Senior Discretionary Portfolio Manager

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.

Job Overview

Work in close collaboration with Head of Discretionary Portfolio Management in day to day management of multi asset discretionary portfolios. The role involves making the investment decisions (together with the Head of Discretionary Portfolio Management initially and more independently as the activity grows) further implementing them across portfolios and performing ongoing monitoring, preparing reports and communicating on the activity both internally and to clients.

Key Responsibilities

• Run portfolios following the Cheif Investment Office’s asset allocation implemented with our list of recommended instruments.
• Assist the Head of Discretionary Portfolio Management in maintaining a state-of-the-art setup.
• Managing external and internal legal requirements and developing the required systems.
• Connecting with middle/back office, trading floor and operations.
• Produce regular client reporting and interact with clients to keep them abreast with the progress on their investments.
• Work with the Relationship Manager to pitch the Discretionary Portfolio Management capabilities to clients.
• Actively participate in investment conversations with other specialists (asset allocation, fixed income, equity).

Skills And Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree / MBA in Finance would be an advantage.
• CFA or equivalent desirable.
• 5 to 10 years of relevant experience of actual portfolio management involving key major asset classes.
• Worked with an Asset Management / Wealth Management specialized firm in a well-established jurisdiction.
• Experience of Islamic investments would be an advantage.
• Fluency in Arabic language would be an advantage.

What We Offer You

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

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.

At ENBD, 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“.