Business Development Associate

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Dubai, ARE
In-Office
Junior
Financial Services
The Role
Supports institutional and high-net-worth clients through onboarding, platform demonstrations, and integration services. Identifies business opportunities, manages strategic partner relationships, coordinates cross-functional implementation projects, and presents products and solutions to clients. Requires financial markets knowledge, strong stakeholder management, organization, analytical skills, and fluency in English and Arabic.
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About the Company

 

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: IBKR), a member of the S&P 500, is a global financial services company headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut, with offices in over 15 countries. Through its affiliates, Interactive Brokers provides automated trade execution and custody of securities, commodities, foreign exchange, and prediction markets on over 170 markets in numerous countries and currencies.

 

For more than four decades, Interactive Brokers has focused on technology, automation, and innovation to provide clients worldwide with a sophisticated, unified platform to manage their investment portfolios. We serve individual investors, hedge funds, proprietary trading groups, financial advisors, and introducing brokers.

 

Our culture is driven by problem-solving, efficiency, and continuous improvement. We look for individuals who are intellectually curious, collaborative, and motivated to contribute to technology that helps simplify and enhance access to global financial markets. Interactive Brokers has consistently been recognized as a top broker by respected industry sources including Barron’s, Investopedia, Stockbrokers.com, and others.

 

Interactive Brokers (U.K.) Limited (DIFC Branch) seeks an Arabic and English Business Development Associate to join our market-leading global firm. As a Business Development Associate, you will be part of a result-oriented, multinational team spread across EMEA. You will be responsible for providing Institutional and HNWI clients with onboarding and integration services, identifying and capturing new business opportunities, and channelling strategic ideas for business expansion through to management. 

If you are passionate about growing a business, servicing clients, and helping initiate change, apply today. You will be a team player, have fantastic business acumen, desire continuous improvement and always go above and beyond. Experience in a similar role within financial services is preferred. 

Interactive Brokers is an online broker offering trading access for experienced traders to products traded on many markets and exchanges worldwide. IBUKDB is part of a global group of financial services companies based in the U.S., with over $500 billion in client equity. It is publicly traded under the symbol “IBKR.”  

Key Responsibilities: 

  • Help guide Institutional Clients and High-Net-Worth Individuals through the client application and be the central point of contact during the onboarding stages. 
  • Be well-versed in the various products and services offered through Interactive Brokers and confidently discuss these with prospective and existing clients. 
  • Regularly perform virtual and in-person demonstrations of the trading platform. 
  • Coordinate integration projects and product optimisation for our B2B clients across multiple internal teams, including legal, operations, technology, and client services. 
  • Oversee relationships with high-growth strategic partners and drive the implementation of solutions to grow the partnership further. 
  • Participate in client meetings and presentations and attend industry events. 
  • Assist with other ad-hoc tasks as assigned from time to time. 

Qualifications, Skills & Experience: 

  • Degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or another related field 
  • Languages: Excellent written and oral communication skills in English, Arabic, and any other languages are a plus. 
  • Product Knowledge: General market knowledge in futures, options, and the equities markets 
  • Excellent stakeholder management skills with experience in working cross-functionally to deliver the best results for the business 
  • Excellent organisational skills, able to successfully manage multiple projects simultaneously and deliver impressive results 
  • Experience: A minimum of two years of experience in the financial services industry with trading or brokerage in a client service or project management capacity is preferred. 
  • IT Skills: MS Office, with Bloomberg, Confluence and Jira knowledge as a plus. 
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. 

Location: 

Index Tower, DIFC, Dubai 
9 am – 6 pm, Monday – Friday 

Skills Required

  • Degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and Arabic
  • General market knowledge of futures, options, and equities
  • Strong stakeholder management skills and cross-functional collaboration experience
  • Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
  • At least two years of experience in financial services, trading, or brokerage in a client service or project management capacity
  • MS Office skills
  • Bloomberg, Confluence, and Jira knowledge
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

Interactive Brokers Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Interactive Brokers and has not been reviewed or approved by Interactive Brokers.

  • Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, with company-covered premiums available in some plans, plus dental and vision. Wellness incentives and accessible care benefits contribute to the perceived value of the package.
  • Strong & Reliable Incentives — Total compensation commonly includes discretionary bonuses and stock grants that enhance earnings. These elements are frequently cited as meaningful parts of overall pay.
  • Pay Growth & Progression — Annual pay increases are mentioned across multiple roles. This supports a perception of steady early-stage progression.

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The Company
HQ: Greenwich, CT
2,441 Employees

What We Do

Rated #1 Best Online Broker in 2022 for 5 consecutive years by Barron's. Interactive Brokers Group (Nasdaq: IBKR) and its predecessor companies have been building trading technology for over 44 years. Interactive Brokers Group’s consolidated equity capital exceeds $10 billion. Throughout its history, the company’s mission has remained unchanged: Create technology to provide liquidity on better terms. Compete on price, speed, size, diversity of global products and advanced trading tools. Interactive Brokers LLC is a member of NYSE, FINRA, SIPC. For more information, visit: ibkr.com

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