ED, Head of GM Business Intelligence

Job Purpose

• Business Intelligence & Insights

• Establish and lead a best‑ in‑ class Global Markets business intelligence function, delivering timely, accurate, and actionable insights to senior management
• Own the Global Markets management information (MI) framework, ensuring consistent and robust performance measurement across revenues, balance sheet usage, capital, liquidity, and risk‑ adjusted returns
• Deliver deep analytical insight into client profitability, product performance, cross‑ sell effectiveness, and regional trends to drive commercial outcomes
• Translate complex data into clear executive‑ level insights, narratives, and recommendations to support strategic and tactical decision‑ making

• Strategic Planning & Forecasting

• Lead the Global Markets strategic planning, budgeting, and forecasting process, in close coordination with Group Finance and Group Strategy
• Develop multi-year business plans aligned with FAB’s strategic objectives, market outlook, and regulatory constraints
• Ensure planning assumptions are robust, transparent, and well-governed with clear accountability and alignment across Trading, Sales, and Regions
• Performance Management
• Define and oversee GM performance management frameworks, including KPIs, scorecards, and management dashboards
• Monitor performance against plan, identify variances, and proactively highlight risks and opportunities to senior leadership
• Support GM leadership in setting targets, evaluating performance outcomes, and driving accountability across the franchise
• Partner with product and regional heads to embed performance discipline and fact-based decision-making

• Executive & Senior Management Engagement

• Act as a trusted advisor to the Global Markets leadership team, providing independent, data-led perspectives.
• Prepare and contribute to presentatrion materials for GM senior management, Group ExCo, and Board-level forums as required
• Ensure consistency and integrity of Global Markets reporting across internal and external stakeholders

• Data, Governance & Transformation

• Partner with Technology and Data teams to enhance GM data infrastructure, analytics platforms, and automation capabilities

Minimum Qualification

• Minimum Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Postgraduate degree (MBA or equivalent) preferred but not mandatory

Minimum Experience

• 15+ years of experience in financial services, with significant exposure to Global Markets, investment banking, or capital markets.
• Proven experience in senior leadership roles covering business intelligence, business management, planning, finance, strategy, or analytics within a complex financial institution.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Proven track record in developing and executing transformation strategies, delivering operational efficiencies, and achieving measurable results.
• Excellent strategic thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Strong leadership and people management abilities, with the ability to inspire and motivate teams.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across all levels of the organization.
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously
• Managing team 2-3 direct reports.