Export Agency Finance – MENA – Vice President

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JPMorgan Chase & Co., operating in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, provides comprehensive financial services that support individuals, businesses, and institutions in achieving their financial goals. We deliver banking, investment, and risk management solutions with a focus on reliability, expertise, and strategic insight. Our team of professionals works closely with clients to address complex financial challenges, optimize opportunities, and ensure regulatory compliance. By emphasizing integrity, accountability, and innovation, we help clients make informed decisions and achieve sustainable growth. We remain committed to delivering high-quality services that create long-term value across the financial sector.

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Job description – Export Agency Finance

Introduction
• Morgan Export & Agency Finance (“EAF”) is a group of professionals within Trade & Working Capital focused on structuring and arranging structured debt solutions aimed at meeting our clients’ unique financing needs across a highly collaborative global platform. We partner with export credit agencies (“ECAs”), multilateral agencies (“MLAs”), and development finance institutions (“DFIs”) (each an “Agency” and together “Agencies”) to support our clients with financing solutions that feature credit enhancements or direct lending from relevant Agencies.

ECAs are established by governments to promote national exports. DFIs and MLAs are public financing institutions with economic development missions.

Job Summary

As the Vice President in the Export and Agency Finance Middle East, North Africa, Türkiye, and CIS (“MENA”) team within Trade and Working Capital, you will be responsible for assisting in the origination and execution of EAF MENA transactions, as well as managing the MENA-based Agency programs and associated relationships. You will also play a key role in maintaining strong relationships with internal and market partners to support the global Morgan EAF franchise.

Your geographic responsibility will include the origination and execution of Agency-supported financing with MENAT-based clients and MENA-based Agencies supporting transactions globally.

Job responsibilities
• Contribute to deal life cycle: from origination to execution and subsequent transition to portfolio management.
• Support senior transaction professionals globally in advancing the transaction deal life cycle.
• Assist in work streams including: marketing materials, pricing models, internal deal memos, and execution documentation.
• Apply deal structuring considerations, including “boxes and arrows” and cash-flow-based financial modeling.
• Take ownership of internal systems and processes, produce pipeline reporting, and provide analytics for senior management.
• Ensure alignment with JPMorgan internal operating procedures and policies, and contribute to content development for internal & external thought leadership.
• Build & leverage internal networks, principally with colleagues in Global Trade & Working Capital, Global Corporate & Investment Bank, and Commercial Bank, as well as with Infrastructure Advisory Finance, Markets, and Debt Capital Markets product partners and other functions within Payments, as appropriate.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills :
• Applied experience in cross-border debt financing with MENA deal experience and the relevant level of EAF experience to perform the role effectively.
• Experience in originating, structuring, and executing Agency-supported financings.
• Reviewing and negotiating legal documentation.
• Possess strong business communication and analytical skills.
• Understanding of Morgan’s risk management policies and tools.
• Ability to analyze and compare alternative financing structures.
• Ability to develop relationship management skills with internal & external clients and demonstrate leadership in deal management.
• Strong understanding of environmental, social, and governance considerations surrounding international project financing.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills :
• Understanding of corporate and project financing, including sector-specific structures (e.g., shipping, aviation), through proven professional experience.
• Knowledge of Morgan’s internal processes (credit, environmental, compliance, etc.).
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel.
• Effective communication, interpersonal skills, and project management capabilities.
• Arabic or Turkish language skills are a plus.