Performance and Reward Manager

About Us

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.

What You Will Be Doing

Implement and manage Performance and Reward policies, programs, and practices in the relevant Emirates NBD Group entity and/or business units.

Develop recommendations to support business unites needs in hiring, retaining and engaging employees. Act as a subject matter expert in all aspects of Performance and Reward including the areas of Performance Management, Fixed and Variable Pay, Incentive Schemes, Job Reviews and Benchmarking.

What are we looking for

Be the subject matter expert and first point of contact for HR and business stakeholders on generic Performance Management and Reward matters.

Support implementation and management of compensation structures including Fixed and Variable Pay, Incentive Schemes, Job Reviews and Benchmarking, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and objectives.

Assess the external landscape and engage with peers in the industry to understand competitor, business and regulatory trends that inform the short and long-term roadmap of compensation priorities for the relevant Business Units.

Participate in ad-hoc projects involving wider HR and business stakeholders.

Oversee the performance management, compensation and benefit processes for the relevant Business Units and advise stakeholders on performance management, compensation and benefit matters.

Manage the Performance and Reward year end process for the relevant Business Units.

Provide direction and policy interpretation to management staff regarding compensation philosophy and practices to ensure that policies are consistently applied

Behavioral/ Core Competencies

• Stakeholder Management & Communication

• Teamwork

• Learning Agility Analytical - Data and Computational Thinking

• Resilience

• Decisiveness and Judgment

• Problem solving

• Professionalism and integrity

• Time management

• Attention to detail

• Strong presentation skills

• Advanced MS Excel Skills

• Strong technical performance and reward knowledge

• Working/managing employee data

• Local remuneration regulatory knowledge

What we offer you

• Competitive salary package

• Strong emphasis on work-life balance and wellbeing across the bank

• World-class Learning & Development platform and career development

• Generous annual leave entitlement and Private Healthcare

• 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.

We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications for each role and apply for any positions that match their skills and capabilities. ENBD is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, however due to high volume of applicants, only SHORTLISTED candidates will be contacted.