Vice President Transaction Banking

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Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world’s leading financial groups. Across the globe, we’re 150,000 colleagues, striving to make a difference for every client, organization, and community we serve. We stand for our values, building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world.

With a vision to be the world’s most trusted financial group, it’s part of our culture to put people first, listen to new and diverse ideas and collaborate toward greater innovation, speed and agility. This means investing in talent, technologies, and tools that empower you to own your career.

Join MUFG, where being inspired is expected and making a meaningful impact is rewarded.

MUFG is seeking a Vice President Transaction Banking to join their DIFC Branch in Dubai, playing a pivotal role in the expansion of their Transaction Banking business across the MENA region. This is an exceptional opportunity for you to become part of a globally renowned financial institution, where your expertise will directly influence revenue growth and strategic direction. MUFG’s commitment to integrity, responsibility, professionalism, and teamwork creates a supportive environment that values client-centricity and people-focused principles. You will enjoy working alongside knowledgeable colleagues, benefit from ongoing training opportunities, and be empowered by supportive leadership that encourages innovation and simplification. The organisation’s inclusive culture ensures you are recognised for your contributions while being given the tools to grow both personally and professionally. If you are looking for a role where your skills in transaction banking can make a real impact within a collaborative team, this is the perfect opportunity.

What you'll do:

• Grow baseline trade and cash revenue by enhancing returns from existing clients within your portfolio to meet individual and team targets.
• Work collaboratively with coverage relationship managers across MENA to identify and acquire new clients as well as new business flows within the established trade and cash strategy.
• Consistently achieve personal pipeline targets while demonstrating exemplary pipeline management skills and behaviours that set the standard for others.
• Develop comprehensive Transaction Banking account plans for key clients, actively participating in client planning sessions and supporting relationship managers with their overall account planning exercises.
• Diversify revenue sources within your designated client portfolio by cross-selling the full suite of cash and trade financing products rather than focusing on just one or two offerings.
• Demonstrate fluency in industry trends, risk factors, technology advancements, funding issues impacting treasury, finance, procurement, and risk elements of corporate treasury centres.
• Manage complex regional and global RFIs/RFPs for designated client portfolios by coordinating input from various GTB functions and regions to ensure thorough responses.
• Build strong working relationships across all stakeholder groups including Operations, Risk, Compliance, Legal, Relationship Managers both within MENA/EMEA and other regions.
• Act as the first line of defence in mitigating deal-related risks pertaining to compliance, legal matters, and risk management; escalate any weaknesses or breaches promptly while contributing to continual improvement of risk frameworks.
• Plan and monitor Transaction Banking business activity including financial performance and associated risks while providing coaching or training to internal stakeholders to enhance understanding of Transaction Banking.

What you bring:

• Extensive experience at Vice President level in cash management, liquidity management, trade finance sales, origination at a Tier 1 global financial institution.
• Proven track record of adapting successfully to different operating environments and market conditions within senior client global corporate sales roles related to cash management or trade finance.
• Demonstrated revenue growth over a two-year business cycle with ongoing enhancement of critical factors such as new-to-bank revenue generation, utilisation rates, balance sheet optimisation, and diversification through cross-sell initiatives.
• University degree or equivalent qualification along with globally recognised industry certifications relevant to Transaction Banking (such as CITF or CDCS).
• Comprehensive technical knowledge across all Transaction Banking products including USD deposits, open account structured trade solutions, guarantees, letters of credit collections as well as other vanilla trade products.
• Solid experience using Transaction Banking channels/platforms combined with an understanding of emerging themes/technologies shaping the industry.
• Excellent influencing skills coupled with negotiation abilities enabling you to operate effectively at all levels – written communication skills; verbal presentations; creation of impactful presentation materials.
• Strong understanding of risk factors affecting credit decisions; legal compliance; operational requirements across the spectrum of Transaction Banking activities.
• Reasonable familiarity with personnel networks within Middle East/North Africa Transaction Banking sector plus broader knowledge about banking/financial markets in MENA region.
• Fluency in English is essential; Arabic language skills would be considered an advantage.

What sets this company apart:

MUFG stands out as one of the world’s largest financial groups with a rich heritage rooted in integrity responsibility professionalism teamwork client-centricity people-focused values. The bank offers employees access unparalleled resources global network fostering environment where learning development are prioritised through regular training opportunities mentorship programmes knowledge sharing sessions supportive leadership committed nurturing talent empowering individuals reach full potential. At MUFG diversity inclusion are celebrated creating workplace where everyone feels valued respected able contribute unique perspectives ideas towards common goals organisational success sustainability long-term growth vision future-oriented approach ensures employees remain engaged motivated inspired continually challenge themselves innovate simplify processes own execute responsibilities confidently efficiently collaboratively together achieving remarkable results making positive impact communities served worldwide.

What's next:

If you are ready to take your career forward with MUFG’s DIFC Branch in Dubai as Vice President Transaction Banking – apply now!

Apply today by clicking on the link provided.

This advert will close 18th November 2026

We are open to considering flexible working requests in line with organisational requirements.

MUFG is committed to embracing diversity and building an inclusive culture where all employees are valued, respected and their opinions count. We support the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion in recruitment and employment, and oppose all forms of discrimination on the grounds of age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and maternity, race, gender reassignment, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnership.

We make our recruitment decisions in a non-discriminatory manner in accordance with our commitment to identifying the right skills for the right role and our obligations under the law.