Head of Finance

My client is a leading bank in the UAE who are seeking a Head of Finance to continue and expand the bank's continuing growth and success within wholesale banking.

The role:

1. Develop and execute a business development (sales) plan with the Representatives or Country Managers for assigned clients and prospects in-Market Report on and use market intelligence to capitalize on potential opportunities and to avoid possible pitfalls/manage bank country, and compliance risk.
2. Focusing on consolidating and growing the portfolio for maximization of revenue.
3. Monitoring the business operating environment with respect to market trends, interest rates, assets and liability positions, trade volume, credit facilities etc on an ongoing basis.
4. To stay up to date with regulatory and other developments.
5. To Cross-sell of bank's products.
6. Delivering insightful and commercially-focused analysis on financial and management information, including on variances to budget, underlying business trends, and opportunities for income growth, cost savings and risks.
7. Maintaining and enhancing relationships with key customer accounts and prospective customers to ensure business continuity and growth; expanding share of wallet from key clients.
8. Managing key relationships which require higher level of expertise and experience.
9. Effectively partner with other banking departments to ensure that client issues/problems are addressed and resolved in a timely manner; Develop and train staff.
10. Supporting the business in the preparation of budget and forecasts, and providing input into strategic reviews, business cases and investment proposals.
11. Conduct performance management process for all team members; participate in annual budget planning process; to manage business within expense targets.
12. Responsible for effectively managing and growing Bank's relationship with global banks in order to ensure competitive product offerings by key international players.

Key Skills for the role:

1. Experience of managing high performing multi-disciplinary teams.
2. Leadership skills.
3. Coaching & Motivating.
4. Negotiation skills.
5. Problem Solving ability.
6. Planning and Organising ability.
7. Teamwork & Delegation.
8. Excellent communication skills.
9. Confident and capable of working credibly with the business at all levels including senior management.
10. Strong analytical skills, including ability to understand inter-relationships and interpret trends in financial data.
11. University Degree in Economics or Finance; ideally MBA in Finance/ CIA/ACCA/CPA/CA. At least 10 years of relevant experience with preference to exposure in the GCC market Knowledge.
12. Experience of working in a complex financial institution including matrix management; most likely from a global bank or financial services/advisory firm.
13. Management of a significant and diverse function with exposure to senior management.
14. Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with ability to communicate and present across a diverse range of customers; in particular ability to communicate detailed financial information in a concise and straightforward way.

About The Company:

Established in 2006, Leirus is an independent innovative recruitment consultancy. We specialise in Construction, Facilities and Engineering recruitment in a number of industries. We globally recruit high quality professionals into premium positions for international blue chip companies.