Associate Director - Group Strategy

Organization Unit Purpose

Group Strategy team functions as the central strategy development and M&A transactions management team for the Bank. The team works on addressing topics at the top of senior management and Board’s agenda including but not limited to developing strategic plans for the Bank and subsidiaries, conducts corporate acquisitions & disposals, provides CEO office support and lead special group-wide projects.

This role will provide the opportunity to work on different areas and principal responsibilities would include:

• Bank strategy development: Support strategic business studies that are cross-Businesses, Functions and/or geographies in nature, derive actionable insights and make appropriate recommendations to the Bank's senior management. Support execution, coordination, tracking and evaluation according to the Bank's strategic planning framework.

• M&A Transactions: Lead or support execution of acquisitions and disposals (A&D) projects, support governance of the Bank's corporate investments and exploit synergies in accordance to the Bank's strategic priorities.

• Corporate Venture Capital (CVC): The Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) team overseas and manages “Innovation Fund”, the Corporate Venture Capital arm of Emirates NBD Group, established to enable the organization to invest in potential FinTech & Tech start-ups and companies with strategic relevance to the Group across its presence countries. The team consists of cross-functional expertise and works closely with the Group Digital Office, different Business Segments and Subsidiaries to scout, evaluate, partner and invest in companies.

• Special project: Lead different entity level strategic initiatives across all the Businesses and Functions of the Bank, with a focus on new business development, partnership development or setting up new area of expertise for the Group.

• Board and Chief Executive office support: Support key activities of executive office including but not limited to organizing annual / bi-annual events, preparing presentation materials for external and internal meetings, relationship management with key external and industry bodies and monitoring of business results.

Desired profile

• Bachelors degree with good knowledge in Finance, Economics, Business Administration or a related discipline; an MBA or Masters Degree would be a plus.

• 4-7 years work experience and level as Associate Director / Director in corporate strategy, strategy consulting, corporate development and/or venture capital experience in financial services or other relevant industries

• Excellent generalist problem-solving skills with strong conceptual, highly structured and analytical capabilities to deal with ambiguities

• Strong organization and management skills with the ability work on and manage multiple priorities / projects at one time

• Excellent written communication, oral presentation and interpersonal skills; Able to articulate conceptual ideas and strategic directives to a wide range of audience

• Committed, self-motivated and action-oriented personality with strong sense of ownership to drive tasks, projects / initiatives; Ability to build a relationships with peers and senior executives

• Well-versed in MS Office including Excel and PowerPoint; experience in financial modelling an asset

• Proficiency in written and spoken English a must.

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.

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