Head of Finance – Wealth, Private Banking & Digital

Emirates NBD is a market leader across the MENAT (Middle East, North Africa and Türkiye) region with a presence in 13 countries, serving over 20 million customers. The Emirates NBD Group has a total of 853 branches and 4,213 ATMs / SDMs. Emirates NBD is the leading financial services brand in the UAE with a Brand value of USD 3.89 billion. At the bank, we serve our customers and help them realise their financial objectives through a range of banking products and services including retail banking, corporate & institutional banking, Islamic banking, investment banking, private banking, asset management, global markets and treasury, and brokerage operations. We are a key participant in the global digital banking industry, with 97% of all financial transactions and requests conducted outside of our branches. We also operate Liv, the lifestyle digital bank by Emirates NBD. With close to half a million users, it continues to be the fastest-growing digital bank in the region.

 

As the Head of Finance - Wealth, Private and Digital Banking, you role is to provide insightful accounting, governance, controls, and performance management support to the above-mentioned setups in tactical and strategic decision making.  You 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:

• To be the regional lead for Finance partnership on Wealth, Private Banking, Digital, Liv. & Cost across the ENBD Group.
• Deliver timely, accurate and insightful management information to Wealth, Private Banking, Digital, Liv. & Cost at various levels across the RBWM organization
• Provide robust and dynamic strategic and financial planning process within the Wealth, Private Banking, Digital, Liv. & Cost teams.
• Ensure robust cost management frameworks within Group RBWM
• Foster financial discipline within the RBWM business in plans, accounting investment spends and post implementation reviews
• Establish a strong control and reconciliation framework within Wealth, Private Banking, Digital, Liv. & Cost
• Conceptualise, lead and participate in key projects / Initiatives

To be successful in the role, you will need to be: 

• A seasoned Finance professional with at least 12 + years of post-qualification experience in the Finance function of large bank with specific exposure in any business partnership role
• Have significant exposure to Retail Banking & Wealth Management business
• Possess a thorough understanding of finance concepts, systems, business performance management and planning.
• Able to create influencing interactions with senior management levels 
• Demonstrate leadership skills to lead and motivate a team of finance managers
• A qualified accountant or hold an MBA with specialization in Finance

What we offer you:

• Competitive salary package
• Strong emphasis on work/life balance
• Generous annual leave entitlement and Private Healthcare
• World-class Learning & Development platform and career development
• Preferential banking facilities for employees

Why Join  us? 

We aspire to be an employee’s employer of choice. We believe, we can help you realize your true potential by providing the right opportunities. At ENBD we are reimagining the future of work so that you can unlock your potential, every day we want to ensure, every employee can exceed in the future of work by upskilling, building new digital skills and knowledge. Our goal is to empower our employees to build a career experiences and skills they need in the future and that will produce a great outcome for our bank as well, we want our employees no matter their background, location, preferences to feel engaged to one ENBD team