
First Abu Dhabi Bank
Executive Director, FX & Rates Trading
- Permanent
- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Experience 10 - 15 yrs
Job expiry date: 30/10/2026
Job overview
Date posted
15/09/2026
Location
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Salary
AED 60,000 - 100,000 per month
Compensation
Comprehensive package + relocation
Experience
10 - 15 yrs
Seniority
VP/Executive
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
30/10/2026
Job description
Emerging market FX and rates activities outside the GCC and G10 sit at the center of this Executive Director, FX & Rates Trading role within FAB's Global Markets business. You help lead and manage that book, overseeing structuring and execution of transactions, conducting risk and investment return analysis, and supporting colleagues and junior traders toward maximum profitability with minimal risk exposure. Business strategy gets delivered by managing and directing customer flow to meet and surpass budget targets. The desk, and Global Markets more broadly, gets enhanced through expanded product offerings, systematic and procedural improvements, and mentoring of junior staff. Pricing gets provided to facilitate customer business, working closely with Sales colleagues to grow the client franchise, and quant teams help refine and calibrate pricing and valuation curves together with you. New and existing curves, frameworks, systems and processes stay fit for purpose and aligned with market best practice. Risk teams partner with you to adapt and expand the relevant mandate according to opportunities and FAB's risk appetite, while compliance with all appropriate risk and counterparty limits is maintained throughout. Relationships with counterparties, brokers and other market participants get cultivated and maintained, expanding awareness of the desk's capabilities to attract new flows and limits.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Deliver the business strategy and manage customer flow to meet and surpass set budget
- Enhance the desk and Global Markets broadly, expanding product offerings, systematic improvements and mentoring of junior staff
- Support distribution avenues to enhance the business
- Provide pricing to facilitate customer business and work with Sales colleagues to develop the client franchise
- Coordinate with quant teams to refine and calibrate pricing and valuation curves
- Ensure new and existing curves, frameworks, systems and processes remain fit for purpose and aligned with market best practice
- Partner with Risk teams to adapt and expand the relevant mandate according to opportunities and FAB's risk appetite
- Lead and mentor junior staff
- Identify and analyze new product and regional opportunities
- Develop and implement risk mitigation strategies
- Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with counterparties, brokers and other market participants
Experience & skills
- Hold a minimum degree in Accounting, Economics, Banking or Financial Management, or equivalent
- Bring a minimum of 8 years of relevant markets experience in similar positions
- Carry a strong understanding of relevant global markets products
- Apply strong market-making skills alongside well-developed risk management techniques
- Maintain knowledge of relevant regulations, jurisdictions and compliance requirements
- Show a proven track record of managing risk effectively and delivering consistent financial performance
- Use Microsoft Office confidently, including VBA and Macro development
- Demonstrate strong analytical and quantitative skills, including Bloomberg proficiency
- Act as a self-starter who shows initiative, solves problems and works confidently with stakeholders