7 Kpmg jobs in the United Arab Emirates

Employment Type: Fulltime Based in Dubai UAE

pin Finance is a leading financial advisory firm specializing in arranging bank finance structured funding and private equity solutions for businesses. We work with established companies seeking working capital limits term loans expansion finance and real estate development finance . We are looking for a highly experienced financial professional with an entrepreneurial mindset to join us as an Associate Director Financial Advisory on a commission-only basis. This role is ideal for ex-bankers financial consultants or senior finance professionals who have strong industry connections and the ability to bring in high-value financial advisory clients.

• Identify and acquire corporate clients in need of bank finance structured finance and private equity funding .
• Develop and maintain relationships with CFOs business owners financial decision-makers and investors .
• Engage with banks financial institutions and private equity firms to structure and arrange funding for clients.
• Assess client financials funding requirements and prepare financial proposals for lenders and investors.
• Manage the complete funding process from lead generation to deal structuring and closure .
• Negotiate financing terms and ensure smooth execution of financial transactions .
• Build strategic alliances with accounting firms business consultants and corporate finance professionals to generate referrals.
• Stay updated on banking regulations market trends and alternative financing solutions to offer clients the best advisory services.

• Proven experience in corporate banking investment banking or financial advisory .
• Strong network with banks private equity firms and financial decision-makers .
• Deep understanding of working capital finance term loans project finance and structured funding .
• Ability to independently generate leads negotiate deals and execute transactions .
• Excellent relationship management negotiation and presentation skills .
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a strong drive to build a business within the financial advisory sector .
• No fixed salary compensation is purely commission-based rewarding high performers.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance Business or a related field .
• 10 years of experience in corporate banking financial consulting or investment advisory .
• Prior experience working with large corporations SMEs and high-net-worth clients .

• High commission-based earnings with no income cap.
• Work under the pin Finance brand while maintaining independence.
• Access to banking networks private equity partners and financial institutions .
• A professional platform to execute large financial transactions and deals .

Required Experience:

Director

We're seeking a senior associate to support our M&A advisory practice in delivering value to clients across the MENA region.

Assist in executing M&A transactions, including acquisitions, disposals, mergers, and joint ventures. Conduct thorough research on companies and industries, particularly within the financial services sector.

• Prepare internal and external marketing materials, such as teasers, confidential information memoranda (CIM), and management presentations.
• Develop comprehensive financial models to support analysis in proposals and transaction documentation.
• Obtain necessary information from client data and conduct appropriate financial analysis.
• Support the team in preparing and presenting marketing pitches to existing and potential clients.
• Manage transaction execution processes, including due diligence and multiple counterparties.

A bachelor's degree in finance, economics, accounting, or a related field is required. A master's degree or professional certification is preferred. The ideal candidate will have 3+ years of experience in M&A, corporate finance, investment banking, valuations, or related fields.

• Strong financial modeling and analytical skills are essential for success in this role.
• Excellent understanding of financial statements and valuation techniques is required.
• The ability to build and maintain strong client relationships is crucial.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint, is necessary.

This position offers a unique opportunity to work with a talented team of professionals and contribute to the delivery of high-quality results to clients.

We offer expert advisory services to clients on strategic financial, procurement and infrastructure planning for large-scale projects.

This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled Infrastructure Specialist to join our team under Strategy and Transactions group. As part of our PFIA team, you'll develop your commercial expertise working with global networks and emerging clients.

You will be responsible for assisting clients in developing strategies to advance large-scale infrastructure projects. You will advise on structuring and closing financing for infrastructure projects and procurements, including contract negotiation.

You will demonstrate a deep understanding of capital project funding, financing and delivery mechanisms to support analysis of client projects. Developing junior team members is also a key part of your role.

• Bachelor's/Masters degree with 4-6 years of related work experience
• Experience with large-scale infrastructure projects and proven project management skills
• Experience in feasibility studies and/or structuring project financing transactions and procurements
• Proven quantitative analytical capabilities and market-accepted financial models
• Critical thinking skills and problem-solving abilities
• Excellent communication, writing and organizational skills
• Intellectually curious with a strong desire to develop professionally

• Experience in top-tier advisory/consulting firm or relevant sector
• Professional qualifications such as CP3P, CFA

We offer a competitive compensation package where you'll be rewarded based on performance. We also offer continuous learning, success defined by you, transformative leadership and a diverse and inclusive culture.

Financial Analyst Role: Due Diligence Executive

We thrive in high-pressure business environments where astute decision-making drives success. As a key member of our team, you'll play a pivotal role in working at the forefront of complex transactions.

Our Transaction Diligence network delivers high-quality advice through each phase of the transaction process. Our core work is due diligence, assessing target companies' finances and business projections, identifying opportunities, risks, sensitivities, and potential mitigations, and reporting on these to clients, banks, investors, and other parties.

The Opportunity

You will collaborate with experienced due diligence professionals, learning and developing the skills needed to perform due diligence in various situations and sectors. With opportunities for travel within MENA, you will often work as part of a wider cross-service line team when tackling projects.

As your career progresses with us, you'll have the chance to work on more complex transactions, lead teams, build relationships with clients and corporate finance community members, and take on broader roles within our organization.

Key Responsibilities

In this executive role, you'll participate in due diligence engagements related to private equity investor groups and strategic corporate buyers. You'll analyze financial and operational results by reviewing accounting records and participating in interviews with management. Effective teamwork will be essential, demonstrating commitment to quality, sharing responsibility, providing support, maintaining communication, and updating senior team members on progress.

Skills and Attributes for Success

• A strong analytical mindset is crucial in this environment, as you'll regularly assist in researching technical accounting issues to evaluate implications on transaction valuation and structuring, and prepare analyses of financial information to assess trends and fluctuations.
• Good communication skills will also be vital for success in this role, as you'll be required to prepare reports and schedules delivered to clients and develop productive working relationships with them.

Benefits

We offer a competitive compensation package where you'll be rewarded based on performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. Plus:

• Continuous learning: You'll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We'll provide the tools and flexibility so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You'll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

We're a large and growing professional services firm that still feels like a community. With over 76,000 professionals in more than 150 countries, we combine global scale with local expertise to help dynamic organizations unlock their potential for growth. We truly care about our colleagues, our clients, and the communities where we work and live.

As a Manager in the FCC Advisory practice, you will lead and oversee high-quality client engagements to assess and enhance FCC systems and controls. You will manage the overall project, leading and supporting the project teams under the oversight of the Engagement Partner/Engagement Director, ensuring successful delivery of complex and diverse engagements, while collaborating with leadership and cross-functional teams.

Discover your purple and join our Regulatory & Financial Crime Compliance team today

Let us paint a picture for you
Imagine being part of a team that puts "we before me", where flexibility is a mindset, and where you trust your colleagues to have your back.

Imagine working for an organization that believes in the power of authenticity in everything that we do. Whether you're steering discussions in a client meeting, tackling your fear of heights at the top of the Burj Khalifa or ziplining across Jebel Jais – bring your true self to work. Be a part of a team driven by a purpose of shaping the world that we live in, based on trust and integrity in markets, dynamic businesses, and communities where businesses and people thrive.

Join us to expand your horizons, be inspired, face challenges, and most importantly, be yourself.

About the FCC Advisory Practice

The FCC Advisory Practice supplies advisory services to UAE licensed financial institutions (CBUAE, DFSA, FSRA, SCA) in the areas Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Countering the Financing of Terrorism (CFT), Sanctions and Countering Proliferation Financing (CPF). The team's services focus on assurance, independent FCC Program assessments, Third Party Validation & Monitorships and AML Program development, uplift and remediation, such as FCC risk assessments, design and implementation of (key elements) of firms' FCC Programs (such as Financial Crime Risk Assessments, Policies & Procedures development, Target Operating Model design. We also support clients with FCC technology needs, such as TM Tool validation, effectiveness testing and optimization and support in the vendor selection and implementation phase.

As a Manager some of your responsibilities will include:

• Delivery: Leading and delivering high-quality client engagements (small / medium sized projects) and leading workstreams on large scale projects under the oversight of the Engagement Partner/Engagement Director, such as:
• Assurance / Independent FCC assessments:
• Performing  AML Program Assessment, Internal Audits;
• Conducting gap analysis;
• Executing AUPs; and
• Particing in Third Party Validation / Monitorships.
• AML Program development and uplift:
• Developing and executing for example FCC risk assessments and Risk Appetite Statement, FCC policies and procedures, Transaction Monitoring Typology Assessments, & Customer Risk Assessment Models.
• Supporting clients with (re-)designing / enhancing their target operating model
• Undertaking/Supporting AML vendor systems assessment.
• Supporting regulatory interactions
• Delivering FCC training sessions for Boards and across all three lines of defense
• Project Management:
• Managing the planning, execution, and delivery of projects, including client updates, progress tracking, billing, and quality assurance
• Overseeing project engagement formalities, such as conflict checks, client acceptance, and documentation
• Business & Practice Development:
• Driving business development activities, including preparing proposals, marketing efforts, and thought leadership
• Actively participating in/leading client meetings, providing strategic insights and solutions
• Supervising, mentoring, and developing junior team members to ensure high-quality outputs
• Building and maintaining client relationships, and communicating clearly and effectively in all deliverables

We're a large and growing professional services firm that still feels like a community. With over 76,000 professionals in more than 150 countries, we combine global scale with local expertise to help dynamic organizations unlock their potential for growth. We truly care about our colleagues, our clients, and the communities where we work and live.

As a Manager in the FCC Advisory practice, you will lead and oversee high-quality client engagements to assess and enhance FCC systems and controls. You will manage the overall project, leading and supporting the project teams under the oversight of the Engagement Partner/Engagement Director, ensuring successful delivery of complex and diverse engagements, while collaborating with leadership and cross-functional teams.

Discover your purple and join our Regulatory & Financial Crime Compliance team today

Let us paint a picture for you

Imagine being part of a team that puts "we before me", where flexibility is a mindset, and where you trust your colleagues to have your back.

Imagine working for an organization that believes in the power of authenticity in everything that we do. Whether you're steering discussions in a client meeting, tackling your fear of heights at the top of the Burj Khalifa or ziplining across Jebel Jais – bring your true self to work. Be a part of a team driven by a purpose of shaping the world that we live in, based on trust and integrity in markets, dynamic businesses, and communities where businesses and people thrive.

Join us to expand your horizons, be inspired, face challenges, and most importantly, be yourself.

About the FCC Advisory Practice

The FCC Advisory Practice supplies advisory services to UAE licensed financial institutions (CBUAE, DFSA, FSRA, SCA) in the areas Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Countering the Financing of Terrorism (CFT), Sanctions and Countering Proliferation Financing (CPF). The team's services focus on assurance, independent FCC Program assessments, Third Party Validation & Monitorships and AML Program development, uplift and remediation, such as FCC risk assessments, design and implementation of (key elements) of firms' FCC Programs (such as Financial Crime Risk Assessments, Policies & Procedures development, Target Operating Model design. We also support clients with FCC technology needs, such as TM Tool validation, effectiveness testing and optimization and support in the vendor selection and implementation phase.

As a Manager some of your responsibilities will include:

• Delivery: Leading and delivering high-quality client engagements (small / medium sized projects) and leading workstreams on large scale projects under the oversight of the Engagement Partner/Engagement Director, such as:
• Assurance / Independent FCC assessments:
• Performing AML Program Assessment, Internal Audits;
• Conducting gap analysis;
• Executing AUPs; and
• Particing in Third Party Validation / Monitorships.
• AML Program development and uplift:
• Developing and executing for example FCC risk assessments and Risk Appetite Statement, FCC policies and procedures, Transaction Monitoring Typology Assessments, & Customer Risk Assessment Models.
• Supporting clients with (re-)designing / enhancing their target operating model
• Undertaking/Supporting AML vendor systems assessment.
• Supporting regulatory interactions
• Delivering FCC training sessions for Boards and across all three lines of defense
• Project Management:
• Managing the planning, execution, and delivery of projects, including client updates, progress tracking, billing, and quality assurance
• Overseeing project engagement formalities, such as conflict checks, client acceptance, and documentation
• Business & Practice Development:
• Driving business development activities, including preparing proposals, marketing efforts, and thought leadership
• Actively participating in/leading client meetings, providing strategic insights and solutions
• Supervising, mentoring, and developing junior team members to ensure high-quality outputs
• Building and maintaining client relationships, and communicating clearly and effectively in all deliverables

Think you've got what it takes to be an Associate Consultant? Like the color purple? Great. Here's a few more boxes we're also hoping you can tick:

• 7 to 9 years of experience working in Financial Crime Advisory (Consulting) and/or in financial institutions (2nd Line of Defence with advisory type responsibilities)
• Very good practical understanding of the key elements of a robust FCC Program
• Familiarity of regulatory requirements and expectation for AML/CFT, CPF and Sanctions in the UAE OR other key international jurisdictions (such as UK, EU, Singapore, Hong Kong, etc.)
• Proven track record of leading small/mid-sized AML Advisory projects and/or leading key workstreams on large scale projects
• Strong and demonstrated project and stakeholder management skills
• Strong and demonstrated Business Development skills with regard to proposal development, thought leadership
• Excellent communication skills in both written and spoken English
• Excellent interpersonal skills – with positive & enthusiastic attitude
• Ability to thrive in a multi-cultural environment
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft office applications; and
• A critical thinker with a strong eye for detail and creative in problem solving, strong analytical skills

Advantageous but not a requirement:

• Hold a leading professional qualification such as CAMS, ICA, CFE or similar professional certifications
• Experience of assessments of Financial Crime Systems I.e. Transaction Monitoring and Sanctions Screening (Name and Payment)
• Knowledge of other financial crime legislation/regulation (e.g., Anti-Bribery & Corruption, Fraud, Market Abuse) is advantageous but not required
• Keen on expanding business development efforts'; and
• Excellent communication skills in both written and spoken Arabic is advantageous

Job Location

Dubai, UAE

Job Role

Business Advisory

Joining Date

Sep-2025

Preferred Contract Type

Permanent

Career Level

Mid-Management