Senior Manager - Valuation Controller
Emirates Islamic · Dubai
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About the role
The Senior Valuation Controller is a highly technical role within Treasury Finance, supporting the Global Markets & Treasury business. The role ensures portfolio valuations are accurate, independently verified, appropriately adjusted and backed by strong governance and controls, covering the full valuation control lifecycle including Independent Price Verification, Fair Value Adjustments, Day 1 P&L, fair value hierarchy and regulatory oversight across a wide range of traded products.
Key responsibilities
- Develop, enhance and maintain valuation methodologies, control standards and supporting documentation across traded products.
- Design and run Independent Price Verification frameworks, including sourcing and assessing independent market data.
- Develop and maintain Fair Value Adjustment methodologies and reserves, and assess Day 1 P&L recognition, deferral and release in line with IFRS and internal policies.
- Investigate valuation movements, IPV exceptions, valuation uncertainty and reserve adequacy, and support fair value hierarchy assessments and disclosures.
- Partner with Front Office, Risk, Finance, Quants and Technology to resolve valuation issues, strengthen governance, support new products and drive automation across valuation control processes.
Required profile
- Postgraduate qualification or equivalent in finance, economics, mathematics or a related quantitative discipline; CFA or FRM is desirable.
- At least 8 years of hands-on experience in Independent Price Verification and/or Fair Value Adjustments, with broader valuation control experience across multiple asset classes.
- Experience in a trading-floor environment.
Required skills
- Strong knowledge of derivatives, structured products, IFRS 13, ASC 820 and Basel III.
- Advanced mathematical and statistical knowledge, with programming in Python or VBA.
- Strong communication, presentation and stakeholder-management skills.
- Experience with Calypso, Bloomberg or Reuters is advantageous.
What we offer
- A range of professional development opportunities to accelerate your career.
- Competitive rewards, benefits and perks.
- A flexible work policy allowing work from home whenever it suits.
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Emirates Islamic
Dubai