Associate Director

Associate Director - CFIB

Job Description

Role: Associate Director - Corporate Finance and Investment Banking

Location: Dubai

Role Purpose: This is a key role within the Corporate Finance and Investment Banking (CFIB) team focused on originating, structuring, and executing corporate finance transactions with WBG and FI clients of the bank. The role holder will focus on delivering shariah-compliant financing solutions to ADIB's clients across its core markets and will have to work closely with coverage teams, other CFIB teams, as well as internal stakeholders (such as credit approvers) to support origination of financing transactions, development of strategic relationships, and provide solutions in alignment with ADIB risk appetite and strategy.

Key Accountabilities of the Role

1. Evaluate, structure, and execute deals in collaboration with the coverage and credit teams.
2. Assume full responsibility for deal origination, structuring of financing solutions, and execution of deals.
3. Take ownership of, and adopt a proactive approach towards, financial modeling, due diligence, credit analysis, sharia structuring, preparation of pitch decks, transaction material (including investor presentations/syndication materials), negotiation of facility documentation, and financial closure.
4. Supervise associates within CFIB and provide deal team leadership.
5. Demonstrate the ability to integrate capabilities/expertise to manage deal dynamics and meet client requirements.
6. Conduct due diligence and perform in-depth credit analysis (incl. financial due diligence); Identify and address key risks during due diligence, transaction structuring, credit approval, and documentation stages.
7. Lead idea generation especially application of sharia structuring to help secure lead roles for ADIB on financing transactions.
8. Embed the "originate to distribute" model in the origination of structured finance or syndicated transactions.

Specialist Skills / Technical Knowledge Required for this Role:

• Effective communicator with the ability to present complex issues to a senior audience internally and externally.
• Ability to work under pressure, stay calm, manage conflicts, and adjust quickly to changing priorities.
• The time-sensitive nature of the deal life cycle and the highly competitive nature of the business requires the candidate to be able and willing to work longer hours beyond the official working hours in order to ensure client satisfaction.

Job ID: 300002190858605