Financial Markets Advisory Director, Middle East

About this role About   FMA   BlackRock's Financial Markets Advisory (FMA) team provides strategic advice and execution support  to clients   across capital markets, portfolio   management   and transaction advisory. Our clients include sovereign wealth funds, central banks, government entities, asset owners, banks,   insurers   and other financial institutions.   We support clients on their most critical and complex financial issues, including strengthening connectivity with capital markets, designing   investment   and financing strategies,   optimizing   portfolios, structuring investment vehicles and transactions, and developing solutions that support strategic,   economic   and developmental   objectives . FMA combines strategic and transaction   expertise   with BlackRock's capital markets, investment, data and analytics, and technology capabilities.

We are seeking a   Director   to join FMA in   the Middle East   and play   a central role   in growing and delivering the team’s business in the Middle East. The Director will advise senior clients, deepen key   relationships   and help   identify   and develop new advisory and investment collaboration opportunities aligned with BlackRock’s broader commercial priorities.   This is a hands-on leadership role for an experienced professional who can independently lead complex advisory engagements from   initial   design through execution and final delivery. The successful candidate will combine broad financial   markets   expertise   with substantive transaction experience across multiple sectors, asset   classes   or financing structures. Responsibilities will include owning project delivery, advising clients on complex capital-markets and transaction-related matters, leading multidisciplinary teams, developing new business opportunities and mobilising subject-matter   expertise   from across FMA and BlackRock. The role requires a versatile practitioner who can take responsibility for the full client outcome.   Externally, the role involves engagement with senior stakeholders across the region’s financial services and public sector ecosystems. Internally, the Director will   leverage   BlackRock’s capabilities across Capital Markets, Aladdin,   Research   and other businesses, acting as a connector across the platform.

Helping shape FMA’s strategic direction in the Middle East, including identifying growth priorities, emerging themes, and opportunities for new offerings or partnerships.   Independently lead complex advisory projects from scoping and engagement design through analysis, recommendations, implementation   support   and final delivery.   Own overall project outcomes , including quality, timeliness, commercial discipline, client satisfaction, team   coordination   and effective risk management.   Translate broad or ambiguous client questions into structured issues, workstreams, analytical requirements, deliverables,   governance   and decision points.   Act as the principal day-to-day adviser to clients, lead executive   discussions   and communicate complex financial and strategic issues clearly and concisely.   Lead transaction-related work across sectors and financing structures, including transaction strategy, process design, structuring, financial modelling, valuation, scenario analysis, due   diligence   and execution planning.   Assess transactions from strategic, financial, risk, capital- structure   and implementation perspectives; prepare investment cases, approval   materials   and senior-management recommendations.   Engage credibly with management teams, sponsors, investors, lenders, corporates, developers, legal   advisers   and other transaction participants, including supporting negotiation of commercial terms.   Direct qualitative and quantitative analysis, challenge   conclusions   and ensure that reports,