Programme Manager: AI Readiness Programmes
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Programme Manager: Institutional AI Readiness Programmes
*Location: Abu Dhabi*
*Type: Full-time*
About Us
The Centre for Finance, Technology and Entrepreneurship (CFTE) is on a mission to empower the financial industry with the knowledge and skills required to thrive in the rapidly changing world of finance.
We believe artificial intelligence is reshaping every function of financial services, and that the institutions who will lead this shift are the ones who invest in their people first.
We want to use the power of education to build a whole generation of finance professionals who can harness AI, apply it to their work, and lead their organisations through this period of change.
What makes CFTE special?
When we say we bet on people, it's not a commercial motto.
We really do.
We are working hard to create programmes that go beyond awareness and build genuine capability, because we believe the ability to work with AI is the defining professional skill of this decade.
Naturally, we apply this paradigm to ourselves.
Job Summary
CFTE is growing fast across the Gulf and the financial infrastructure of the business needs to keep pace.
We are searching for an exceptional profile to join our Abu Dhabi office.
As one of our early hires in the region you will be pivotal to facilitating CFTE's expansion and work across finance, operations and growth.
What you'll do
- Own accounts receivable and payable, follow up on payments, manage invoices, and keep our financial position accurate and up to date
- Produce financial reports, forecasts, and projections that give leadership a clear picture of where we stand and where we are heading
- Manage financial documentation including contracts, purchase orders, and expense records with the rigour of someone who knows that detail matters
- Identify where processes are broken, slow, or missing and build something better
- Design and implement operational workflows that make the team faster and less reliant on manual effort
- Actively identify and deploy AI tools to automate repetitive tasks, improve output quality, and free up the team to focus on higher value work
- What you’ll bring:
- Strong work ethic and a passion for making a difference
- A solid accounting foundation and the discipline to keep the numbers straight under pressure
- A genuine obsession with improving how things work, you diagnose inefficiency, fix it, and build something that scales
- The ability to think on your feet, solve problems creatively, and learn quickly
- An entrepreneurial, proactive attitude with the hunger to grow
- Previous experience in fast-paced environments, startups, banking, management consulting, or similar
- Exceptional communication skills
- Impeccable attention to detail
- Strong competencies using digital tools, including AI tools in daily work
Why join us
- Be part of a driven, hard-working team on a mission to shape the future of finance
- Gain exposure to and learn from senior leaders of financial organisations, central banks, regulators, and rapidly growing startups
- Work on some of the most interesting topics today: innovation, technology disruption, digital transformation, artificial intelligence, and many others
- Make a meaningful impact to a fast-growing company and benefit from significant opportunities for progression
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