Associate Director, Education Sector
Role Overview
Drive financial analysis, transaction execution, and day-to-day management of an education-sector account portfolio.
Manage mid-market client relationships independently, support the Director on large mandates, and contribute to revenue and new-to-bank growth.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
Drive financial analysis, transaction execution, and day-to-day management of an education-sector account portfolio.
Manage mid-market client relationships independently, support the Director on large mandates, and contribute to revenue and new-to-bank growth.
Credit and transaction execution
- Analyze education clients and subsectors, including K–12, higher education, and nurseries, to identify commercial opportunities and structural risks.
- Prepare transaction documentation, including complex credit applications, term sheets, information memoranda, and mandate letters.
- Assess credit, market, and operational risks with Risk and product enablement teams.
- Coordinate periodic KYC reviews and submit credit reviews and annual renewals on time, in line with covenants.
- Maintain credit quality and compliance with AML approvals, bank standards, and regulatory requirements.
Portfolio growth and client management
- Secure new-to-bank education-sector corporate clients and identify cross-selling opportunities.
- Cross-sell wholesale banking products, especially Global Transaction Banking, tuition collection infrastructure, cash management, liquidity, and Treasury/FX.
- Maintain proactive client account plans to map institutional wallet share.
- Manage transaction administration, client communications, onboarding, and account-opening procedures.
Technical ownership and coordination
- Serve as primary financial modeler and technical underwriting writer for the education portfolio.
- Coordinate with Risk, Legal, and Compliance to resolve bottlenecks and advance transaction approvals.
- Maintain complete client documentation and satisfactory internal and external audit outcomes.
Required qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business Management, or a related quantitative discipline.
- 5–7 years of experience in Corporate Banking Coverage, Structured Finance, or Investment Banking.
- Proven experience handling education-sector corporate clients, including understanding enrollment cash flows, capital expenditure needs, and regulatory limits.
- Strong knowledge of Wholesale Banking credit structures, market solutions, and corporate strategies.
- Proficiency in financial modeling, corporate risk analysis, and Treasury/FX hedging concepts.
- Strong communication and internal diplomacy skills to influence committees.
Preferred qualifications
- An MBA or master’s degree in Finance is highly preferred.
- Formal bank credit training or CFA certification is highly advantageous.
About the employer
First Abu Dhabi Bank describes itself as the largest bank in the UAE and a major financial institution offering personal and private banking services.
The employer describes a performance-based culture and learning and development initiatives.
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