Job description

The Senior Director - Structuring is responsible for leading the Structuring Team within the Sales & Structuring Desk of a major UAE bank. The role enables bespoke derivative solutions for risk management, financing, and investment purposes across Wholesale Banking, International Banking, and Retail Banking Wealth Management. The position focuses on designing, pricing, documenting, and executing complex and vanilla commodity derivatives including hydrocarbons, metals, and agricultural products, as well as structured financing solutions. It also requires working knowledge of Interest Rates, FX, and Credit derivatives. The Senior Director ensures the development of trade terms, marketing materials, booking models, and timely execution of trades while maintaining compliance with internal policies, external regulations, and risk management protocols. The position involves maintaining close collaboration with internal stakeholders such as AWAI, MTCR, GCD, Treasury Finance, Treasury Middle Office, Treasury Operations, Group Legal and Compliance, as well as with sales teams, relationship managers, and counterparty banks for back-to-back execution. The role is accountable for generating trade ideas, providing pricing accurately and efficiently, executing trades, ensuring correct input into treasury systems, and supporting the lifecycle management of structured products and derivatives to optimize fee revenue and client satisfaction. The Senior Director also acts as a key advisor for structured product solutions, ensuring process efficiency, internal approval management, and adherence to all governance and regulatory standards.