Islamic Finance Correspondent - Middle East - (AE-Dubai )

Minimum Education: Tech School
Job Type: Full Time
Email this job to yourself or to a friend | Job Match Test | Resume Guide

Our Client is the leading source of intelligent information for the world's businesses and professionals, providing customers with competitive advantage. Intelligent information is a unique synthesis of human intelligence, industry expertise and innovative technology that provides decision-makers with the knowledge to act, enabling them to make better decisions faster. Through its more than 50,000 people across 93 countries, Our Clients delivers this must-have insight to the financial, legal, tax and accounting, scientific, healthcare and media markets, and is powered by the world's most trusted news organization.

Islamic Finance Correspondent - Middle East (based in Dubai)
We are looking for an energetic self-starter to spearhead Reuters' Islamic finance coverage in the Middle East. This position will seek to address increasing demand for IF news across all sectors, from debt and equity news to regulatory issues, insurance and sovereign wealth. The successful applicant will have a keen interest in Islamic finance, a nuanced understanding of traditional market dynamics, and a track record of breaking news and providing insightful stories and analyses. He/She will have experience building contacts and getting beats and exclusives in opaque markets. The position will involve close coordination with colleagues covering IF issues elsewhere in the company, including multimedia. The candidate must be prepared to build up a wide-ranging contact list to support coverage of all branches of the fast-growing Islamic finance market, from sukuk issuance and listing to product launches. The candidate will be able to spot investment trends and write analytical stories on developments in the industry. Coverage of conferences and briefings both in the country and the region where the reporter operates will be an integral part of everyday duties. The reporter must also be comfortable writing about regulatory issues directly and indirectly affecting the development of Islamic finance and produce original comments (e.g. blogs).

- at least five years financial reporting experience
- experience covering debt and equity markets
- knowledge of Islamic finance issues
- good teamworking skills
- emerging and mature markets experience a plus
- Arabic a plus

Our Clients employees take pride in providing our customers around the world with information that is timely, accurate, unbiased and trusted. We have a profound respect for the professions and customers we serve and define our success in terms of their success. Our work environment is dynamic, innovative and entrepreneurial. We have a result-oriented culture that demands excellence, agility, and the desire to move quickly and precisely to seize opportunities. Our environment is both challenging and supportive - we give employees the opportunity to develop their skills and do their best work.

**** CANDIDATES CURRENTLY IN UAE, ONLY APPLY**

WE ARE LOOKING FOR CANDIDATES WHO ARE CURRENTLY IN UAE

If this is the job for you then please email your Resume in the strictest confidence to sophie.mccall@1stcv.co.uk.