Head of Balance Sheet Management

We're excited to be partnering with a leading institution in the UAE that is building a digital-first, AI-enabled financial services organization from the ground up. This is a unique opportunity to join at an early stage and help shape the operational, financial, and control foundations of a business with significant institutional backing and long-term ambition. If you're passionate about treasury markets, balance sheet optimisation, and building scalable financial frameworks, we'd love to hear from you. As Head of Balance Sheet Management, you will lead the bank's market-facing treasury desk, overseeing funding execution, liquidity management, FX and interest rate hedging, and treasury client execution activities. Working closely with Treasury, Finance, Risk, and ALCO stakeholders, you will play a critical role in deploying the bank's capital, managing liquidity and market risk, and building a high-performing treasury function from day one. Responsibilities• Lead the money market and funding desk, ensuring effective funding execution and liquidity management across currencies and tenors. • Manage FX and interest rate hedging activities for the bank's balance sheet and corporate clients. • Own the treasury desk P&L and performance against approved targets. • Manage the HQLA portfolio and liquidity buffer, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and internal targets. • Provide market intelligence, pricing insights, and treasury recommendations to senior management and ALCO. • Build and develop the treasury dealing desk while embedding automation, advanced analytics, and AI-enabled treasury capabilities. Requirements• 12+ years of treasury markets experience within banking or financial services, including leadership of a treasury dealing desk. • Deep expertise across money market funding, liquidity management, FX hedging, interest rate risk management, and HQLA portfolios. • Proven experience building and managing treasury desks, dealing mandates, and limit frameworks in regulated environments. • Strong knowledge of CBUAE liquidity requirements, market risk expectations, and Basel liquidity standards. • Experience leveraging automation, advanced analytics, or AI-enabled treasury management capabilities. • Professional qualifications such as ACT, AMCT, CFA, ACI, or similar treasury and markets certifications are highly desirable. Ready to join us? Apply today and take the next step in your career.