QNB-Senior Vice President Asset Management Middle Office

Job Summary

The Senior Vice President, Asset Management Middle Office / Head of Trade Support & Data is required to oversee the complete investment trade lifecycle and department across QNB Asset Management. The role ensures accurate, timely, and compliant execution support, trade reconciliation, performance analytics, post-trade controls, and data governance. The incumbent leads a multi‑functional team consisting of Traders, Trade Support Analysts, and Performance & Risk Analysts, and is accountable for service delivery, exception management, and workflow optimization.

The position also plays a key role in managing internal and cross‑border relationships, particularly with Booking Center clients.

• Oversee the trade lifecycle across all asset classes, including execution support, reconciliation, compliance checks, cash coordination, and performance analytics
• Lead and manage the Traders, Trade Support Analysts, and Performance & Risk Analysts to ensure operational excellence and role clarity
• Define and enforce trade support policies, ensuring adherence to regulatory standards, internal mandates, and audit controls
• Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and service‑level agreements (SLAs) across post‑trade functions to drive efficiency and service quality
• Act as escalation point for trade exceptions, settlement failures, or compliance issues affecting execution or reporting
• Ensure proper management of securities lending & borrowing (SLB), margin, and collateral processes across portfolios and instruments
• Drive digitization, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives across trade and reporting workflows
• Manage relationships with Booking Center clients to align on execution flows, documentation, and cross‑border trade coordination
• Coordinate with compliance, fund admin, and custody to ensure integrity of trade support and exception workflows
• Implement KPI’s and best practices for Senior Vice President, Asset Management Middle Office
• Promote cost consciousness and efficiency and enhance productivity, to minimise cost, avoid waste, and optimise benefits for the bank
• Act within the limits of the powers delegated to the incumbent and delegate authority to the respective staff and monitor exercise of the same
• Demonstrate clear understanding of the important factors behind the bank's financial & non‑financial performance

• Stay up to date with market developments, trade operations best practices, and regulatory changes
• Foster knowledge‑sharing and training across the team to improve execution, control, and reporting capabilities
• Promote innovation, automation, and process simplification within the Trade Support & Data function
• Assist customers in all their queries on Bank’s product and seek solutions to their requests
• Maintain activities in accordance with Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with internal departments/units to achieve improvements in turn‑around time
• Build and maintain strong/effective relationships with related departments/units to achieve the Group’s objectives
• Provide timely/accurate data to external/internal Auditors, Compliance, Financial Control, and Risk when required

• Liaise with Investment Managers, Investment Analysts, Product, Business Control, and Custody to ensure seamless trade lifecycle coordination
• Ensure clear documentation of procedures, escalation protocols, and system dependencies
• Lead process reviews with internal stakeholders to improve trade‑related governance and reporting

• Set examples by leading improvement initiatives through cross‑functional teams ensuring successes
• Identify and encourage people to adopt practices better than the industry standard
• Continuously encourage and recognise the importance of thinking out‑of‑the‑box within the team
• Encourage, solicit and reward innovative ideas even in day‑to‑day issues

• Ensure full compliance with internal policies and external regulations including AML/CTF, sanctions, trade reporting, and trading mandates
• Support trade lifecycle management by maintaining effective…