To build and manage correspondent banking relationships in the GCC, Pakistan, Egypt and Turkey from a Dubai base and increase the flow of trade finance business via established relationships.

Client Details

Our client is a European Bank looking to set-up a representative office in Dubai.

Description

The candidate will:

* Manage relationships with international financial institutions and financial institutions in the GCC, Pakistan, Egypt and Turkey to channel the bank’s foreign trade activity

* Obtain business reciprocity from financial institutions and channel the operations received to the different areas of the bank.

* Detect the presence of companies that export to Spain from the above mentioned countries

* Locate business opportunities for Spanish companies in the area of influence of the representative office in Dubai (GCC, Pakistan, Egypt & Turkey) to inform the different areas of the bank.

* Gather information from banks within the scope of the Office to be able to apply measures against money laundering and terrorist financing as established in the manual of cross-border banking correspondent offices

Job Offer

Stability, good compensation and an ability to impact the business in a high visibility environment.

The ideal candidate:

* Will have 8+ years of experience in correspondent banking – business development & relationship management

* Will have sound knowledge of trade finance

* Will ideally be an Arabic/ Turkish/ Urdu speaker with strong communication skills in English – will have leveraged linguistic skills to conduct FI business in the GCC/ Egypt/ Turkey/ Pakistan from the UAE

* Preference will be given to candidates already based in the UAE

* Will have excellent stakeholder management skills

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