AVP - Advisory Middle Office - Jobs in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Job Description

• High-level responsibilities included all advisory middle office activities oversight, staffing, strategic planning, and day-to-day management of the advisory middle office.
• Ensure controls are in place to mitigate any operational risk and a continuous support to meet all audit requirements for the advisory desk.
• End to End process responsibility and to be in control of End of day reports and critical intraday reports.
• Provide business support and oversight on new products/transactions, financial resources, liquidity management and trade bookings. Propose and implement End to End process improvements provide performance analytics and help navigate regulatory, industry and account changes.
• Possess and demonstrate a strong understanding of various investment products and accounting standards.
• A strong understanding of any/several of the following areas is desirable: Trade management, transactional analysis, settlement services, corporate actions and reconciliations of various aspects within a portfolio with relevant parties.
• Assist in the monthly metrics reporting and work with back office to mitigate identified risk items by defining adequate and feasible controls.
• Analyse data to increase transparency, drive decisions and challenge the status quo.
• Provide complete service support to advisors, including solving complex client inquiries received by the advisors.
• Responsible, alongside the Product team, to co-manage product database (of all investment products) as golden source of product categorization including various parameters.
• Work closely with advisory team and provide operational support for the advisors.
• Supports in various transformational Technology related projects in the role of middle office for advisors, as part of the User Acceptance Testing (UAT) team, review data through the migration process (if any), through the cut over plans within the project and other related tasks involved in the projects.
• Actively participate in decision making processes during implementation of various bank wide projects within Global Private Banking business.
• Robust mentality in implementation of controls ability to identify, manage and apply excellent judgement in critical issue scenarios and articulate this seamlessly to advisors where necessary.

QualificationsMinimum Qualification:

• Educated to a minimum of Masters in Business Administration / Commerce/ Economics/Banking or Finance.
• A professional designation such as CFA or CISI is preferable.
• Ability to operate independently and positively motivate a team.

Minimum Experience:

• Minimum of 10+ years of experience in combined fields of investment product, finance, accounts, IT and project management roles.

Additional InformationAdvanced Knowledge of:

• The investment management business, product structures and investment processes, trade and settlement processes
• Good Knowledge of retail banking and brokerage model.

Specific Skill in:

• High order reasoning and decision-making, involving the interpretation of product program, audit and compliance policies for investment.
• Working knowledge of system development life cycle (SLDC) and software implementation including hands on experience of systems like Bloomberg, Advent, core banking system, wealth management systems
• Proven track record of successfully leading projects till the end with strong Project management skills.

Ability to:

• Organize, prioritize, manage, and track multiple detailed tasks and assignments, including those delegated, to complete work efficiently.
• Ability to work with multiple teams and if requires to lead a team
• Demonstrate positive attitude, excellent relationship skills and networking with counterparties
• Accountable for deadlines, attention to detail and delivery driven
• Operate independently with least amount of supervision

Keyskills :
Software Implementation Retail Banking project management Investment Management

About Company

FAB, the UAE’s largest bank and one of the world’s largest financial institutions offers a an extensive range of tailor-made solutions, and products and services, to provide a customised banking experience. Through its strategic offerings, it looks to meet the banking needs of customers across the world via its market-leading Corporate and Investment Banking and Personal Banking franchises.
Headquartered in Abu Dhabi, in Khalifa Business Park, the bank’s international network spans over 19 countries, across the world, providing the global relationships, expertise and financial strength to support local, regional and international businesses seeking to do business at home and abroad. In line with its commitment to put customers first, to Grow Stronger, FAB will continually invest in people and technology to create the most customer-friendly banking experience and will support the growth ambitions of its stakeholders across the global network in which the bank operates.