Head of Data Science & Asset Risk | Rental & Leasing | Al Futtaim Fina
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The Head of Data Science & Asset Risk holds a pivotal role within Al-Futtaim's financial services division, responsible for overseeing analytics, forecasting, and risk intellige.
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Overview
- The Head of Data Science & Asset Risk holds a pivotal role within Al-Futtaim's financial services division, responsible for overseeing analytics, forecasting, and risk intelligence. The key purpose is to optimize the company’s automotive and financial services portfolio using data-driven insights. This role combines financial control, risk management, and analytics leadership to support executive and board-level decision-making. Key responsibilities include maintaining market indices and price curves, defining asset risk frameworks, providing risk-driven inputs to capital planning, and acting as the technical authority on asset valuation and risk. Success is measured by the ability to turn data and AI into explainable, regulator-ready financial outcomes and to influence strategic decisions that impact P&L, balance sheet, and return on assets.The position operates at the intersection of CFO-level financial control, CRO-level risk management and CDO-level analytics leadership, supporting executive and Board decision-making across the group.
What You Will Do
- Own end-to-end analytics, forecasting, and risk intelligence for the automotive and financial services portfolio.
- Turn data, AI, and market intelligence into financial outcomes that drive pricing, leasing, provisioning, capital allocation, and portfolio strategy.
- Maintain authoritative market indices, price curves, and forward-looking scenarios for all brands, powertrains, and segments.
- Define and enforce the Asset Risk Framework covering market risk, EV transition risk, concentration risk, and volatility.
- Provide risk-driven inputs to IFRS9, provisions, ECL, and capital planning.
- Ensure all models are auditable, explainable, and regulator-ready.
- Act as the single source of truth for portfolio value, forward price risk, stress scenarios, and financial impact of market movements.
- Chair the Residual Value & Risk Committees and translate complex analytics into clear financial actions for CFO, CRO, and Executive Management.
- Influence vehicle pricing and lease structures, portfolio profitability and risk appetite, provisioning and capital allocation, OEM negotiations, and product launches.
- Own the AI-driven asset intelligence platform including data pipelines, forecasting, valuation, and risk models.
- Lead a senior team of Data Scientists and Analytics specialists.
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