About the job

The Role

The global investment bank is recruiting interns for its Global Banking team in Dubai, UAE. The programme runs for 10 weeks and is part of a 2027 summer internship intake. The Global Banking team provides credit and advisory solutions to corporate and financial institution clients across international markets, with product coverage spanning loans, bonds, structured credit, and advisory solutions.

Programme Structure

• 10-week summer internship
• Structured induction and orientation at the start of the programme
• Exposure to products, clients, and the global network
• Real project work and responsibilities from the first day
• Technical, professional, and behavioural skills development
• Support from managers, mentors, and buddies throughout
• Access to senior leaders and industry experts
• Community and volunteering initiatives

Team Placement Areas

Interns are matched to a specialist team based on skills, interests, and strengths. Placement areas within Global Banking include:

• Capital Markets
• Commercial Real Estate
• Financing Solutions
• Fund Finance
• Infrastructure Development & Finance Group
• Leveraged & Acquisition Finance and Private Credit
• Transportation Finance

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to real business projects from day one
• Work alongside colleagues across the global network
• Engage with products and client work relevant to the assigned team

Skills & Experience

• Open to students from all degree disciplines and backgrounds
• Able to take ownership, show initiative, and demonstrate willingness to learn
• Able to think critically and apply logic, analysis, and sound judgement to problems
• Quick to learn and curious about opportunities to develop
• Able to build relationships and collaborate effectively
• Able to adapt and perform under pressure
• Interested in how businesses, markets, and economies connect and grow

Application Process

Some roles include assessments as part of the recruitment process. If invited to complete an assessment, this indicates the application has progressed to a significant stage of review.

About MENA Careers

MENA Careers is a finance community built for professionals who want better access to recruiters, opportunities, and market insight. It helps members discover relevant private equity roles, find recruiters, and navigate the search with sharper direction across London, Europe, and Dubai. MENA Careers is designed to make the private equity search more focused, more informed, and more effective. For more information, visit joinsenna.com.

About the job

The Role

The global investment bank runs a 10-week summer internship within its Transaction Services division, sitting inside Corporate & Investment Banking. The programme is based in Dubai, UAE, and is open to penultimate-year students targeting a June 2027 start. For eligible candidates, this internship is intended as a pathway to a full-time graduate role beginning July 2028.

Programme Structure

• 10-week summer internship
• Structured induction and orientation
• Exposure to products, clients, and the international network
• Real project work and defined responsibilities from the start
• Technical, professional, and behavioural skills development
• Support from managers, mentors, and buddies
• Access to senior leaders and industry experts
• Community and volunteering initiatives

Potential Placement Areas

• Cash Management: Supporting how global clients move and optimise liquidity, including real-time payments and cross-market innovation
• Trade: Helping buyers and sellers transact securely and efficiently across borders
• Implementation: Overseeing delivery of products and services to clients, including digital integration and execution
• Transaction Banking Sales: Identifying client needs, shaping product solutions, and supporting relationship development
• Digital Channel Solutions: Supporting client connectivity through digital channels and platforms

Key Responsibilities

• Work on real business challenges within the assigned Transaction Services team
• Contribute to projects with defined deliverables and responsibilities
• Collaborate with colleagues across the global network
• Build knowledge of cash management, trade, supply chain finance, and digital banking products

Skills & Experience

• Penultimate-year student from any degree discipline
• Available to intern from June 2027 and to start full-time in July 2028
• Permanent legal right to work in the UAE (candidates requiring visa sponsorship will be considered; UAE nationals are given priority)
• Able to take ownership and show initiative
• Able to think critically and apply logic and analysis to problems
• Curious about how businesses, markets, and economies operate
• Able to build relationships and collaborate with others
• Able to learn quickly and adapt under pressure

Application Process

• Candidates may submit only one application within any six-month period
• Assessment centres begin October 2026
• Internship start date: June 2027
• Successful interns may be offered a full-time graduate position starting July 2028
• Some roles include formal assessments as part of the recruitment process

About MENA Careers

MENA Careers is a finance community built for professionals who want better access to recruiters, opportunities, and market insight. It helps members discover relevant private equity roles, find recruiters, and navigate the search with sharper direction across London, Europe, and Dubai. MENA Careers is designed to make the private equity search more focused, more informed, and more effective. For more information, visit joinsenna.com.

About the job

The corporate finance team is hiring an FP&A Analyst based in Dubai.

The Role

This position is suited to a finance professional with around five years of experience. The work covers budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis, with involvement in supporting business decisions across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Budgeting and forecasting
• Financial analysis
• Supporting business decision-making

Skills & Experience

• Approximately five years of experience in a finance role
• Background in FP&A or a related finance function

Location

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

About MENA Careers

MENA Careers is a finance community built for professionals who want better access to recruiters, opportunities, and market insight. It helps members discover relevant private equity roles, find recruiters, and navigate the search with sharper direction across London, Europe, and Dubai. MENA Careers is designed to make the private equity search more focused, more informed, and more effective. For more information, visit joinsenna.com.

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The Role

A private equity firm based in Abu Dhabi is hiring an Investment Associate. The role covers private equity and venture capital activity across MENA/GCC and Europe. The position is suited to candidates with 2–4 years of relevant experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Deal execution
• Investing activities
• Negotiations
• Due diligence
• Research

Skills & Experience

• 2–4 years of experience in private equity
• Exposure to private equity and venture capital
• Familiarity with MENA/GCC and European markets
• Sector exposure across one or more of the following: utilities, transport, TMT, telecoms, technology, oil and gas, natural resources, metals and mining, industrials, conglomerates, basic materials, agriculture, aerospace, food and beverages, public sector, small and mid caps

About MENA Careers

MENA Careers is a private equity career platform built for candidates who want better access to recruiters, live opportunities, and market insight. It helps members discover relevant private equity roles, find specialist recruiters, and navigate the search with sharper direction across Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Doha, London, and Singapore. MENA Careers is designed to make the private equity search more focused, more informed, and more effective. For more information, visit joinsenna.com.

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The Role

The consulting firm is hiring an Assistant Manager for AML Investigations based in Dubai, UAE. The role covers conducting and overseeing AML investigations, reviewing complex transaction monitoring alerts and financial crime referrals, assessing suspicious activity, and supporting regulatory reporting requirements. The position also involves providing technical guidance and coaching to analysts.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct end-to-end investigations of alerts escalated by L1 analysts.
• Review transaction monitoring alerts escalated from TM teams.
• Analyze unusual transaction patterns, customer behavior, and account activity.
• Assess whether activity is consistent with the customer's known profile, business activities, source of funds, and expected account usage.
• Review customer transactional behavior against KYC, CDD/EDD, Source of Funds, and Source of Wealth information.
• Assess customer risk ratings, onboarding information, and ownership structures.
• Identify and investigate potential indicators of money laundering, terrorist financing, sanctions evasion, fraud, and other financial crime risks.
• Analyze complex transaction flows, customer relationships, counterparties, and ownership structures.
• Perform adverse media, sanctions, and open-source intelligence reviews as part of investigations.
• Prepare comprehensive, well-documented investigation reports with clear rationale and conclusions.

• Assess and determine whether activity warrants escalation for Suspicious Transaction Report (STR/SAR) consideration.
• Support regulatory reporting and responses to law enforcement, regulatory, and internal stakeholder requests.

• Act as an escalation point for complex and high-risk investigations.
• Review investigator assessments and provide challenge, guidance, and quality oversight.
• Ensure investigations are completed in line with regulatory expectations, internal policies, and audit requirements.
• Promote consistency and quality across case handling and documentation standards.

• Liaise with Relationship Managers, KYC teams, Compliance Advisory, Operations, Fraud Risk, and other internal stakeholders to obtain information relevant to investigations.
• Communicate investigation outcomes and risk assessments to senior management and key stakeholders.

• Identify emerging financial crime typologies, trends, and control gaps.
• Contribute to the enhancement of transaction monitoring rules, investigation procedures, and AML controls.
• Support internal audits, regulatory inspections, compliance reviews, and remediation activities.
• Assist in preparing management information, investigation metrics, and reporting packs.

Skills & Experience

• 5–8 years of experience in AML, Financial Crime Compliance, Transaction Monitoring, or AML Investigations within banking or financial services.
• Minimum 2–3 years handling complex investigations, suspicious activity assessments, and high-risk customer reviews.
• Experience reviewing and coaching analysts, quality assurance, and stakeholder management is preferred.

• Knowledge of AML/CFT regulations, sanctions compliance, and financial crime typologies.

• Professional certification such as CAMS, ICA, CFCS, or equivalent is preferred.

About MENA Careers

MENA Careers is a finance community built for professionals who want better access to recruiters, opportunities, and market insight. It helps members discover relevant private equity roles, find recruiters, and navigate the search with sharper direction across London, Europe, and Dubai. MENA Careers is designed to make the private equity search more focused, more informed, and more effective. For more information, visit joinsenna.com.

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The Role

This is a senior position within the Compliance, Financial Crime and Conduct Risk (CFCR) team at SC Ventures (SCV), reporting to the Chief Compliance Officer, SC Ventures. The role leads CFCR activities for SCV and covers a wide range of areas including retail banking, corporate banking, strategic investment, data strategy, and digital assets. The position is based in DIFC, Dubai, with a stated expectation of regular physical attendance at Abu Dhabi offices. The role carries BAU responsibilities for CFCR activities, corporate actions, transaction due diligence, and advisory for SCV in the UAE and Africa.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive CFCR considerations across all SCV activities, covering retail banking, corporate banking, strategic investment, data strategy, and digital assets.
• Support awareness and adoption of an appropriate governance model across SCV activities, taking into account senior management responsibilities, entity structuring, and expansion planning.
• Support the adoption of CFCR frameworks suited to ventures, covering financial crime compliance, regulatory compliance, conduct, data quality, data privacy, and records management.
• Support venture building by applying approaches appropriate to each venture's business strategy, geographic coverage, regulatory context, and CFCR risk profile.
• Support ongoing engagement between SCV and Group CFCR to ensure SCV deploys an appropriate CFCR governance model, framework, and ongoing risk assessments.
• Implement the CFCR Function of the Future and the eight CFCR products.
• Develop and apply a methodology tailored to geographic and regulatory context to help ventures determine the appropriate CFCR risk management framework, covering risk identification, assessment, monitoring, training, and product and business advice.
• Drive implementation of the decision-making process for new ventures as set by the SCV CCO.
• Recommend appropriate policies and standards for approval by the SCV Committee, with clear operationalisation for ventures to address CFCR risks.
• Provide governance and oversight over the implementation of CFCR-related policies and procedures in ventures.
• Lead by example to build appropriate CFCR culture and values within the SCV CFCR team.
• Collaborate on and deploy the appropriate governance model to manage CFCR risk, covering shareholder representation, board membership, delegation of authority, and senior manager responsibilities.
• Collaborate on entity structuring and expansion planning for SCV, including setting up new legal structures, regulatory engagement, and local CFCR engagement.
• Deploy the appropriate framework to manage risks from unconventional third-party relationships including business partnerships, joint ventures, and alliances.
• Execute transaction due diligence for approval by the SCV CCO and work with stakeholders to identify and resolve due diligence matters.
• Identify and assess CFCR risk sources and ensure systems and controls are appropriate to mitigate and manage risks within acceptable tolerance levels.
• Report on material CFCR risks.
• Collaborate on preparation and cascade of audit plans and findings, CFCR assurance activities, and investigations to relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure lessons learned from audit findings and assurance activities are prepared and cascaded to relevant stakeholders.
• Provide timely escalation and oversight information to the SCV CCO on key CFCR risks and control issues.
• Attend relevant meetings and represent CFCR in business forums, including as a CCO delegate where required.
• Provide relevant reporting and review of management information.
• Propose control effectiveness and efficiency improvements for SCV where appropriate.
• Engage with assurance and regulatory reviews in SCV, including tracking, remediation, and preparing lessons learned.
• Support and maintain an appropriate risk-based CFCR framework for identifying, assessing, managing, monitoring, mitigating, and reporting compliance and financial crime risks across SCV.

Key Stakeholders

• SCV CCO
• Group CFCR subject matter experts
• SCV Platform and Ventures
• SCV Governance Team
• Country CFCR Teams

Skills & Experience

• Business acumen relevant to compliance and financial crime risk in a ventures or innovation context.
• Cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to establish and maintain trust with senior stakeholders.
• Effective communication skills.
• Risk management capability.
• Ability to influence through expertise.
• Problem-solving skills.

About MENA Careers

MENA Careers is a finance community built for professionals who want better access to recruiters, opportunities, and market insight. It helps members discover relevant private equity roles, find recruiters, and navigate the search with sharper direction across London, Europe, and Dubai. MENA Careers is designed to make the private equity search more focused, more informed, and more effective. For more information, visit joinsenna.com.

About the job

The source brief contains insufficient detail to produce an accurate job description. Only the job title and a portfolio management label were provided.

The Role

The real estate company is hiring a Director of Asset Management based in Abu Dhabi. The role sits within the investment portfolio management function.

Key Responsibilities

• No specific responsibilities were stated in the source brief.

Skills & Experience

• No specific requirements were stated in the source brief.

About MENA Careers

MENA Careers is a private equity career platform built for candidates who want better access to recruiters, live opportunities, and market insight. It helps members discover relevant private equity roles, find specialist recruiters, and navigate the search with sharper direction across Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Doha, London, and Singapore. MENA Careers is designed to make the private equity search more focused, more informed, and more effective. For more information, visit joinsenna.com.

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The Role

The Finance Business Partner is based in Riyadh and sits within the automotive division of a global company. The role covers monthly financial close, cost management, cash flow oversight, financing solutions, and internal controls. Reporting and compliance are aligned to Group-level policies and governance standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the monthly financial close process, including accurate transaction recording, review of provisions, and compliance with Group Accounting Policies.
• Provide monthly financial reviews with trend analysis and actionable recommendations to support business performance management.
• Monitor costs, identify savings opportunities, and implement efficiency initiatives without disrupting business operations.
• Challenge spend with business stakeholders and support informed decision-making on cost discipline.
• Support budgeting and forecasting processes, incorporating cost optimization assumptions and initiatives.
• Conduct order studies for optimal ordering.
• Supervise Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, inventory, and petty cash activities to ensure accuracy, compliance, and internal control integrity.
• Manage cash flow through control of receivables, payables, and inventory cycles.
• Liaise with Group functions and internal stakeholders to ensure alignment with Group policies and governance requirements.
• Manage intercompany funding arrangements, including accurate accounting, timely settlements, and compliance with Group Treasury guidelines.
• Coordinate funding requirements with Group Treasury to support cash flow planning and liquidity management.
• Structure and formalize customer financing solutions, including review and approval of Letters of Credit and Bank Guarantees.
• Support the BU Finance Controller in principal financing arrangements and negotiations with banks and financial institutions.
• Assist in the issuance, amendment, and management of Letters of Credit, including risk assessment, documentation, and compliance.
• Ensure compliance with VAT and other applicable statutory requirements.
• Establish and continuously improve internal control frameworks to safeguard company assets and maintain financial integrity.
• Monitor compliance with internal policies, delegated authorities, and Group governance standards.
• Perform periodic reviews and testing of key financial and operational controls, identify gaps, and recommend corrective actions.
• Promote a control and compliance culture through guidance, training, and collaboration with business teams.

Skills & Experience

• Qualified in Finance or Accounting: CA, CPA, or ACCA required.
• Minimum 5–7 years of relevant experience.
• Proven experience working with global finance teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and SAP.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to meet deadlines and manage competing priorities.

About MENA Careers

MENA Careers is a finance community built for professionals who want better access to recruiters, opportunities, and market insight. It helps members discover relevant private equity roles, find recruiters, and navigate the search with sharper direction across London, Europe, and Dubai. MENA Careers is designed to make the private equity search more focused, more informed, and more effective. For more information, visit joinsenna.com.

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The Role

The global asset manager is hiring a Senior Associate within its Portfolio Solutions and Support team, based in Abu Dhabi. The Investment Operations function supports the front office by providing accurate and timely investment data and processing across public and private markets. This position is responsible for the operational integrity of the public markets book of record, covering fixed income, equities, and derivatives. Scope includes IBOR maintenance, performance production, compliance monitoring, new product onboarding, market infrastructure, and the data management that underpins these processes.

Key Responsibilities

IBOR and Position Management

• Maintain the Investment Book of Record (IBOR) in Aladdin for public markets across fixed income, equities, and derivatives.
• Ensure accurate and timely capture of trades, positions, cash, and corporate actions throughout the trade lifecycle.
• Reconcile positions and cash between the IBOR, custodians, and counterparties, and resolve breaks within agreed timelines.
• Oversee end-of-day and intraday position integrity to support front office decision-making.

Performance Measurement and Analytics

• Produce and validate daily and periodic portfolio performance across public markets asset classes.
• Investigate and resolve performance exceptions in coordination with front office and reporting teams.
• Ensure consistency between performance analytics, the IBOR, and the accounting book of record.
• Understand attribution and contribution analysis at portfolio, sector, and security level.

Investment Compliance

• Monitor pre-trade and post-trade compliance against investment guidelines, mandates, and regulatory filings.
• Investigate, document, and escalate breaches, and track remediation to resolution.
• Maintain and enhance the compliance rule library as mandates and regulations change.

New Product Onboarding

• Support operational onboarding of new instruments and products across fixed income, equities, and derivatives.
• Define trade capture, valuation, settlement, and reporting requirements for new products across systems.
• Coordinate readiness across front office, IT, custodians, and counterparties ahead of first trade.
• Document target operating models and controls for newly onboarded products.

Market Infrastructure

• Oversee central clearing and bilateral workflows for listed and OTC derivatives.
• Maintain counterparty, broker, and account setup, including SSIs, across Aladdin and eFront.
• Support onboarding of new market infrastructure and connectivity as the platform expands.
• Maintain understanding of connectivity to trading venues, execution platforms, clearing houses, and confirmation and settlement platforms.

Data Management

• Maintain security master and reference data for public markets instruments across systems.
• Manage market data feeds from providers such as Bloomberg and Reuters, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness.
• Define and operate data quality controls to ensure the integrity of pricing, reference, and analytics data.
• Act as data steward for public markets reference data domains, ensuring governance and usability across the organisation.

Stakeholder Management and Continuous Improvement

• Work with investment teams, IT, the accounting team, and external providers to resolve operational and data issues.
• Support automation and optimisation initiatives across the Investment Operations function.
• Improve operational efficiency and reduce manual intervention through process and data-driven solutions.
• Contribute to the design and enhancement of controls, standards, and target operating models.

Skills & Experience

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, business, data management, or a related field.

Experience

• Minimum 8 years of experience in investment operations, middle office, or data management within an asset management firm or sovereign wealth fund.
• Direct experience across public markets operations covering fixed income, equities, and derivatives.

Knowledge and Skills

• Strong understanding of the trade lifecycle, IBOR, performance, and investment compliance across public markets.
• Working knowledge of derivatives regulation, including EMIR, MiFID II, and UMR.
• Experience with market data providers including Bloomberg and Reuters, and with security master and reference data.
• Familiarity with market infrastructure including trading venues, clearing houses, and confirmation and settlement platforms.
• Familiarity with data governance frameworks and data quality controls.
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and work cross-functionally.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret large datasets and resolve complex operational issues.
• Practical use of AI and automation tools to improve data quality, reporting, and operational efficiency.
• Experience with BlackRock Solutions — Aladdin and eFront is an advantage.

Working Arrangements

• Location: Abu Dhabi.
• Remote working up to 5 days per month.

About MENA Careers

MENA Careers is a finance community built for professionals who want better access to recruiters, opportunities, and market insight. It helps members discover relevant private equity roles, find recruiters, and navigate the search with sharper direction across London, Europe, and Dubai. MENA Careers is designed to make the private equity search more focused, more informed, and more effective. For more information, visit joinsenna.com.

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The Role

The global investment bank is hiring a Senior Manager for its DCM & Loan Syndications team in Dubai. The role covers loan syndication transactions from origination through execution, alongside relationship management with issuers and market participants. The position reports to and works in coordination with the Head of DCM & Loan Syndications.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain relationships with issuers and market participants, working alongside account managers to expand the loan syndication business and meet periodic revenue and fee targets.
• Structure and deliver financial solutions for clients including flow loans, secured and unsecured syndicated facilities, acquisition finance, and capex financing.
• Lead transactions on behalf of the bank within lending consortia, including coordination and negotiations with external stakeholders.
• Provide LCM, DCM, and ESG-related solutions as part of the financial structures advised to clients.
• Cross-sell treasury solutions, particularly rate solutions, as part of financing mandates.
• Develop client pitches covering underwriting, refinancing, and balance sheet restructuring solutions, aligned with market appetite and internal credit risk parameters.
• Conduct market sounding exercises to identify new debt market opportunities in both LCM and DCM, and benchmark pricing for underwriting mandates and proposed transactions.
• Act as a key contact for market participants and work toward building a syndicate desk capability for the bank over the medium term, supporting sell-down requirements.
• Lead commercial negotiations, in consultation with the Head of DCM & Syndications, to structure transactions including security and covenant packages in line with LMA standards and market practice.
• Demonstrate working knowledge of legal documentation to engage external parties and obtain internal clearances from legal and credit divisions.
• Manage and supervise transaction timelines, internal approvals, and legal reviews across all prospects and live transactions.
• Draft and finalise pitch books, information memoranda, term sheets, proposals, investor presentations, and market updates.
• Contribute to the DCM & Loan Syndication business plan, identifying financing opportunities among existing and prospective clients.
• Support and guide junior team members through deal processes, including time management from pitch to execution.
• Monitor capital markets developments to identify business opportunities and contribute to cross-selling initiatives.
• Comply with internal audit requirements and policy guidelines.

Skills & Experience

• Undergraduate degree (BA/BS) in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Law, or Business Management/Administration. Required.
• Postgraduate qualification (MBA) or professional qualification such as CFA or CA. Preferred.
• Minimum 10–12 years of total experience, with at least 5–6 years in loan syndication transactions as a senior transactor at an international or large regional bank with an established DCM and syndication business.
• Demonstrated ability to independently handle LMA documentation and conduct negotiations with clients and market participants.
• Prior experience leading deals involving multiple external stakeholders in a team leader capacity.

About MENA Careers

MENA Careers is a finance community built for professionals who want better access to recruiters, opportunities, and market insight. It helps members discover relevant private equity roles, find recruiters, and navigate the search with sharper direction across London, Europe, and Dubai. MENA Careers is designed to make the private equity search more focused, more informed, and more effective. For more information, visit joinsenna.com.

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The Role

The Assistant Relationship Manager (ARM) supports the management and maintenance of corporate banking relationships, working in coordination with the Unit Head and Head of Corporate Banking. In addition to managing an assigned portfolio, the ARM provides day-to-day support to the Relationship Manager.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and manage an assigned portfolio of existing corporate clients to retain and grow banking relationships in line with business growth targets.
• Identify, solicit, and acquire new corporate clients in line with approved institutional strategies across assets, liabilities, trade, and treasury sales.
• Structure credit lines in conformity with the bank's underwriting standards and risk-adjusted targets, following thorough analysis and preparation of detailed credit proposals.
• Make regular client visits for monitoring and business generation purposes.
• Manage day-to-day banking requirements for clients and handle security documentation professionally.
• Conduct account planning with client service team members and cross-sell products and services to commercial clients to support multi-product relationships.
• Facilitate referrals to Wealth and Consumer Banking where business opportunities arise.
• Maintain effective internal and external communication to meet turnaround time requirements and support client satisfaction.
• Ensure timely and accurate credit administration, including completion of annual reviews and regular monitoring of financials, covenants, and other parameters.
• Comply with internal audit requirements in line with policy guidelines.
• Monitor local business environment developments to identify business opportunities and contribute to institutional business strategy planning.
• Build and maintain contacts within the local business and financial institutions community.

Skills & Experience

• Degree in Economics, Finance, or Business Management; CFA or CA qualification also accepted.
• 3 to 5 years of experience in corporate or institutional banking in the UAE.
• Experience within a World Bank Group corporate banking context is noted.

Location

Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

About MENA Careers

MENA Careers is a finance community built for professionals who want better access to recruiters, opportunities, and market insight. It helps members discover relevant private equity roles, find recruiters, and navigate the search with sharper direction across London, Europe, and Dubai. MENA Careers is designed to make the private equity search more focused, more informed, and more effective. For more information, visit joinsenna.com.

About the job

The company is hiring a Senior Accountant based in Dubai. The role covers accounting operations, financial reporting, compliance, and internal controls.

The Role

The Senior Accountant will manage accounting operations end-to-end and oversee financial reporting, compliance, and internal controls across the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end accounting operations
• Oversee financial reporting
• Ensure compliance with relevant requirements
• Maintain and monitor internal controls
• Support accurate and efficient financial management across the business

Skills & Experience

• Prior experience in an accounting role at a senior level

Location

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

About MENA Careers

MENA Careers is a finance community built for professionals who want better access to recruiters, opportunities, and market insight. It helps members discover relevant private equity roles, find recruiters, and navigate the search with sharper direction across London, Europe, and Dubai. MENA Careers is designed to make the private equity search more focused, more informed, and more effective. For more information, visit joinsenna.com.

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The Role

This is a Finance Graduate position based in Dubai, within the Audit, Accounting & Finance function at a global company.

Key Responsibilities

• No specific responsibilities were listed in the source brief.

Skills & Experience

• No specific qualifications, skills, or experience requirements were listed in the source brief.

About MENA Careers

MENA Careers is a finance community built for professionals who want better access to recruiters, opportunities, and market insight. It helps members discover relevant private equity roles, find recruiters, and navigate the search with sharper direction across London, Europe, and Dubai. MENA Careers is designed to make the private equity search more focused, more informed, and more effective. For more information, visit joinsenna.com.

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The Role

A real estate private equity firm is hiring a Vice President to oversee investor, joint venture, and lender reporting. The position sits within the Corporate Finance & Investments function.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage reporting obligations to investors, joint venture partners, and lenders.
• Ensure accuracy, compliance, and consistency across reporting for complex real estate investment structures.

Skills & Experience

• Demonstrated experience in investor reporting within real estate investment structures.
• Familiarity with joint venture and lender reporting requirements.
• VP-level seniority or equivalent prior experience.

Location

Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

About MENA Careers

MENA Careers is a finance community built for professionals who want better access to recruiters, opportunities, and market insight. It helps members discover relevant private equity roles, find recruiters, and navigate the search with sharper direction across London, Europe, and Dubai. MENA Careers is designed to make the private equity search more focused, more informed, and more effective. For more information, visit joinsenna.com.

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The Role

A global investment bank is hiring a Vice President to join its M&A and Equity Capital Markets team in Dubai. The role covers both M&A advisory and ECM transaction execution. Candidates must have Middle East market experience. Broader EMEA exposure is considered advantageous.

Key Responsibilities

• Execute M&A advisory and ECM transactions from origination through to completion.
• Support senior bankers in developing and executing corporate finance mandates.
• Prepare financial models, valuation analyses, transaction materials, and pitch books.
• Lead day-to-day transaction execution, coordinating with clients, advisors, legal counsel, and other stakeholders.
• Develop presentations covering M&A, ECM, and strategic advisory mandates.
• Conduct company, industry, and market analysis to support transaction and origination activity.
• Manage workstreams and ensure transactions progress against key deadlines.
• Manage and mentor Analysts and Associates on analysis, modelling, and execution.
• Support senior bankers in client relationship development and new business identification.
• Maintain current knowledge of capital markets, M&A activity, and investor sentiment across the Middle East and EMEA.

Skills & Experience

• 5–8 years of investment banking experience, gained within an international or regional investment bank.
• Demonstrated transaction experience across both M&A and ECM.
• Strong understanding of M&A processes, valuation, financial modelling, and equity capital markets.
• Ability to manage transaction workstreams independently under tight deadlines.
• Strong analytical, financial modelling, and presentation skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Middle East transaction experience required; EMEA experience advantageous.
• Sector-agnostic background welcomed; the role covers a broad range of industries.
• Experience working directly with senior clients and managing junior team members.
• Arabic language skills advantageous but not required.

About MENA Careers

MENA Careers is a finance community built for professionals who want better access to recruiters, opportunities, and market insight. It helps members discover relevant private equity roles, find recruiters, and navigate the search with sharper direction across London, Europe, and Dubai. MENA Careers is designed to make the private equity search more focused, more informed, and more effective. For more information, visit joinsenna.com.

About the job

This role is open to UAE National applicants only.

The Role

The company's Corporate & Investment Banking Group (CIBG) is hiring an Analyst for its Corporate Credit Support team. The team sits within a group that provides corporate banking services including investment and transaction banking and financial market solutions, serving government entities, financial institutions, non-bank financial institutions, large corporates, and international banking relationships across the UAE and MENA region.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage credit memos end to end, ensuring consistency, quality, and alignment across the organisation.
• Prepare credit memos summarising borrower profiles, financial performance, risk factors, and recommendations.
• Review and verify credit documentation following memos for completeness and accuracy, ensuring compliance with regulatory and internal standards.
• Analyse financial statements and other financial documents for covenant monitoring and financial updates to Credit.
• Meet service level agreement turnaround times, reduce rework rates, and keep process and policy errors within prescribed thresholds.
• Coordinate with Relationship Managers, Risk, and Operations teams to facilitate credit memo processing and resolve queries.

Skills & Experience

• At least 4 years of experience in corporate credit analysis or credit support within banking or financial services.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, or equivalent.
• Working knowledge of banking and financial services.
• Knowledge of credit risk management tools and financial statement analysis.
• Analytical and logical reasoning skills; good negotiation skills.
• Intermediate proficiency in MS Office: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Product-specific underwriting knowledge.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive base salary plus eligibility for a variable pay plan.
• Medical insurance, group life insurance, and personal accident insurance.
• Paid leave and leave airfare.
• Employee preferential rates on loans and finance facilities.
• Staff discounts and offers.
• Children's education assistance (applicable to certain job levels).
• Flexible and remote working arrangements, subject to eligibility and job requirements.
• Learning and development opportunities including instructor-led courses, e-learning, on-the-job training, and professional development programmes.

About MENA Careers

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About the job

This analyst position sits within the Investment & Corporate Solutions function at an energy company based in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The role supports the Investment & Corporate Solutions Manager during the due diligence phase of potential mergers and acquisitions, in line with the company's corporate M&A strategy in the energy sector.

The Role

The analyst provides support on M&A due diligence activity. The scope is defined by the corporate M&A strategy of the energy company. No further detail on team structure, reporting lines, or transaction volume was provided in the source brief.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Investment & Corporate Solutions Manager during the due diligence phase of potential mergers and acquisitions.
• Work in alignment with the energy company's corporate M&A strategy in the energy sector.

Skills & Experience

No specific qualifications, years of experience, technical skills, or educational requirements were stated in the source brief.

About MENA Careers

MENA Careers is a private equity career platform built for candidates who want better access to recruiters, live opportunities, and market insight. It helps members discover relevant private equity roles, find specialist recruiters, and navigate the search with sharper direction across Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Doha, London, and Singapore. MENA Careers is designed to make the private equity search more focused, more informed, and more effective. For more information, visit joinsenna.com.

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The Role

This position is open to UAE National applicants only. The company is hiring a Senior Manager for Governance and Regulatory Implementation within its Corporate, Wealth and Investment Banking Group (CWIBG). The role sits in the Governance, Policy and Control team and operates as the first-line governance lead across all CWIBG business segments.

The role covers regulatory change management, gap assessment coordination, implementation oversight, stakeholder engagement, evidence management, regulatory assurance, and management reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead engagement with stakeholders across CWIBG and relevant support and control functions to ensure adherence to regulatory requirements.
• Act as the primary coordination point on regulatory matters, aligning with Compliance and Regulatory frameworks.
• Provide guidance on regulatory expectations and implementation approaches, ensuring accountability and timely delivery of agreed outcomes.
• Lead the Governance and Regulatory Implementation team, promoting accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Provide first-line oversight of regulatory and compliance risks across CWIBG, ensuring obligations, risks, and control requirements are identified, assessed, and managed.
• Lead and oversee assurance activities, reviews, and assessments to evaluate adherence to regulatory requirements and identify improvement opportunities.
• Coordinate remediation efforts and provide challenge where necessary to ensure timely resolution of identified gaps and issues.
• Monitor emerging regulatory developments and implementation risks, escalating material issues where appropriate.
• Lead governance and oversight of regulatory change activities across CWIBG, ensuring requirements are assessed and implemented consistently and on time.
• Establish and maintain frameworks for regulatory intake, impact assessment, gap analysis, and implementation oversight.
• Coordinate execution of regulatory initiatives across business, support, and control functions, ensuring clear ownership and sustainable implementation outcomes.
• Oversee remediation activities arising from regulatory mandates, examinations, audits, and compliance reviews.
• Develop and manage regulatory reporting, management information, and implementation tracking frameworks.
• Oversee preparation and coordination of regulatory submissions, management reporting, certifications, and assurance activities, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timely delivery.
• Ensure appropriate documentation, evidence, and audit trails are maintained to support regulatory implementation and governance oversight.
• Manage and supervise team activities to ensure targets and objectives are achieved in line with required policies, processes, and procedures.
• Implement approved departmental policies and ensure employee adherence to required standards.
• Motivate the team to contribute to the identification and implementation of change initiatives and projects in line with the company's standards.

Skills & Experience

• Minimum 7 years of experience, preferably in banking, in Risk Management, Compliance, Governance, or an equivalent function.
• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Business, Banking, Law, or equivalent.
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, and MS Office.
• Written and spoken English required.
• Working knowledge of the current regulatory environment, Regulatory Compliance, and Regulatory Risk.
• Strong understanding of Corporate Banking business, products, and services.
• UAE National applicants only.

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About the job

This position sits within the corporate finance team in Dubai and covers group-level strategy and corporate development at VP grade.

The Role

The VP, Group Strategy & Corporate Development works closely with senior leadership on enterprise-wide strategy initiatives, growth opportunity evaluation, and corporate development activities. The role also involves producing data-driven analysis to inform executive decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the development and execution of the group's strategic agenda.
• Evaluate growth opportunities across the business.
• Support corporate development activities.
• Produce data-driven insights for use in executive decision-making.
• Work directly with senior leadership on strategy initiatives.

Skills & Experience

• Experience operating at VP level or equivalent in a strategy or corporate development function.
• Ability to work with senior stakeholders on complex, enterprise-wide initiatives.
• Strong analytical capability with a track record of producing data-driven outputs.

Location

Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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About the job

Based in the UAE, this is an analyst-level position at a real estate private equity firm. The role covers evaluation, execution, and management of real estate investment opportunities across multiple asset classes and geographies.

The Role

The analyst will work across acquisitions, financial modelling, and investment initiatives. The firm operates across multiple asset classes and geographies.

Key Responsibilities

• Evaluate real estate investment opportunities
• Support execution of acquisitions
• Build and maintain financial models
• Manage aspects of real estate investments across the portfolio

Skills & Experience

• Experience in real estate investment, acquisitions, or financial modelling
• Familiarity with multiple asset classes and cross-geography transactions

About MENA Careers

MENA Careers is a finance community built for professionals who want better access to recruiters, opportunities, and market insight. It helps members discover relevant private equity roles, find recruiters, and navigate the search with sharper direction across London, Europe, and Dubai. MENA Careers is designed to make the private equity search more focused, more informed, and more effective. For more information, visit joinsenna.com.

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The Role

This is a Relationship Manager position within the Commercial Banking division, based in Sharjah. The role sits within the Retail Banking Group, which serves retail and micro-business customers across conventional and Shari'ah compliant banking products.

Key Responsibilities

• Acquire new clients and conduct wallet exercises to cross-sell the full product suite.
• Facilitate client onboarding to achieve assigned targets and secure profitable transactions.
• Build and maintain client dossiers capturing current and future client needs.
• Advise clients on new solutions, developments, and emerging opportunities.
• Obtain reports from support units and prepare credit applications.
• Report on client risk profiles and update approving authorities on any changes.
• Adhere to organisational and departmental policies, processes, and standard operating procedures.

Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's degree is required.
• Minimum four years of experience in a commercial banking environment.

Compensation & Benefits

• Participation in a variable pay plan.
• Medical insurance, group life insurance, and personal accident insurance.
• Paid leave and leave airfare.
• Preferential employee rates on loans and finance facilities.
• Staff discounts and offers.
• Children's education assistance, available at certain job levels.
• Flexible and remote working arrangements, subject to eligibility and job requirements.
• Access to structured learning programmes, e-learning, on-the-job training, and professional development.

About MENA Careers

MENA Careers is a finance community built for professionals who want better access to recruiters, opportunities, and market insight. It helps members discover relevant private equity roles, find recruiters, and navigate the search with sharper direction across London, Europe, and Dubai. MENA Careers is designed to make the private equity search more focused, more informed, and more effective. For more information, visit joinsenna.com.

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About MENA Careers

MENA Careers is a finance community built for professionals who want better access to recruiters, opportunities, and market insight. It helps members discover relevant private equity roles, find recruiters, and navigate the search with sharper direction across London, Europe, and Dubai. MENA Careers is designed to make the private equity search more focused, more informed, and more effective. For more information, visit joinsenna.com.

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MENA Careers is a finance community built for professionals who want better access to recruiters, opportunities, and market insight. It helps members discover relevant private equity roles, find recruiters, and navigate the search with sharper direction across London, Europe, and Dubai. MENA Careers is designed to make the private equity search more focused, more informed, and more effective. For more information, visit joinsenna.com.

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The Role

The asset manager is hiring a Trader within its Private Banking division, which serves high-net-worth clients across banking and investment needs. This position is open to UAE Nationals only and is based in Abu Dhabi.

The role involves shift-based working across rotating schedules. Shift patterns vary by season: April to September (9am–5pm, 11am–7pm, 3pm–11pm, or 5pm–1am) and October to March (9am–5pm, 12pm–8pm, 4pm–12am, or 6pm–2am).

Key Responsibilities

• Receive and transmit trade orders and communicate order information to internal and external parties.
• Perform end-of-day reconciliation between front and back office for trades and settlements.
• Coordinate between fund administration and front office for portfolio reconciliation.
• Produce daily, weekly, and monthly trade reports.
• Log and file all communications to and from clients and departments.
• Review and monitor client portfolios and flag relevant information such as corporate actions and dividend pay-outs.
• Conduct compliance checks on all trade orders to confirm adherence to regulatory requirements.
• Communicate with clients and provide first-line problem resolution for trade-related queries.
• Adhere to relevant organisational and departmental policies, standard operating procedures, and instructions.

Skills & Experience

• Minimum 4 years of experience in a trading-related role.
• Diploma in a relevant specialisation.
• Knowledge of stock broking fundamentals.
• Ability to work across rotating shift schedules throughout the year.
• UAE National status required.

Benefits

• Medical insurance.
• Group life and personal accident insurance.
• Paid leave and leave airfare.
• Preferential rates on employee loans and finance facilities.
• Staff discounts and offers.
• Children's education assistance (applicable to certain job levels).
• Flexible and remote working arrangements, subject to eligibility and job requirements.
• Access to structured learning programmes, e-learning, on-the-job training, and professional development.

About MENA Careers

MENA Careers is a finance community built for professionals who want better access to recruiters, opportunities, and market insight. It helps members discover relevant private equity roles, find recruiters, and navigate the search with sharper direction across London, Europe, and Dubai. MENA Careers is designed to make the private equity search more focused, more informed, and more effective. For more information, visit joinsenna.com.

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The Role

This is a VP-level institutional sales position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role sits within the institutional sales function of an asset manager and focuses on building and managing relationships with institutional clients.

Likely Focus

• Developing and maintaining relationships with institutional clients across the professional services sector
• Delivering investment solutions tailored to institutional client requirements
• Contributing to business development and revenue growth targets
• Engaging with pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, family offices, and similar institutional counterparts in the Saudi market

Expected Profile

• Background in banking or financial services, with direct exposure to institutional clients
• Experience in an institutional sales, client coverage, or relationship management capacity
• Familiarity with asset management products and how they are positioned to institutional investors
• Comfortable operating at a senior level with sophisticated client counterparts
• Based in or willing to relocate to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

About MENA Careers

MENA Careers is a private equity career platform built for candidates who want better access to recruiters, live opportunities, and market insight. It helps members discover relevant private equity roles, find specialist recruiters, and navigate the search with sharper direction across Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Doha, London, and Singapore. MENA Careers is designed to make the private equity search more focused, more informed, and more effective. For more information, visit joinsenna.com.

About the job

This role is based in Khobar, Saudi Arabia, with a global financial services firm. The position requires a Business Analyst with experience in retail banking in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The Role

The global financial services firm is hiring a Business Analyst with 6–8 years of overall experience, including hands-on exposure to retail banking in Saudi Arabia.

Skills & Experience

• 6–8 years of overall experience as a Business Analyst
• Hands-on exposure to retail banking in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

About MENA Careers

MENA Careers is a private equity career platform built for candidates who want better access to recruiters, live opportunities, and market insight. It helps members discover relevant private equity roles, find specialist recruiters, and navigate the search with sharper direction across Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Doha, London, and Singapore. MENA Careers is designed to make the private equity search more focused, more informed, and more effective. For more information, visit joinsenna.com.

About the job

The consulting firm is hiring a Senior Project Manager focused on transformation. The role is based in Dammam/Khobar, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.

The Role

The Senior Project Manager will lead and deliver transformation projects and strategic initiatives. The position requires managing complex projects and aligning them with business strategy and digital roadmaps.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver transformation projects and strategic initiatives
• Manage complex transformation projects from initiation through delivery
• Align projects with business strategy and digital roadmaps

Skills & Experience

• Demonstrated experience managing complex transformation projects and initiatives
• Ability to align project delivery with business strategy and digital roadmaps

About MENA Careers

MENA Careers is a finance community built for professionals who want better access to recruiters, opportunities, and market insight. It helps members discover relevant private equity roles, find recruiters, and navigate the search with sharper direction across London, Europe, and Dubai. MENA Careers is designed to make the private equity search more focused, more informed, and more effective. For more information, visit joinsenna.com.

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The Role

The real estate company is hiring a Senior Accountant to support financial management across its property management portfolio in Saudi Arabia. The role covers the full accounting cycle for managed assets, including client accounting, invoicing, collections reporting, reconciliations, and statutory compliance. The position is based in Riyadh, with occasional travel to managed assets within the Kingdom.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day accounting for assigned properties, including general ledger maintenance, journal entries, and month-end and year-end closing.
• Prepare and issue rent and service charge invoices in line with lease terms, ensuring compliance with ZATCA e-invoicing requirements.
• Monitor accounts receivable, maintain aged debt reports, allocate receipts, and flag arrears for escalation.
• Process accounts payable for property-related expenditure, verifying supplier invoices against contracts, purchase orders, and approved budgets.
• Perform bank, client account, and intercompany reconciliations, ensuring client monies are handled in line with trust accounting requirements.
• Support service charge accounting, including budget uploads, expenditure tracking, accruals, and year-end reconciliations for managed assets.
• Prepare monthly client financial reports, including income statements, variance analysis against budget, and cash flow summaries.
• Ensure compliance with VAT, withholding tax, and Zakat requirements.
• Support internal and external audits with documentation and analysis.

Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a closely related field.
• 4–6 years of accounting experience, ideally including real estate or property management experience in KSA or the GCC.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel is required.
• Experience with ERP or property management systems such as Yardi, Oracle, or SAP is an advantage.
• Working knowledge of KSA VAT, ZATCA e-invoicing, and IFRS is required.
• Fluency in English, both spoken and written, is required; Arabic is highly preferred.
• Ability to liaise with landlords, property managers, auditors, and tenants on financial matters.
• Ability to interpret financial data, investigate variances, and present findings clearly.
• Ability to manage month-end close and multiple reporting cycles across a portfolio of assets.
• Valid driving licence and reliable transportation required.

About MENA Careers

MENA Careers is a finance community built for professionals who want better access to recruiters, opportunities, and market insight. It helps members discover relevant private equity roles, find recruiters, and navigate the search with sharper direction across London, Europe, and Dubai. MENA Careers is designed to make the private equity search more focused, more informed, and more effective. For more information, visit joinsenna.com.

About the job

The asset manager is hiring a Financial Markets Advisory Director based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The Role

This is a director-level position within the Financial Markets Advisory function, covering the Middle East region and based in Riyadh.

Key Responsibilities

• No specific responsibilities were listed in the source brief.

Skills & Experience

• No specific requirements were listed in the source brief.

Location

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

About MENA Careers

MENA Careers is a private equity career platform built for candidates who want better access to recruiters, live opportunities, and market insight. It helps members discover relevant private equity roles, find specialist recruiters, and navigate the search with sharper direction across Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Doha, London, and Singapore. MENA Careers is designed to make the private equity search more focused, more informed, and more effective. For more information, visit joinsenna.com.

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The Role

The infrastructure investor is hiring a Design Director for Estate Management, based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The position sits within a City Assets Management function and is focused on operational design review and assurance across city and district assets. The Director represents the future operator, maintainer, and asset owner throughout planning, design development, design reviews, and asset delivery. The role holds design authority for operability and maintainability, providing independent review, challenge, assurance, and recommendations across assets that will require future operations, maintenance, management, or service delivery.

The position works closely with Development, Delivery, City Operations, Community Management, Asset Management, Utilities, Mobility, Security, Digital, and other operational stakeholders. It also coordinates operational aspects of asset handover with City Asset Management.

Key Responsibilities

Asset Operability and Maintainability Reviews

• Lead operational design reviews of city and district assets to assess operability, maintainability, functionality, and long-term serviceability.
• Review asset designs at planning, concept, schematic, detailed design, and pre-handover stages.
• Challenge design proposals to ensure assets can be safely, efficiently, and sustainably operated and maintained.
• Assess asset layouts, operational functionality, maintenance strategies, and service delivery requirements.
• Identify operational risks, maintenance constraints, accessibility challenges, and service delivery issues that may affect future operations.
• Provide evidence-based recommendations to improve asset operability, maintainability, and operational performance.
• Support governance and stage-gate reviews through technical review comments and assurance recommendations.
• Promote whole-life thinking within design reviews to support long-term operational sustainability.

Operational Design Standards and Requirements

• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve operational design standards, guidance documents, and review criteria.
• Define operability, maintainability, and service delivery requirements for use by development and design teams.
• Develop operational requirements relating to maintenance access, serviceability, support facilities, and operational infrastructure.
• Establish design review frameworks and assurance processes to support consistent assessment of developments.
• Ensure operational design requirements are embedded within development processes and governance frameworks.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to maintain current and future operational requirements across asset classes.
• Provide subject matter expertise relating to operational readiness and operational design assurance.

City Asset Facilities Planning

• Review and provide assurance on the sizing, location, and functionality of facilities required to support city operations and asset management activities.
• Assess operational support facilities including maintenance compounds, workshops, storage areas, waste facilities, logistics areas, and staff support infrastructure.
• Evaluate proposed facility capacities against forecast operational requirements and service delivery needs.
• Review space planning requirements associated with operational support activities and future city growth.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to validate operational assumptions and facility utilization requirements.
• Ensure asset support facilities align with long-term operating models and maintenance requirements.

Operational Logistics and Accessibility Planning

• Review and provide assurance on operational logistics requirements associated with city and district assets.
• Assess asset access arrangements, servicing routes, loading facilities, deliveries, refuse collection arrangements, and maintenance access requirements.
• Review emergency access provisions and operational resilience considerations.
• Ensure operational logistics requirements are appropriately integrated into development and design proposals.
• Identify operational conflicts and provide recommendations to improve functionality and service delivery performance.

District Design Support and Stakeholder Coordination

• Provide operational design subject matter expertise to district development teams throughout planning and design activities.
• Participate in workshops, technical working groups, design reviews, and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Coordinate operational stakeholder inputs to ensure consistent and integrated review outcomes.
• Facilitate alignment between Development, Delivery, Asset Management, City Operations, Community Management, and specialist operational functions.
• Support resolution of design issues through structured review, analysis, and stakeholder engagement.

Consultant and Technical Advisor Management

• Define scopes, deliverables, acceptance criteria, and performance requirements for consultants supporting operational design review and assurance activities.
• Manage consultant activities relating to operability, maintainability, facilities planning, logistics planning, and operational readiness.
• Review consultant reports, technical studies, assessments, and recommendations.
• Ensure consultant outputs align with Estate Management objectives and operational requirements.
• Escalate significant issues, risks, and recommendations to senior management where appropriate.

Design Governance, Assurance, and Asset Handover Coordination

• Support design governance processes through operational design assurance, review comments, and technical recommendations.
• Participate in stage-gate reviews and governance forums relating to city and district developments.
• Maintain records of design review findings, risks, actions, and assurance outcomes.
• Monitor closure of operational design review comments and stakeholder actions.
• Coordinate operational aspects of asset handover planning with the City Asset Management team.
• Facilitate alignment between design teams, delivery teams, and future asset owners during handover activities.

Continuous Improvement and Reporting

• Capture lessons learned from developments, asset handovers, and operational experience.
• Coordinate benchmarking activities with specialist consultants to identify leading industry practices.
• Monitor design trends, emerging technologies, and innovative approaches relevant to asset operations and maintenance.
• Develop leadership reporting, dashboards, and management information relating to operational design assurance activities.
• Support capability development across Estate Management through guidance, coaching, and stakeholder engagement.

Skills & Experience

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Facilities Management, Asset Management, Urban Planning, Building Sciences, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
• Master's degree in a relevant discipline is desirable.
• Chartered, licensed, or professionally accredited status with a recognized professional institution is preferred.
• Additional qualifications in facilities management, asset management, operational readiness, or infrastructure planning are advantageous.

Experience

• Minimum 15 years of progressive experience in design management, operational readiness, facilities planning, asset management, infrastructure delivery, estate management, or related disciplines, including leadership experience.
• Demonstrated experience reviewing complex developments from an operational, maintainability, and service delivery perspective.
• Experience influencing design outcomes across multidisciplinary projects and stakeholder groups.
• Experience developing operational requirements, design standards, and assurance processes.
• Experience supporting design governance and stage-gate review processes.
• Experience coordinating development, operations, asset management, and delivery stakeholders.
• Experience managing consultants, technical advisors, and specialist studies.
• Experience within major mixed-use destinations, large-scale developments, infrastructure programs, master-planned communities, cities, or giga-projects is strongly preferred.

Technical Competencies

• Operability and maintainability reviews.
• Operational design assurance.
• Design governance and stage-gate processes.
• Facilities planning and operational infrastructure assessment.
• Operational logistics and accessibility planning.
• Asset handover coordination.
• Stakeholder engagement and cross-functional integration.
• Consultant management and technical assurance.
• Operational readiness planning.
• Whole-life asset performance considerations.

About MENA Careers

MENA Careers is a finance community built for professionals who want better access to recruiters, opportunities, and market insight. It helps members discover relevant private equity roles, find recruiters, and navigate the search with sharper direction across London, Europe, and Dubai. MENA Careers is designed to make the private equity search more focused, more informed, and more effective. For more information, visit joinsenna.com.

About the job

This position sits within a real estate company operating across Saudi Arabia. The role covers both new site acquisition and ongoing management of an existing property portfolio.

The Role

The Senior Real Estate Manager leads site acquisition activity and manages the existing property portfolio. The position requires handling multiple workstreams concurrently, from identifying new locations to maintaining compliance and cost control across current sites.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead site acquisition for new store openings across Saudi Arabia
• Conduct market feasibility assessments for prospective locations
• Perform trade zone analysis to evaluate site viability
• Negotiate leases for new sites
• Oversee management and optimization of the existing property portfolio
• Maintain landlord relationships across all operating locations
• Ensure lease compliance across the portfolio
• Monitor and manage property costs to maintain cost efficiency

Skills & Experience

• Experience in real estate site acquisition and lease negotiation
• Familiarity with market feasibility and trade zone analysis
• Demonstrated ability to manage an active property portfolio
• Experience working within the Saudi Arabia real estate market
• Strong landlord relationship management skills

About MENA Careers

MENA Careers is a finance community built for professionals who want better access to recruiters, opportunities, and market insight. It helps members discover relevant private equity roles, find recruiters, and navigate the search with sharper direction across London, Europe, and Dubai. MENA Careers is designed to make the private equity search more focused, more informed, and more effective. For more information, visit joinsenna.com.