QNB- Assistant Vice President Islamic Business Development

About QNB

Established in 1964 as the country's first Qatari-owned commercial bank, QNB Group has steadily grew to become the largest bank in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region.

QNB Group's presence through its subsidiaries and associate companies extends to more than 31 countries across three continents providing a comprehensive range of advanced products and services. The total number of employees is more than 28,000 serving up to 20 million customers operating through 1,000 locations, with an ATM network of 4,300 machines.

QNB has maintained its position as one of the highest rated regional banks from leading credit rating agencies including Standard & Poor's (A), Moody's (Aa3) and Fitch (A+). The Bank has also been the recipient of many awards from leading international specialised financial publications.

Based on the Group's consistent strong financial performance and its expanding international presence, QNB currently ranks as the most valuable bank brand in the Middle East and Africa, according to Brand Finance Magazine.

QNB Group has an active community support program and sponsors various social, educational and sporting events.

The incumbent in conjunction with the VP Islamic Business Development and in coordination with Group Functions shall be responsible to Support development of unique and innovative Sharia compliant, structured and investment products for QNB's International banking client base in line with the Group's strategy

• Shareholder & Financial:
• Implements KPI's and best practices for incumbent position.
• Support the International departments/ units in providing innovative Sharia compliant solutions (products, including structured and investment products) to their client base and thereby help them in achieving/ exceeding their revenue, volume and profit targets.
• Enhance shareholder value as a result of the above.
• Demonstrate understanding of the important factors behind the bank's financial & non-financial performance 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.
• Customer (Internal & External):
• Responsible for briefing the department VP to the needs of the customer and lead the customer focus initiative in the entire department by constantly striving to introduce innovative products in line with customer expectations, which are agreed approved by management and the Sharia Supervisory Board (SSB).
• Build and maintain strong and effective relationships with other related units/ departments to achieve Group's goals.
• Support to develop/review/improve processes required for opening sharia complaint accounts in QNB international units.
• Monitor and report the performance of international units and share it with senior management.
• 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 with close liaising with VP and IBD Management and the branch.
• Support Vice President to ensure sharia compliance perspective effected, via SSB observation, for the following tasks:
• Maintain high documentation standards to enable compliance with relevant Sharia/ other pertinent directives and thereby avoid imposition of penalties/ fines in this regard and the consequent financial/ reputation loss.
• Launch new products based on the solution using best industry standards as product development cycle times for (conceptualization to deployment)
• Provision of relevant information to and interaction with external/ internal…