Assistant Relationship Manager, Corporate Banking ( UAE National )

Job Purpose:

Professional management & maintenance of Corporate banking relations, in coordination with SRM and Unit Head, Corporate Banking.

Principal Accountabilities:

Maintain & manage an assigned portfolio with existing corporate clients to retain & grow their banking relationships in a profitable manner and in line with assigned business growth targets. Besides managing his/her own portfolio, the ARM will support the Relationship Manager on day to day activities.

Identify, solicit and acquire new corporate clients in line with approved corporate strategies for Assets, Liabilities, Trade and Treasury Sales.

Structure appropriate credit lines in conformity with the Bank’s underwriting standards and risk adjusted targets after thorough analysis of information necessary for the preparation of a detailed credit proposal.

Making regular visits to clients for both monitoring and business generation purposes.

Establish good liaison with customers for their day to day banking requirements and professionally manage security documentation requirements. 

Conduct account planning with Client Service Team Members & cross selling other products & services to commercial clients to ensure multi-product relationship and greater Share of wallet. Facilitating other lines of business in exploiting business opportunities through referrals to Wealth/Consumer Banking

Establish effective & professional communication (both internal and external) to ensure turnaround time within designated parameters and higher client satisfaction levels.

Ensure timely and accurate credit administrations through timely completion of annual reviews and regular monitoring of financials, covenants and other parameters within the review cycle.

Comply with internal audit requirements in line with the policy guidelines, to ensure high standards of uniformity and consistency across the Bank

Keep abreast of developments in the local business environment to spot business opportunities. Contribute to the planning process in order to develop corporate business strategies.

Develop a strong level of local contacts with the local business and financial institutions community

Education and Experience

Minimum Bachelor Degree in Economics or Finance or Business Management / CA / CFA

3 –5 years of experience in Corporate banking with 2 years of exposure to Corporate Banking in the UAE. Ideally incumbent should have had exposure to one or more emerging markets.