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    Consulting Technology – Enterprise Architect – Senior Manager | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Line of ServiceAdvisorySpecialismAdvisory – OtherManagement LevelSenior ManagerJob Description & SummaryA career in our Management Consulting practice, within General Consulting services, will provide you with the opportunity to help clients seize essential advantages by working alongside business leaders to solve their toughest problems and capture their greatest opportunities. We work with some of the world’s largest and most complex companies to understand their unique business issues and opportunities in an ever changing environment. We help create sustainable change by stimulating innovation, unlocking data possibilities, navigating risk and regulatory complexity, optimising deals, and aligning costs with business strategy to create a competitive advantage.As a member of our team, you’ll help the world’s most significant organisations, public and private, quickly become more effective. We improve the way they operate; manage costs; better align people, process and technology initiatives; support business growth to maintain or improve competitive edge and complete market and regulatory risk assessment. In doing so, we focus on their agendas and the big issues they need to deal with, both today and in the future.To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

    As a Senior Manager, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:- Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinion from all, including quieter members of the team.- Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.- Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.- Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail.- Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realises they are required.- Contribute technical knowledge in area of specialism.- Contribute to an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.- Navigate the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams and engagements.- Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients and stakeholders to build trust.- Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct.

    At PwC Middle East, we’ve set out an ambitious purpose and strive to live it everyday: to solve important problems and build trust in society.

    We’re a community of solvers that come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustained outcomes. We solve important problems, support one another as we grow, develop and build fulfilling careers.

    PwC provides industry-focused services for public and private clients across Assurance and Audit, Deals, Consulting, Tax and Legal. We draw on our development legacy that brings together the collective experience of over 7,000 people in our region with offices across 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.

    We’re striving to consistently deliver innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustained outcomes. And we’re proud of the strength that comes from all our different backgrounds and experiences and we value everyone’s uniqueness. We thrive in uncertainty, operate with integrity and leverage the diverse perspectives of our teams.

    If you’re looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life, then you’re a future PwCer. More

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    HR Advisor – 9 Month Contract | Robert Half

    Employment:

    Full Time

    The CompanyRobert Half is working with an elite professional services firm based in Dubai.The RoleYou will join a leading HR team to support in the successful delivery of human resources services at all stages of the employee lifecycle. This is a 9 contract where you must be able to commit to the duration of the contract. You must have experience of working at HR Advisor/ Officer level in a fast paced environment.* HR Advisor remit* Recruitment and Induction* Employee Relations* Performance Management* Learning and Development* Mobility/ on boarding* Operational HR

    The Candidate* The idea HR Advisor will have experience of working within professional services, finance or legal* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships at all levels with a strong client focus* Excellent attention to detail, with the ability to question constructively existing procedures and consider alternatives* Team player, enhancing the reputation of and contributing to the success of the broader People team* High levels of integrity, ability to balance confidentiality with duty of care, and able to act with discretion and diplomacy* Excellent technical skills and ability to learn new systems (knowledge of PeopleSoft advantageous)* Effective time management and prioritization skills, along with the ability to meet deadlines under pressure* Self-motivated and able to work under own autonomy or as part of a teamSalaryAED 18,000 – AED 22,000 per monthRobert Half is committed to equal opportunity and diversity. Suitable candidates with equivalent qualifications and more or less experience can apply. Pay and salary ranges are dependent upon experience, qualifications and training.

    Founded in 1948, Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE symbol: RHI) is the world’s first and largest specialized staffing firm and a member of the S&P 500 index. We are a global leader in professional staffing and consulting services and the parent company of Protiviti, a leading independent internal audit and business and technology risk consulting firm. For 2006, Robert Half International reported revenues of $4 billion and now has staffing and consulting operations in more than 400 locations worldwide. More

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    Treasury Manager | Robert Half

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Reporting to the VP Treasury, this position involves transaction and financing deal team participation, risk management, investments, compliance and covenant reporting, debt management and systems / process development.KEY RESULT AREAS* Managing outstanding derivative positions and ensuring ongoing settlement and accurate recording of same.* Oversee Treasury Analyst in managing the Company’s long-term cash position in line with Treasury policy to meet long-term liquidity requirements and budget returns.* Responsibility for monthly Treasury reporting for the Management Pack. * Provide periodic and ad-hoc management / shareholder reports, leverage reports, fixed cash flow etc.* Responsibility for the ongoing compliance covenants (operational & financial) in relation to financing. * Develop and maintain reliable internal forecasting and reporting tools. * Run detailed analysis and scenarios on future covenant compliance* Participate on regional deal team for all leasing and financing transactions, from initial term sheet stage through to execution.* Assist Legal / Corporate Finance in reviewing financing documentation with focus on items related to Treasury issues, including covenants, derivatives and reporting* Provide oversight and support to VP Treasury of the day-to-day Treasury team activities and escalate any issues or queries as appropriate.* Assist VP Treasury in risk management strategy and oversight* Ad hoc projects as directed by VP TreasuryKEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS* Monitoring of cash management KPIs and compliance to policy* Ensuring all payment obligations are made to lenders on a timely basis (no defaults). * Execute / report on derivative positions on new/existing deals* Completion of covenants (internal and external reporting) on a timely basis.* Ensure timely and coordinated financial closings in conjunction with Legal and Corporate Finance* Develop excellent working relationships outside of Treasury and Finance* Increased automation around back office and banking processes, with reduced direct and indirect costs

    SKILLS & EXPERIENCE* Minimum degree level, relevant third level qualification, preferably with specialisation in finance* 5 plus years Corporate Treasury / Capital Markets experience, ideally gained within an aircraft leasing, international financial services or aviation environment* Demonstrated capability and familiarity with loan and derivative (ISDA) documentation* A primary or secondary qualification in Finance/Treasury is essential, ideally from the* Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) or equivalent* Accounting or Banking background with structured finance experience also desirable.* Demonstrated systems and process improvements and implementation within a banking / corporate treasury environment.COMPETENCIESBusiness Approach & Problem Solving* Strategic & Innovative Thinking* Results Oriented & Analytical ThinkingBehave Professionally* Corporate Citizenship* Accountability & Ownership* Teamwork & Collaboration* Effective CommunicationWelcome & Drive Change* Continuous Learning & Personal Development* Driving & Embracing Continuous ImprovementLeadership Effectiveness* Impact & InfluenceRobert Half is committed to equal opportunity and diversity. Suitable candidates with equivalent qualifications and more or less experience can apply. Pay and salary ranges are dependent upon experience, qualifications and training.

    Founded in 1948, Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE symbol: RHI) is the world’s first and largest specialized staffing firm and a member of the S&P 500 index. We are a global leader in professional staffing and consulting services and the parent company of Protiviti, a leading independent internal audit and business and technology risk consulting firm. For 2006, Robert Half International reported revenues of $4 billion and now has staffing and consulting operations in more than 400 locations worldwide. More

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    Investment Operations Manager | Halian

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Our ClientA growing international credit investment firm have a newly created opportunity for an Investment Operations Manager to join their team headquartered in Dubai.Your Responsibilities• Liaising with outsourced fund administrators, overseeing the NAV reconciliation process including review of investor statements and investor portal• Oversight of all financial accounting processes for investment structures• Liaising with industry partners where fund structures are co-managed to review financial statements, capital and income distributions• Responding to investor queries and review of investor capital statements and other investor correspondence in coordination with the investor relations team• Liaising with the firm’s investment and compliance teams during fund launch phase, investment closings and refinancing• Assist with regulatory reporting (DFSA, SEC, FCA, etc.) periodically• Preparation and review of lender KYC requests

    Your Qualifications• A qualified accountant (CA/CPA/ACCA) with at least 6+ years post qualification experience in Credit/Real Estate/Hedge Fund investment firm or a fund administrator• Consolidation skills with strong knowledge of IFRS, SMAs and Shariah structures• Prior knowledge of the CLO/loan asset class and any CRM software is an advantage• Excellent communication skills

    Founded in 1996, Halian is an IT services company with a strong track record of delivering value for our customers across the UK, Europe, The Middle East and Africa.

    The experience we have gained means that we can help our clients reduce information technology costs, increase IT systems performance, and free up valuable internal resource to focus on core business activities. Our knowledge base covers a variety of industry sectors including Government, Healthcare, Telecommunications and Pharmaceuticals, as well as a specialist Financial markets capability in our Luxembourg office.

    We operate with a culture of openness and trust that helps us to develop strong working relationships with our clients and with our core technology partners Dell, Oracle, Red Hat and Symantec.

    Our three key service offerings of Managed Services, Resourcing Services and Professional Services can be used independently or integrated to provide a truly comprehensive service. More

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    Access Control Commissioning Engineer | Excelsior Group ME

    Employment:

    Full Time

    We have n excellent opportunity for Access Control Commissioning Engineer with one of our Security Company located in Abu Dhabi. We are working with a top security systems integrator who offer large-scale access control projects to a number of global enterprise and blue-chip clients,. They’re looking to grow their team with an experienced Access Control Commissioning Engineer to help deliver projects.The Role:• You will be responsible for ensuring the final project delivery and commissioning of IP, PC-based, integrated access control and CCTV systems• Offer on-site support on large scale systems, including European and global systems• Support engineers, LSPs and clients on technical problems and commissioning• Communicate effectively with customers both external and internal as and when required, discussing problems, clarifying situations, identifying and explaining solutions• To liaise and interoperate with equipment manufacturers, software suppliers and/or sub-contract maintenance companies as requiredRequirements:• Hands-on experience of project engineering and/or commissioning access control systems, including single, multisite or enterprise systems.• Strong project delivery skills with a background/experience in project engineering / installation of integrated security systems, ideally on a larger scale• Knowledge and experience of TCP/IP networking, including configuring and maintaining routers and switches highly beneficial• Experience with Access Control- Kaba/Lenel/Maxess

    Salary:
    AED
    5,000 to 8,500
    per month inclusive of fixed allowances.

    We have n excellent opportunity for Access Control Commissioning Engineer with one of our Security Company located in Abu Dhabi. We are working with a top security systems integrator who offer large-scale access control projects to a number of global enterprise and blue-chip clients,. They’re looking to grow their team with an experienced Access Contrl Commissioning Engineer to help deliver projects.The Role:• You will be responsible for ensuring the final project delivery and commissioning of IP, PC-based, integrated access control and CCTV systems• Offer on-site support on large scale systems, including European and global systems• Support engineers, LSPs and clients on technical problems and commissioning• Communicate effectively with customers both external and internal as and when required, discussing problems, clarifying situations, identifying and explaining solutions• To liaise and interoperate with equipment manufacturers, software suppliers and/or sub-contract maintenance companies as requiredRequirements:• Hands-on experience of project engineering and/or commissioning access control systems, including single, multisite or enterprise systems.• Strong project delivery skills with a background/experience in project engineering / installation of integrated security systems, ideally on a larger scale• Knowledge and experience of TCP/IP networking, including configuring and maintaining routers and switches highly beneficial• Experience with Access Control- Kaba/Lenel/Maxess

    Excelsior is a bespoke HR and recruitment consultancy, specialising in the Security, Facilities Management, Education and Automotive sectors. Excelsior provides a high quality, reliable and affordable solution to companies in these sectors.

    Exciting opportunities and market insights will be regularly posted on this page. If you are a talented individual looking for a change, then our highly experienced Consultants are ready to match you with an exciting new career opportunity. More

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    Tax – M&A – Senior Manager | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Line of ServiceTaxIndustry/SectorNot ApplicableSpecialismInternational Tax ServicesManagement LevelSenior ManagerJob Description & SummaryA career within International Tax Services will provide you with the opportunity to help PwC address their cross border tax needs both locally and globally by managing their global tax rates, finding areas of cost reduction, and responding to inquiries from regulatory authorities. You’ll gain a global perspective and an awareness of tax issues stemming from changes to evolving business structures and geographic expansions.Our International Tax Services Generalist – Practice Support team advises PwC on tax laws and reporting, legislation and planning strategies based on the geography and jurisdiction. You’ll be assisting our team with local tax laws, reporting requirements, statutory filings, corporate strategy, transfer pricing and indirect tax and other international taxation needs.To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

    As a Senior Manager, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:- Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinion from all, including quieter members of the team.- Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.- Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.- Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail.- Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realises they are required.- Contribute technical knowledge in area of specialism.- Contribute to an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.- Navigate the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams and engagements.- Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients and stakeholders to build trust.- Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct.

    At PwC Middle East, we’ve set out an ambitious purpose and strive to live it everyday: to solve important problems and build trust in society.

    We’re a community of solvers that come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustained outcomes. We solve important problems, support one another as we grow, develop and build fulfilling careers.

    PwC provides industry-focused services for public and private clients across Assurance and Audit, Deals, Consulting, Tax and Legal. We draw on our development legacy that brings together the collective experience of over 7,000 people in our region with offices across 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.

    We’re striving to consistently deliver innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustained outcomes. And we’re proud of the strength that comes from all our different backgrounds and experiences and we value everyone’s uniqueness. We thrive in uncertainty, operate with integrity and leverage the diverse perspectives of our teams.

    If you’re looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life, then you’re a future PwCer. More

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    Audio Visual Commissioning Engineer | Excelsior Group ME

    Employment:

    Full Time

    We have n excellent opportunity for Audio Visual Commissioning Engineer with one of our Security Company located in Abu Dhabi. They are seeking an Audio Visual Commissioning Engineer. Our client is an established integrator of commercial AV & VC systems.The Role:• As the commissioning engineer you will act as the lead engineer for the business. • Have the ability to lead the installation team along with mentor junior engineers • Ability to commission installed equipment Knowledge of control systems and programs – with the ability to make minor changes • Ability to connect equipment over networks

    Salary:
    AED
    5,000 to 8,500
    per month inclusive of fixed allowances.

    Requirements:• You will have strong experience within Audio Visual completing installations through to commissioning Excellent knowledge of systems such as:• Logitech, QSC, Extron, AMX, Crestron • Ability to lead a team Experienced in both audio visual and video conferencing systems • This is an excellent opportunity to join an established integrator and excellent team. • A company who will invest further into your training and progression.• 5-10 years of experience of UAE experience is a must.• Should have commissioning and configuration experience.• Audio Visual- Creston /Extron/Atix

    Excelsior is a bespoke HR and recruitment consultancy, specialising in the Security, Facilities Management, Education and Automotive sectors. Excelsior provides a high quality, reliable and affordable solution to companies in these sectors.

    Exciting opportunities and market insights will be regularly posted on this page. If you are a talented individual looking for a change, then our highly experienced Consultants are ready to match you with an exciting new career opportunity. More

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    Assistant Vice President of Private Equity | Robert Half

    Employment:

    Full Time

    The CompanyOur client is a large Investment Firm located in the ADGM is looking for an AVP of Private Equity (PE) (7+ years’ experience) to work as part of their Investment Team. Reporting into the Head of Private Equity.The RoleThe incumbent will provide active sourcing, research, analysis and evaluation of private equity direct and co-investment opportunities and in the monitoring of financial performance of portfolio companies and funds.* Actively sources, researches, analyses and evaluates a variety of private equity investment opportunities* Develops complex dynamic financial models* Takes part in due diligence activities which include appraisal of company’s past and projected financial performance* Submits recommendations based on the results of the team’s due diligence and analysis* Negotiation and execution of investment agreements and other transaction-related legal documentations* Analyses potential fund investment opportunities* Drafts internal fund investment proposals for approval of the Investment Committee* Assists in negotiating, structuring and completing fund documentations* Bring a network to add/ bring deal follow to division.* Monitors ongoing financial performance of portfolio companies and funds and overseas the reviews of valuations

    The Candidate* A bachelor’s degree with a strong economic background, preferably with an MBA* CFA or CAIA would be preferred* 5 years’ experience in the GCC* Must be a strong team player with demonstrated ability and interest in working closely with team members and delivering quality work under tight schedulesSalary70,000 AED a month, DOERobert Half is committed to equal opportunity and diversity. Suitable candidates with equivalent qualifications and more or less experience can apply. Pay and salary ranges are dependent upon experience, qualifications and training.

    Founded in 1948, Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE symbol: RHI) is the world’s first and largest specialized staffing firm and a member of the S&P 500 index. We are a global leader in professional staffing and consulting services and the parent company of Protiviti, a leading independent internal audit and business and technology risk consulting firm. For 2006, Robert Half International reported revenues of $4 billion and now has staffing and consulting operations in more than 400 locations worldwide. More