Director, Non-Linear and Structured Credit Trading – Mashreq

Mashreq is hiring for the Director, Non-Linear and Structured Credit Trading role in the UAE. Mashreq is one of the UAE’s oldest independent banks, headquartered in Dubai, with retail, corporate, business banking and treasury operations across the region. This sits inside structured credit and derivatives trading, a specialist seat that supports the bank’s broader commercial activity rather than facing customers directly day to day.

The work is technical and detail-heavy: pricing, risk analysis, reconciliation, or reporting depending on the exact mandate, with real accountability for accuracy since errors at this level of a bank tend to compound quickly. Expect close coordination with trading desks, risk, finance and compliance teams, and a need to translate technical output into something senior stakeholders can act on without a finance degree of their own.

Mashreq will be looking for someone with solid technical grounding (often a quantitative, finance or accounting background), strong Excel/analytical tooling skills, and the discipline to work accurately under deadline pressure, since much of this kind of work runs on daily, monthly or quarterly cycles that don’t move for anyone.

At a bank the size of Mashreq, this kind of specialist finance function is the quiet machinery behind numbers that senior leadership, regulators and sometimes the market itself end up relying on. A pricing error, a missed reconciliation, or a reporting mistake doesn't stay small for long in banking — it propagates into risk positions, financial statements, or regulatory submissions, which is why roles like this one carry more weight than their job title might suggest from the outside. The person who does this well becomes someone the desk or the business genuinely trusts to get the numbers right without having to double-check everything themselves, which is a meaningful form of credibility to build early in a banking career. It's also the kind of role where consistency compounds: a steady track record of accurate, on-time output over months and years is what actually builds a reputation inside a large bank, far more than any single standout project.

Specialist finance experience inside a bank like Mashreq is a strong technical credential — it's precise, well-structured work that other employers (and other banks) recognise and value, which makes it a solid foundation for later moves into trading, risk management, treasury or senior finance roles. Working inside a bank of this scale also means exposure to a wider range of products, counterparties and regulatory requirements than a smaller institution would offer, which broadens technical range faster than a narrower role might. On the practical side, UAE banking packages are typically tax-free and competitive by regional standards, usually including medical insurance, annual leave, and often additional allowances depending on seniority. There's also real value in the discipline this kind of role instils — the habit of checking work twice, documenting clearly, and working to a deadline that genuinely cannot slip — which becomes a durable professional asset that shows up in every finance role that follows. For someone serious about a long-term banking career in the Gulf, time spent in a specialist seat like this, inside a recognised name like Mashreq, is time well spent on the CV. For a Director, Non-Linear and Structured Credit Trading role specifically, what actually separates a strong hire from an average one is consistency on the fundamentals, day after day, not any single standout moment.

• Relevant degree in finance, accounting, economics or a quantitative field
• Demonstrable experience in a comparable banking or financial-services function
• Strong Excel and financial modelling / reporting skills
• High accuracy under recurring deadline pressure
• Clear communication of technical output to non-technical stakeholders
• Relevant professional qualification (CFA/ACCA/CA or equivalent) is an advantage