
First Abu Dhabi Bank
Specialist – FXMM Confirmations (FX/MM/Islamic Products)
- Permanent
- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Experience 2 - 5 yrs
Job expiry date: 19/01/2026
Job overview
Date posted
05/12/2025
Location
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Salary
Undisclosed
Compensation
Job description
The role ensures accurate validation, matching and confirmation of FX, Money Market and Islamic product deals across multiple FAB entities including FAB Abu Dhabi, FAB London, FAB Hong Kong, FAB Oman and FAB Cayman. Responsibilities include verifying that deal details and settlement instructions are correctly captured and ensuring confirmations received through Matcher Manager, Misys, FXall, Bloomberg or document-based channels match deal details recorded in Murex. The specialist coordinates closely with the FX/MM Settlements team by preparing manual payments or accounting entries to ensure timely settlement of all deals before currency cut-off times, preventing financial loss or penalties. The role involves preparing MT103 in Swift Alliance, preparing MT103/202 in NBADFTS, amending NBADFTS AED payments for MM/IMM maturity deposit deals, monitoring and updating commercial payments logs and ensuring trade validation and matching queues in Murex are cleared at end of day. Additional duties include monitoring group emails, managing trades with missing SSI by preparing and submitting SSI forms to the RDG team, liaising with dealers for missing or incorrect deals, sending confirmations to counterparties, sending chasers for unmatched confirmations, manually inputting CLS positions for ADIA/FAB Cayman/FAB London when required, preparing manual confirmations, preparing Islamic confirmations in swift and document format, validating and matching payments from Murex, verifying signatures in Intellect and T24, liaising with GM, clients, GMO desks and other departments, and coordinating with the Investigations team on customer queries. The specialist participates in all duty shifts from 5AM to 9PM, prepares shift schedules, and supports AVP and Manager with reporting, QPR updates, SOP, KRI, audit, STP reporting, capacity and KPI requirements, in addition to performing manual posting of Intellect/T24 entries when necessary.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Validate FX/MM/Islamic product trades and ensure deal details and settlement instructions are correctly captured
- Match confirmations using Matcher Manager, Misys, FXall or verify document confirmations against Murex entries
- Coordinate with FX/MM Settlements by preparing manual payments or accounting entries and ensuring deals settle before currency cut-off times
- Follow departmental policies, processes and SOPs for controlled and consistent work execution
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives to enhance systems, processes and cost efficiency
- Assist in preparing accurate and timely department statements and reports
- Validate and match trades for all FAB entities including Abu Dhabi, London, Hong Kong, Oman and Cayman
- Monitor and update commercial payments logs
- Prepare MT103 in Swift Alliance and MT103/202 in NBADFTS when needed
- Amend NBADFTS AED payments for MM/IMM maturity deposits
- Monitor group emails and take required action
- Prepare SSI forms for trades with missing settlement instructions and follow up with RDG
- Liaise with dealers for missing or incorrectly booked deals and required amendments
- Monitor auto-generated Murex emails in the manual doc confirmation inbox and send confirmations to counterparties
- Review unmatched confirmations in Matcher Manager, Misys, FXall and Bloomberg and send chasers when required
- Manually input CLS positions in Murex when changes occur in HSBCNet or as required
- Prepare manual and Islamic confirmations in both swift and document formats
- Ensure trade validation and matching queues in Murex and swift modification queues are cleared at end of day
- Validate and match payments from Murex after checking statuses in confirmation systems
- Verify signatures in Intellect and T24 when required
- Liaise with GM, clients, GMO desks, branches and Investigations teams for queries and follow-ups
- Participate in all operational shifts from 5AM to 9PM and prepare shift schedules for the team
Experience & skills
- Hold a bachelor’s degree in a related discipline
- Possess at least 1 year of relevant experience in the banking sector
- Demonstrate strong understanding of FX, MM and Islamic product workflows
- Have working knowledge of confirmation matching systems including Matcher Manager, Misys, FXall and Bloomberg
- Be proficient in Murex for trade validation, matching, payment checking and queue management
- Demonstrate ability to prepare and process MT103 and MT202 messages using Swift Alliance and NBADFTS
- Show capability to amend NBADFTS AED payments for MM/IMM maturity deposits
- Understand CLS position handling and manual updates in Murex when required
- Possess strong knowledge of settlement instructions (SSI) procedures including preparation and coordination with RDG
- Be able to verify customer signatures using Intellect and T24 systems
- Have experience monitoring auto-generated system emails and ensuring accurate confirmation dispatch
- Show competency in preparing manual confirmations including Islamic confirmations in both swift and document format
- Demonstrate ability to liaise effectively with traders, GM, clients, GMO desks, Investigations and other bank departments
- Be comfortable working across multiple FAB entities including Abu Dhabi, London, Hong Kong, Oman and Cayman
- Show strong attention to detail to ensure error-free settlement and compliance with cut-off times
- Be able to work shifting schedules between 5AM and 9PM
- Demonstrate strong communication skills for coordination via email and phone
- Have familiarity with departmental SOPs, KRI, QPR, audit requirements, STP reporting and capacity/KPI tracking
- Demonstrate continuous improvement mindset related to systems, processes and cost efficiency
- Show strong organizational skills to manage logs, queues, confirmations and cross-entity workflows