks), risk management heads, compliance officers, and operations executives to communicate status, escalate issues, and align on improvements. Externally, they will interface with clients or counterparties for operational matters—for instance, working with prime brokerage clients, custodians, clearing houses, or executing brokers to resolve breaks and improve service.
The GM ZERO middle office will comprise 4 key areas
Client activation & data readiness - enabler and coordinator with other internal functions such as COO KYC, reference data, credit, GM documentation to ensure timely setup of new client relationships.
Trade execution & controls - perform and manage tasks specific to dealer assist functions which entails timely booking, client account/portfolio allocations, P&L and dealer/sales position integrity, perform same day trade validations ensuring FAB books are integral, manage post trade amend/cancel governance and control principles, monitor off market trade monitoring and counterparty exposure monitoring.
Exceptions management and reconciliation - failed, alleged trade monitoring, trade lifecycle event management (credit events et al), collateral and margin management principles.
Reporting and MI - regulatory reporting and internal dashboard (KRI/KPI reporting solutions).
Functions within the framework and boundaries of group policies as well as overall organizational and governance frameworks. Authorized to take decisions as per the approved authorization matrix.
Qualifications & experience
Education: A bachelor's degree in finance, business, economics, or a related field is generally required.
Industry experience: Extensive experience (10-15+ years) in global markets operations or front office trade support is expected. A leadership or managerial role (e.g., managing director, senior vice president of operations) is required, demonstrating the ability to run large teams and multi-faceted processes. Experience should cover a broad range of asset classes (e.g., equities, fixed income, FX, derivatives) and a deep understanding of the full trade lifecycle for these products. Time spent in both front-office facing roles and back-office roles is valuable, as it indicates the candidate can bridge those worlds effectively.
About us
First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) is the largest bank in the UAE and one of the world's largest and safest financial institutions. We offer a comprehensive range of personal and private banking services, including credit cards, Islamic banking, investments, loans, and mortgages. Our commitment to excellence and innovation drives us to provide top-tier financial solutions to our clients.
Life at FAB
Working at FAB means being part of a team of talented and passionate individuals with a shared vision to support the ambitions of our stakeholders to "grow stronger." We embrace the needs of our customers across the globe with a sense of responsibility and confidence driven by extensive expertise that can only be delivered by an ambitious world-class organization.
Career development
FAB offers unique career choices, a chance to innovate, craft solutions for the future, and express yourself in a performance-based culture that will unleash the best in you. Whether you are an experienced professional or just starting your career, FAB provides a range of learning and development initiatives to support all employees through training and skill development.
Our values
At FAB, we place our customers at the core of our activities, live our values each day in every way, celebrate achievements, and empower each other to deliver leading solutions. We have structured plans for the recruitment and career progression of Emirati talent to enable them to make a mark in the financial and banking sector both regionally and globally that rewards your hard work and dedication.
Join our team and be part of a journey to shape the future of banking.
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