About the Role
This position of Marketing Manager - Business Planning and Governance provides operational support to marketing teams and represents marketing at cost governance forums while managing vendor engagements. The role requires strong financial analysis, governance expertise, stakeholder management, and the ability to control marketing frameworks, business planning, and audit controls.
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Role Responsibilities
- Lead marketing finance, governance, performance management, and vendor operations for UAE Marketing.
- Ensure budgets are planned and controlled effectively, ensuring that spending delivers business and brand value, while activities comply with Group, regulatory, and risk requirements.
- Manage Finance Resource Planning submissions, budget allocation, phasing, forecasting, accruals, and financial reconciliations.
- Monitor expenditure, improve cost discipline, and provide transparent reporting to stakeholders.
- Act as the finance and operations contact for Wealth and Personal Banking marketing teams, including providing Fusion support.
- Lead regulatory assessments and maintain effective risk, compliance, and control frameworks.
- Manage audits, assurance reviews, Helios actions, and dispensations through timely resolution.
- Partner with Compliance, Legal, Risk, Retail, Customer Information Management, Investments, Wealth Solution Products, and Digital teams.
- Track marketing performance and budget effectiveness against business and brand outcomes.
- Represent Marketing in cost governance forums across the UAE, region, and Group.
- Oversee vendor contracts, renewals, negotiations, performance, and procurement requirements.
Role Requirements
- In-depth experience in marketing operations, finance, and governance.
- Marketing function planning and operational expertise.
- Strong financial and analytical capability with expert knowledge of numbers, analysis, budget planning, reporting, management information, and function presentations.
- Advanced technical and organizational skills with high proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint, alongside strong organization, self-drive, and attention to detail.
- Strong communication, relationship management, and integrity.
- Excellent stakeholder-management skills with a high level of personal integrity aligned with the company's values.
- A graduation degree is essential for obtaining a UAE visa and work permit. If your university certificate is from outside the UAE, up-to-date attestations and equivalency are also mandatory (Recognition of Higher Education Qualifications Issued Outside The UAE).
Benefits
The company is committed to building a culture where all employees are valued, respected, and opinions count. The organization takes pride in providing a workplace that fosters continuous professional development, flexible working, and opportunities to grow within an inclusive and diverse environment. Diversity is seen as essential for bringing various ideas and perspectives that help drive innovation, manage risk, and sustain business growth.
