Capital Markets Strategy Manager

📈 We're Hiring: Capital Markets Strategy Manager📍 Location: United Arab Emirates (Remote)🕒 Employment Type: Full-Time💼 Experience Level: Mid-Level to Senior🌐 Work Arrangement: Fully RemoteAbout UsWe are a finance-focused organization committed to developing sophisticated capital markets strategies that support growth, capital efficiency, investment performance, liquidity, and long-term enterprise value. Our distributed teams collaborate across Corporate Finance, Treasury, Investment Management, Risk, Accounting, Investor Relations, Legal, Economics, Data Analytics, and Executive Leadership to navigate evolving financial markets and optimize capital allocation.The RoleWe are seeking an experienced Capital Markets Strategy Manager to lead capital markets analysis, financing strategy, investor positioning, capital allocation, market intelligence, funding optimization, and strategic financial initiatives. The ideal candidate will combine deep financial-market knowledge with quantitative analysis, strategic thinking, and strong stakeholder management to develop actionable strategies that optimize the organization's access to capital and financial flexibility.Key ResponsibilitiesDevelop and implement capital markets strategies aligned with organizational growth objectives, capital requirements, risk appetite, liquidity needs, and long-term financial goals.Monitor global capital markets, interest rates, credit markets, equity markets, foreign exchange, fixed income, commodities, and macroeconomic developments to identify risks and opportunities.Collaborate with Treasury, Corporate Finance, Investment Management, Risk, Accounting, Investor Relations, Legal, Strategy, Economics, Data Analytics, and Executive Leadership.Develop funding strategies covering debt, equity, hybrid securities, structured finance, private capital, syndicated financing, refinancing, and other appropriate capital-market instruments.Evaluate capital-raising alternatives based on cost of capital, market conditions, liquidity, maturity profile, investor demand, credit considerations, strategic flexibility, and risk.Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) including funding cost, weighted average cost of capital, liquidity coverage, debt maturity profile, capital efficiency, financing execution, investor engagement, market performance, and strategic initiative delivery.Conduct financial-market research, scenario analysis, sensitivity analysis, valuation analysis, peer benchmarking, capital-structure assessments, and macroeconomic analysis.Develop and maintain financial models covering capital structure, debt capacity, refinancing requirements, interest expense, cash flows, valuation, funding scenarios, and capital allocation.Analyze optimal capital structures and recommend strategies to balance leverage, liquidity, financial flexibility, shareholder returns, credit quality, and cost of capital.Support debt and equity transactions by coordinating market analysis, investor materials, transaction strategy, financial modelling, due diligence, execution planning, and stakeholder communications.Evaluate market windows and advise senior leadership on the timing and structure of financing, refinancing, issuance, repurchases, capital distributions, and other strategic transactions.Monitor credit ratings, lender relationships, investor sentiment, market liquidity, covenant requirements, and relevant credit-market developments.Develop investor and lender insights by analyzing market expectations, comparable companies, sector trends, valuation multiples, ownership structures, analyst perspectives, and capital-market positioning.Support investor relations through market intelligence, earnings preparation, investor presentations, financial narratives, shareholder analysis, and strategic messaging.Conduct capital allocation assessments across organic investment, acquisitions, dividends, share repurchases, debt reduction, liquidity reserves, and other strategic uses of capital.Identify opportunities to improve financing efficiency through refinancing, liability management, maturity optimization, interest-rate management, currency management, and capital-structure optimization.Partner with Risk and Treasury teams to assess interest-rate, foreign-exchange, liquidity, credit, counterparty, and market risks associated with capital-market activities.Ensure capital markets activities comply with applicable UAE financial regulations, securities requirements, corporate governance standards, disclosure obligations, and relevant international financial-market frameworks.Coordinate with investment banks, commercial banks, asset managers, institutional investors, rating agencies, financial advisers, legal advisers, brokers, exchanges, and other capital-markets counterparties.Manage external advisers and financial institutions through mandates, transaction execution, market updates, pricing discussions, due diligence, documentation, and performance reviews.Drive digital transformation through artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted market intelligence, predictive financial analytics, scenario modelling, automated research, investor sentiment analysis, quantitative market monitoring, and intelligent decision-support systems.Utilize Bloomberg, LSEG Workspace/Refinitiv, Capital IQ, FactSet, Excel, Power BI, Tableau, Python, financial-modelling platforms, treasury-management systems, ERP systems, investor-relations platforms, and market-data technologies.Manage capital-markets strategy budgets, advisory fees, market-data subscriptions, financial institutions, consultants, transaction advisers, and technology resources.Prepare executive capital-markets reports, financing analyses, market outlooks, capital-structure recommendations, investor presentations, board materials, funding dashboards, scenario assessments, and strategic recommendations for senior leadership.Lead, mentor, and develop capital-markets analysts, financial analysts, treasury specialists, investment professionals, and multidisciplinary finance teams while fostering analytical rigor, commercial awareness, integrity, accountability, and continuous improvement.RequirementsBachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business Administration, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field.Master's degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration (MBA), Investment Management, or a related discipline is highly advantageous.Professional qualifications such as CFA, CA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA, FRM, or equivalent capital-markets and finance credentials are preferred.Minimum 5 years of experience in capital markets, investment banking, corporate finance, treasury, investment management, equity research, debt capital markets, or related financial roles.At least 2 years of experience managing capital-markets strategy, financing programmes, transaction analysis, investment initiatives, or multidisciplinary financial projects preferred.Strong understanding of equity markets, debt markets, fixed income, credit, capital structure, valuation, financial modelling, liquidity, corporate finance, macroeconomics, and capital allocation.Experience with Bloomberg, LSEG Workspace/Refinitiv, Capital IQ, FactSet, Excel, Power BI, Tableau, Python, financial-modelling platforms, treasury-management systems, ERP platforms, and investor-relations technologies.Familiarity with AI-powered financial-market analysis, predictive market analytics, automated research, quantitative modelling, investor sentiment analysis, alternative data, and intelligent financial decision-support technologies is highly advantageous.Strong financial, quantitative, strategic, analytical, communication, presentation, negotiation, stakeholder management, project management, and problem-solving skills.Ability to interpret complex financial-market conditions and translate market intelligence into actionable financing, capital-allocation, and strategic recommendations.Strong understanding of financial risk, corporate governance, market regulation, disclosure requirements, credit considerations, liquidity management, and investor expectations.Ability to manage multiple capital-markets initiatives while balancing funding requirements, market conditions, transaction costs, liquidity, leverage, risk, investor expectations, regulatory obligations, and strategic priorities.Ability to work effectively in a remote environment with distributed finance, treasury, investment, risk, accounting, legal, investor-relations, data, and executive teams, with occasional travel for investor meetings, banking discussions, transaction execution, conferences, board meetings, and strategic workshops as required.What We OfferFully remote work arrangement with flexible collaboration across global finance, treasury, investment, risk, accounting, legal, investor-relations, data, and executive teams.Competitive compensation package with performance-based incentives.Comprehensive health and wellness benefits.Professional development and capital-markets leadership growth opportunities.Exposure to AI-powered financial analytics, predictive market intelligence, quantitative modelling, automated research, investor analytics, and next-generation financial technologies.Collaborative culture focused on financial discipline, strategic thinking, analytical excellence, innovation, integrity, and continuous improvement.Opportunity to influence major financing and capital-allocation decisions by developing sophisticated strategies that strengthen liquidity, optimize capital structure, and create long-term enterprise value.