banking jobs in UAE | First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) careers
First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) announced, through its Linkedin account, a bank job in uae (Director- Fund Admin & Middle Office Services) according to the following:
- Perform a diverse range of Middle Office responsibilities with primary focus on portfolio performance analysis, valuation of investments, Fund NAV oversight, Reporting, Fund factsheets, risk reporting & analytics
- Production of attribution analysis, contribution exposures, positioning, P&L and peer group ranking analysis.
- Run Book analytics and related characteristics for held to maturity fixed income bond portfolios.
- Perform best/worst scenario analysis and liquidity analysis for the Fund Managers to assist in investment decisions and regulatory/board reporting
- Run various risk analytics for fund managers, client and regulatory reporting.
- Monitoring and reporting of hedging of currency exposure for fund share classes and portfolios
- Production of performance, investment and trade reports for Investment Review Committee, Fund Advisory Body, UCITS Board, broker allocation review committee and for management information.
- Manage UCITS regulatory requirements, KIIDs, EMIR, Central Bank of Ireland/UAE and SCA regulatory requirements. Analyse new regulatory requirements and produce the relevant reports.
- Analyse and investigate root causes of performance/analytics variances. Key contact to address performance reporting related queries from internal and external customers.
- Maintain valuation policy and run pricing models for illiquid securities and portfolios.
- Responsible for designing and production of fund factsheets with best industry standards applied.
- Responsible for design and production of Client factsheets, managing client audits, new and bespoke client reporting requirements.
- Oversight of fund administrators, Fund NAVs, manage any position, valuation, corporate actions queries.
- Manage fund audit process and finalise fund financial statements.
- Responsible for running Fund Dividend calculation and distribution process
- Generate performance fee calculations and reporting.
- Assist in managing investment guidelines in the system and assist in investigating investment guideline breaches and its impact.
- Maintain leveraged portfolios and manage LTV limits to comply with credit covenants.
- Assist in managing daily trade life cycle and reconciliation process
- Work closely with fund managers and sales team in client specific requirements in terms of reporting, valuations and investment guidelines.
- Formulate, recommend, and test process and system enhancements and calculation methodologies in line with best industry standards.
- Contribute to policy and procedure changes, risk assessments and control, internal audit, ensuring regulatory compliance and changing business requirements are met.
- Lead and implement process efficiencies and system enhancements projects independently as required by the VP, Middle Office Services.
- 8+ years’ work experience within investment management, banking or other financial institution.
- Minimum of 5+ years working within a performance measurement and risk analytics team of asset management, mutual fund, hedge fund or fund administration business
- Working knowledge of Portfolio Valuation and Fund Net Asset Value Calculations
- Knowledge of IFRS/investment accounting for securities portfolio and funds.
- Knowledge of Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS) would be added advantage
- Mathematically sound and strong grip over statistical analysis and models.
- Sound knowledge of end to end workflow and life cycle of financial instruments including equities, fixed income, Repos, FX, Exchange traded and OTC derivatives.
- Hands on experience in administering and managing Portfolio & order management systems like Bloomberg AIM, Advent or equivalent and data providers like Bloomberg, Reuters etc
- Experience in running projects and implementation of system enhancements independently.
- Advanced MS Excel and Experience with VBA and Macros.
- Ability to work independently under tight deadlines and effectively manage multiple tasks.
- Eye for detail, number crunching and strong analytical abilities are must.
- A post graduate degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Statistics or related field Or a CFA or pursuing CFA.