What you will do

• Bank selection and placementRead a client profile and know — directly, without research — which bank will take it, and on what terms.
• Determine the appropriate banking route, jurisdiction and institution for each client structure.
• Prepare and present client files to banks, and drive applications through to account opening and after-services.
• Set realistic expectations with clients and colleagues on what is achievable and in what timeframe.

• Relationships and escalationBuild and hold direct relationships with relationship managers and onboarding teams across the UAE and relevant international banks.
• Resolve bank queries and requests for information through to completion, on the client's behalf.
• Handle declines: diagnose the real reason, rework and reposition the file, and place it elsewhere.
• Advise clients directly and credibly on what a bank will and will not accept — and structure accordingly.

• Working with complianceWork alongside our compliance function on CDD and EDD, UBO analysis, and source of wealth and source of Funds.
• Pre-empt and mitigate risk factors in a file before it reaches the bank, rather than after.
• Serve as the internal point of reference for client teams on banking questions.

What we are looking for

• Both sides of the desk. Time inside a UAE bank, and hands-on experience placing clients into accounts from the client side.
• Live relationships with UAE relationship managers and onboarding teams that you can use from day one.
• Complexity. Our clients are not standard business current accounts — multi-layer ownership, cross-border source of funds, offshore holding chains, and sometimes higher-risk jurisdictions. We will want to understand how much of that you have handled.
• An advisor, not an administrator. The role exists to enable good business within a sensible risk framework.
• Credibility in front of UHNW clients — the composure to sit in the room and be believed.