SVP - Finance Technology.injaz - TECH - Finance Remote (anywhere in United Arab Emirates)

The Senior Vice President – Stream Head, Finance Technology is accountable for the strategy, architecture, delivery, support, governance and transformation of Finance Technology platforms across the bank. The role ensures secure, resilient, compliant and efficient technology services supporting Finance, Regulatory Reporting, General Ledger, Reconciliation, Management Reporting, Treasury Accounting, Financial Controls and Data Governance.

Accountable for defining and executing the Finance Technology roadmap, future-state architecture and target operating model aligned with the Group CFO organization, business priorities, regulatory obligations, enterprise technology strategy, operational resilience requirements and technology risk standards.

The role provides end-to-end ownership across financial accounting and control, financial close, planning and performance management, profitability and funds transfer pricing, OFSAA, regulatory and management reporting, Finance data warehouses and engineering, reconciliation, financial analytics and interfaces with Core Banking, Treasury, Payments and Channels.

The role leads the Run, Change and Transform agenda, balancing platform availability, service continuity, statutory deadlines and regulatory delivery with modernization, cloud adoption, automation, simplification and technology-debt reduction. It is the primary Technology partner to Finance leadership and represents Finance Technology in executive, audit, regulatory and governance forums.

The role builds a high-performing Finance Technology organization, develops succession and specialist capability, and governs strategic vendors and system integrators while driving measurable outcomes in stability, delivery, risk reduction, control effectiveness, cost management and stakeholder confidence.

The role provides strategic Finance Technology leadership for new-country and legal-entity launches, including markets such as KSA and future operating models requiring in-country data residency or local data-centre deployment. It assesses the impact on consolidated Finance platforms and defines scalable architectures that balance local regulatory requirements with Group standardization, control and operational resilience.

The role is also the key Finance Technology partner for major Risk programmes, Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM Cloud) evolution, Finance Artificial Intelligence solution evaluation and enterprise data-quality decisions that influence executive management and Board reporting.

The role has strategic accountability for customer profitability and business performance management capabilities that provide critical performance insights across Wholesale Banking, Retail Banking, International Banking and Financial Institutions.

Operating Budget

Accountable for governance, prioritization and financial performance of the 2027 Finance Technology operating expenditure of approximately AED 7.01 million.

Number of Staff

• 17 existing Finance Technology resources: 10 supporting Run / production services and 7 supporting transformation, including Program/Project resource augmentation.

• Net Finance Technology workforce capacity: 40 to 65+ resources

Capital Exp. Budget

Influences and governs approximately AED 35.11 million of Finance Technology CAPEX

In addition, governs AED 4.50 million of Finance Technology URF funding.

Other

• Own mission-critical Finance platforms across countries and legal entities

• Lead the Finance Technology Run, Change and Transform agenda

• Define and execute the Finance Technology strategy and target architecture

• Support financial close, general ledger integrity, statutory and regulatory reporting

• Lead OFSAA, planning, profitability, Finance data engineering and reporting capabilities

• Manage senior stakeholder alignment with Group Finance, Risk, Data, Operations and Audit

• Lead and develop high-performing, geographically distributed teams

• Oversee strategic vendors, system integrators and managed-service partners

• Drive cross-functional solution design, engineering, testing and delivery

• Operate at enterprise scale within a complex, regulated and multi-vendor ecosystem

• Shape Finance Technology strategy for country launches, local data-residency requirements and deployment-model changes affecting consolidated Group platforms

• Provide architectural leadership for cross-functional Risk programmes and the future evolution of Oracle EPM and Finance AI capabilities

• Define and execute the Finance Technology strategy, target architecture, technology roadmap and target operating model within the enterprise strategy, architecture principles, investment priorities and cross-stream standards established by the Head of Core Banking, Finance and Treasury Technology.

• Lead modernization across Finance platforms through simplification, automation, cloud adoption where appropriate, application rationalization and systematic reduction of technology debt.

• Own end-to-end service outcomes for General Ledger, financial accounting, regulatory reporting, reconciliation, FTP and profitability, Finance data warehouses, management reporting, analytics and integrations with Core Banking, Treasury, Payments and Channels.

• Ensure critical Finance systems achieve strong availability, recoverability, performance, capacity, security and service continuity, supported by disciplined Incident, Problem, Change and Release Management.

• Lead major-incident reviews and root-cause analysis, eliminate repeat incidents, strengthen preventive controls and improve observability and production-support effectiveness.

• Enable controlled and timely period-end processing, ledger interfaces, accounting rules, posting controls and reconciliation, protecting completeness, accuracy, lineage and auditability from source transactions to financial statements.

• Deliver statutory and regulatory reporting capabilities across jurisdictions, ensuring controlled calculations, data lineage, evidence retention, submission readiness and timely implementation of regulatory change.

• Provide strategic ownership of OFSAA and related platforms supporting funds transfer pricing, profitability, allocation, management reporting and regulatory use cases, with strong lifecycle and performance management.

• Advance enterprise planning, budgeting, forecasting, scenario modelling, cost management and performance analytics, integrating actuals, plans, drivers and management information.

• Lead Finance data governance and engineering by establishing authoritative data products, reusable pipelines, common definitions, reconciliation controls, metadata, lineage and financial data-quality standards.

• Govern Finance application engineering, APIs, middleware, workflow, batch and event-based integration, DevSecOps, testing automation, release quality and production readiness.

• Provide executive governance over the Finance Technology portfolio and large-scale regulatory and transformation programs, ensuring delivery across scope, cost, schedule, quality, risk, dependencies and benefits realization.

• Ensure compliance with Central Bank requirements, internal policies, cybersecurity standards and financial-control frameworks; support internal, external and regulatory audits and close agreed remediation actions.

• Own technology risk identification, treatment and escalation, including access controls, segregation of duties, vulnerabilities, data integrity, disaster recovery, vendor concentration and platform obsolescence.

• Partner with the CFO organization and Finance leadership; engage auditors, regulators, senior executives and vendors; and represent Finance Technology in steering committees and governance forums.

• Own demand prioritization, budgets, forecasts, licensing and vendor commercials. Drive cost optimization, SLA compliance, vendor performance and transparent executive reporting.

• Build and develop the Finance Technology team through workforce planning, succession management, capability building, talent retention and clear accountability across Run, Change and Transform.

• Agree and govern annual outcome targets within the role’s authority, covering critical-system availability, regulatory delivery, strategic delivery, budget and project cost variance, SLA performance, change success, and timely closure of high-risk audit findings and critical vulnerabilities. Targets should reflect approved risk appetite, funding, external dependencies and shared accountability with Finance, Operations, Risk, Cybersecurity and third-party service providers.

• Lead Finance Technology impact assessment and strategic solution design for new-country and legal-entity launches, including KSA and future markets requiring in-country data residency or local data-centre deployment. Define architectures that preserve Group-wide consolidation, standardization, control, resilience and supportability while meeting local regulatory obligations.

• Partner with Risk leadership and enterprise architecture on strategic Risk programmes, including IRRBB, LCR/NSFR and ILAAP. Ensure Finance Technology requirements, data flows, accounting impacts, controls, integration patterns and target-state architecture are designed coherently across Finance, Risk and enterprise data platforms.

• Set the technology direction and lifecycle roadmap for the Oracle EPM suite, including PBCS, ARCS, TRCS, FCCS, Cost Allocation and related capabilities. Drive adoption, integration, scalability, controls and functional expansion so that EPM becomes a core enabler of planning, close, reconciliation, tax, allocation and performance management.

• Lead the technology evaluation and architecture governance of Artificial Intelligence solutions for Finance. Assess strategic fit, data readiness, security, control, integration, operating-model and value considerations, and act as the Finance Technology business partner for investment and implementation decisions.

• Establish executive accountability for Finance data quality across critical reporting and decision-support chains. Ensure material data-quality risks are transparently measured, governed and remediated, recognizing their potential impact on Finance outcomes, regulatory reporting, executive management decisions and Board reporting.

• Own the technology strategy, architecture, controls and evolution of Customer Profitability and related business performance management capabilities. Ensure reliable allocation, profitability and performance insights across Wholesale Banking, Retail Banking, International Banking and Financial Institutions, enabling informed management decisions at business, customer, product, segment and legal-entity levels.

• Operate in a multi-country, highly regulated banking environment where Finance services are subject to statutory, supervisory, audit and fixed reporting deadlines.

• Lead across interconnected application, data, integration and infrastructure layers with material dependencies on core banking, treasury, payments, risk, enterprise data, identity, cloud and end-user computing services.

• Balance production stability and transformation, regulatory urgency and architecture sustainability, local jurisdiction requirements and enterprise standardization, and speed of delivery with control effectiveness.

• Interface effectively with Group Finance leadership, Controllers, FP&A, Regulatory Reporting, Tax, Treasury, Risk, Compliance, Internal and External Audit, Data, Operations and enterprise Technology teams.

• Govern a multi-vendor ecosystem including Finance platform vendors, data and reporting providers, system integrators, managed services and specialist consultancies.

• Operate within the bank’s technology, architecture, data, cyber, operational risk, procurement and financial governance frameworks with transparent executive escalation.

• Lead cross-functional business and technology teams throughout the platform and program lifecycle and manage diverse teams across geographies.

• Operate across evolving country and data-residency models where local deployment requirements can materially affect consolidated Finance platforms, integration, controls, support and resilience.

• Work closely with Risk, Enterprise Architecture, Data, AI governance and country stakeholders on programmes whose design and data outcomes affect Finance, regulatory obligations and senior decision-making.

Added coordination with the other finance technology teams managing Oracle ERP Supply Chain Management (SCM) platform, SAP Fieldglass, VAT etc and its integration with Finance processes.

• Address complex enterprise issues where accounting policy, regulatory interpretation, financial controls, data quality, system behavior, architecture and operations intersect.

• Diagnose breaks across source-to-report chains, including interfaces, accounting rules, data transformations, reconciliations, calculations and disclosures, while protecting close and submission deadlines.

• Make trade-offs between urgent regulatory or business delivery and long-term platform sustainability, resilience, security, cost efficiency and time to market.

• Resolve recurring instability, performance bottlenecks, batch overruns, close-cycle constraints, control gaps, vendor limitations and technology debt through structured root-cause elimination.

• Navigate uncertain requirements and competing stakeholder priorities, establish decision clarity and translate complex issues into executable architecture, control and delivery choices.

• Anticipate concentration, obsolescence, key-person, data-lineage, access-control and third-party risks and establish practical remediation, continuity and transition plans.

• Resolve architectural trade-offs between Group consolidation and country-specific regulatory or data-residency requirements, avoiding fragmented solutions while meeting local obligations.

• Evaluate the Finance impact of Risk, EPM and AI solution choices where data, controls, models, integration and executive decision-support requirements intersect.

• Exercise delegated authority to set and govern the Finance Technology strategy, roadmap, future-state architecture, target operating model, engineering standards and modernization priorities within the enterprise strategy, risk appetite, approved budgets and governance mandates established by the Head of Core Banking, Finance and Treasury Technology. Escalate decisions that exceed delegated financial, risk, architecture or sourcing thresholds through the applicable governance forums.

• Prioritize Finance Technology initiatives and allocate approved capacity and investment across Run, Change and Transform.

• Approve technology designs and solution architectures within delegated authority and enterprise architecture governance.

• Own decisions and recommendations covering platform design, integration, lifecycle, resilience, sourcing, releases, production readiness and support models.

• Manage approved budgets within delegated limits and maintain transparent visibility of spend, forecast, commitments, cost variance and value realization.

• Lead vendor selection inputs, commercial optimization, service-level and performance governance, and escalation for strategic partners and system integrators.

• Escalate material technology risks and incidents and engage regulators, auditors and key business stakeholders on Finance Technology matters as required.

• Recommend strategic investments and transformation programs and remain accountable for delivery outcomes, service performance, control effectiveness and organizational capability.

• Recommend and govern Finance Technology architecture decisions for country launches, local data-residency models, strategic Risk programmes, Oracle EPM evolution and Finance AI solutions within delegated authority and enterprise governance.

• Escalate material Finance data-quality risks where inaccuracies or control weaknesses could affect regulatory, executive management or Board reporting and decisions.

• Set priorities and recommend strategic investments for Customer Profitability and business performance management platforms, ensuring alignment with Finance methodologies, business performance objectives, data governance and enterprise architecture.

• Minimum 18 years of banking or financial-services technology experience, including at least 8 years in senior leadership roles with accountability for Finance Technology or comparable enterprise platforms.

• Proven experience managing Finance Technology applications and large-scale banking transformation and regulatory programs across multiple countries.

• Deep knowledge of banking Finance processes, including General Ledger, financial accounting, close, reconciliation, regulatory and management reporting, planning, forecasting, profitability and funds transfer pricing.

• Strong experience with OFSAA or comparable financial-services analytical platforms, Oracle Financials or ERP, enterprise performance management, data warehousing and reporting platforms. Exposure to SAP Finance and Flexcube is advantageous.

• Demonstrated command of Finance Technology architecture, data governance and engineering, metadata, lineage, reconciliation, financial controls and source-to-report traceability.

• Strong engineering leadership across APIs, middleware, integration, cloud technologies, databases, batch processing, DevOps, automation, cybersecurity and controls.

• Proven ability to improve platform resilience, availability, disaster recovery, observability, incident management, release quality and lifecycle health.

• Strong knowledge of regulatory compliance, technology risk, audit, segregation of duties and controlled software delivery in a regulated bank.

• Experience managing substantial portfolios, distributed teams, vendors, system integrators and complex commercials, with strong financial acumen and benefits focus.

• Executive communication and stakeholder-management capability, including partnership with CFO leadership and engagement with auditors, regulators and governance forums.

• Demonstrated strength in strategic thinking, decision-making, change leadership, delivery excellence, people leadership, succession and specialist capability development.

• Mandatory: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Accounting Information Systems or a related discipline. A Master’s degree in Technology, Business Administration or Finance is preferred.

• Desirable certifications include PMP or PRINCE2, TOGAF, ITIL, AWS or Azure, Certified ScrumMaster, COBIT, CISA or CISM.

• Demonstrated experience shaping technology strategy for multi-country banking expansion, legal-entity launches, data-residency constraints and hybrid or in-country deployment models.

• Strong understanding of Risk and balance-sheet-management programmes such as IRRBB, LCR/NSFR and ILAAP, including their Finance, data, integration, control and architectural dependencies.

• Deep experience with Oracle EPM capabilities, preferably including PBCS, ARCS, TRCS, FCCS and Cost Allocation, together with their integration into Finance data and reporting architecture.

• Ability to evaluate AI solutions for Finance across value, architecture, data readiness, security, controls, model governance, integration and operating-model considerations.

• Proven leadership in enterprise data quality where information supports regulatory submissions, executive management reporting and Board-level decision-making.

• Strong understanding of banking business performance management and customer profitability across Wholesale Banking, Retail Banking, International Banking and Financial Institutions, including allocation methodologies, performance measures, data dependencies and management reporting requirements.