Job Description

The Head of Finance – Retail Banking will be responsible for providing insightful accounting, governance, controls, and performance management support for the responsible setups in tactical and strategic decision making. The job holder will lead a team of business finance managers in ensuring that Group policies and control framework are consistently applied across all the businesses.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with stakeholders within ENBD UAE and across international locations and subsidiaries to draw and implement framework and govern/align all those setups on accounting, controls & performance matters.
• Establish a planning framework which links to the strategy and enables modeling of key drivers of revenues, costs, balance sheet and their levers thereby facilitating accurate rolling forecasts.
• Proactively highlighting risk and opportunities to drive strategic growth of business and effective cost management.
• Responsible for the financial discipline within the RBWM business in plans, accounting investment spends and post implementation reviews.
• Establish a strong control and reconciliation framework for all responsible areas.
• Lead and drive all Group RBWM finance projects / Initiatives.

Skills and Experience

• A qualified accountant or an MBA with specialization in Finance.
• Seasoned Finance professional with at least 15+ years of post-qualification experience in the Finance function of large bank with specific exposure in any business partnership role.
• Exposure to Retail Banking & Wealth Management business.
• Thorough understanding of finance concepts, systems, business performance management and planning.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to have influencing interactions with senior management levels.
• Leadership skills to lead and motivate a team of finance managers.

There’s never been a better time to join Emirates NBD.

We’re one of the region’s most recognizable brands. We’re banking innovation leaders. We’re growing across both the UAE and our global offices. We offer a huge range of professional development opportunities to accelerate your career. It also goes without saying that we provide extremely competitive rewards, benefits and perks too, like our flexible work policy so you can work from home whenever it suits. At ENBD, we encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications for each role and apply for positions that match their skills and capabilities.