VP, Financial Reporting – First Abu Dhabi Bank

First Abu Dhabi Bank is hiring a Vice President for Financial Reporting, responsible for the accounting and financial reporting function, producing monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements for the bank. This is senior financial reporting leadership within one of the world’s largest and safest financial institutions, where reporting accuracy and timeliness carry serious weight given the bank’s size, regulatory obligations, and public market scrutiny.

Expect the role to involve overseeing the preparation of accurate financial statements in line with relevant accounting standards, managing a reporting team, and coordinating closely with external auditors, regulators, and senior finance leadership on reporting matters. FAB’s scale as the UAE’s largest bank means financial reporting here involves genuinely complex consolidation and disclosure requirements across a large, diversified banking group.

A strong candidate brings substantial financial reporting leadership experience, ideally within banking or another heavily regulated industry, along with deep technical accounting knowledge and the people leadership skills to manage a reporting team through demanding close cycles.

Financial reporting accuracy and timeliness are foundational to a major bank's credibility with regulators, investors, and the broader market, and a VP, Financial Reporting who leads this function well directly protects FAB's standing as one of the world's largest and safest financial institutions. Errors or delays in financial reporting at this scale carry serious consequences, regulatory scrutiny, investor confidence impacts, and potential restatement costs that are both expensive and reputationally damaging. Strong leadership of the reporting function also supports smoother, more efficient audit cycles, a well-run reporting team that produces clean, well-documented financial statements reduces the time and friction involved in external audit engagements considerably. Because FAB operates as a large, diversified banking group, the complexity of consolidation and disclosure work at this level is genuinely significant, and strong technical leadership here prevents the kind of reporting errors that compound across a complex group structure. This role's output, the bank's published financial statements, is also one of the most visible, scrutinized outputs of the entire finance function, read closely by investors, analysts, and regulators alike, which makes the quality of leadership here disproportionately important relative to the function's size.

A VP, Financial Reporting role at FAB represents senior financial leadership with genuine technical depth and team management responsibility, exactly the combination that positions a finance professional for Chief Financial Officer, Head of Finance, or broader senior financial leadership roles over time. Building this experience at FAB specifically, as the UAE's largest bank and a globally recognized financial institution, provides exposure to genuinely complex consolidation, disclosure, and regulatory reporting requirements that few other organizations in the region could offer at the same scale. The technical accounting and team leadership skills developed in this role are highly portable across the banking and broader financial services industry, both within the UAE and internationally, since financial reporting leadership experience at a bank of FAB's caliber carries significant credibility anywhere. Professionals who perform well in this kind of senior reporting role often progress into broader finance leadership positions with increasing strategic scope, moving beyond pure reporting into financial planning, treasury, or even general management over time. Because strong financial reporting leadership is foundational to almost every other senior finance career path, this role offers both immediate seniority and a credible platform for continued advancement within FAB or across the broader regional and international banking sector.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance; a professional accounting qualification (CPA, ACCA, CA, or equivalent) is required
• Substantial financial reporting leadership experience, ideally within banking or a large regulated organization
• Deep technical knowledge of IFRS and banking-specific accounting and disclosure requirements
• Proven ability to manage a reporting team through demanding monthly, quarterly, and annual close cycles
• Strong experience coordinating with external auditors and regulators on reporting matters
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to oversee complex consolidation and disclosure work
• Strong communication skills for presenting financial reporting matters to senior leadership