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    Azure Developer – Senior Associate | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Line of ServiceAdvisoryIndustry/SectorTechnologySpecialismAdvisory – OtherManagement LevelSenior AssociateJob Description & SummaryA career 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.About the rolePwC is opening a new Technology & Innovation Center in Cairo that will deliver high quality technology solutions to consulting Clients across the globe. The Centre will provide a broad suite of skills and services to our clients, ranging from Packaged Applications such as SAP & Oracle, to Cloud services utilising AWS, Azure and Google, as well as expanding our existing Managed Services capabilities.  The center is looking to expand rapidly and we are looking for enthusiastic self-starters with a passion for technology and client delivery to help shape and form this new venture.  We are seeking to recruit an Azure Developer to join our team in Cairo.  The successful candidate will have a minimum of 3 years experience. They will be developing a reputation within the local Engineering market, having worked on 4+ Azure projects, with at least 12 months experience across 2 of the projects. They will have a growing professional network, and have alliances into the Engineering ecosystem.   You will report to the Cloud Service Delivery Director and will be an integral part of the team based in Cairo, as well as those delivering client transformation programmes across the PwC Global Network, including the UK, Germany and Middle East. As an Azure Developer, you will play a key role in the following areas:- Support the leadership and management of the new Cloud Practice by taking an active role in the Cloud Senior Leadership Team  – Responsibility for coaching and developing more junior team members in the Development & Software engineering domain  – Delivering exceptional client service and solutions  – Work with a global mindset with teams based in the UK, Germany and other Middle Eastern Countries – Leading delivery teams to deliver solutions that are on scope, time, quality and budget  Role Requirements:- Ability to perform in a lead developer role, organising, mentoring and providing quality assurance on deliverables – Participate in design activities with client and lead design and process discussions – Detailing of the technical specifications required to deliver the functional requirements of the solution – Ability to provide estimation of effort for technical developments – Ability to manage stream deliverables – Responsible for issue resolution post go-live and transition to support

    Essential skills & attributes:- 3-5 certifications in relevant AWS Development disciplines or technologies – Experience in: .Net, CRM Dynamics – on premise & online versions or custom .net project, SharePoint, etc – Excellent oral and written communication skills as well as basic presentation skills  – Ability to work within a fast-paced & unstructured environment.  Must be able to multi-task and effectively and continually prioritise  – Excellent time management, communication and organizational skills  – Ability to interact efficiently with senior members of the firm across multiple time zones Education- University Degree

    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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    AWS Developer – Senior Associate | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    ETIC – AWS Developer – Senior Associate – (Cairo)Line of ServiceAdvisoryIndustry/SectorTechnologySpecialismAdvisory – OtherManagement LevelSenior AssociateJob Description & SummaryA career 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.About the rolePwC is opening a new Technology & Innovation Center in Cairo that will deliver high quality technology solutions to consulting Clients across the globe. The Centre will provide a broad suite of skills and services to our clients, ranging from Packaged Applications such as SAP & Oracle, to Cloud services utilising AWS, Azure and Google, as well as expanding our existing Managed Services capabilities.  The center is looking to expand rapidly and we are looking for enthusiastic self-starters with a passion for technology and client delivery to help shape and form this new venture.  We are seeking to recruit an AWS Developer to join our team in Cairo.  The successful candidate will have a minimum of 3 years experience. They will be developing a reputation within the local Engineering market, having worked on 4+ AWS projects, with at least 12 months experience across 2 of the projects. They will have a growing professional network, and have alliances into the Engineering ecosystem.   You will report to the Cloud Service Delivery Director and will be an integral part of the team based in Cairo, as well as those delivering client transformation programmes across the PwC Global Network, including the UK, Germany and Middle East. As an AWS Developer, you will play a key role in the following areas:- Support the leadership and management of the new Cloud Practice by taking an active role in the Cloud Senior Leadership Team  – Responsibility for coaching and developing more junior team members in the Development & Software engineering domain  – Delivering exceptional client service and solutions  – Work with a global mindset with teams based in the UK, Germany and other Middle Eastern Countries – Leading delivery teams to deliver solutions that are on scope, time, quality and budget  Role Requirements:- Ability to perform in a lead developer role, organising, mentoring and providing quality assurance on deliverables – Participate in design activities with client and lead design and process discussions – Detailing of the technical specifications required to deliver the functional requirements of the solution – Ability to provide estimation of effort for technical developments – Ability to manage stream deliverables – Responsible for issue resolution post go-live and transition to support

    Essential skills & attributes:- 3-5 certifications in relevant AWS Development disciplines or technologies – Excellent oral and written communication skills as well as basic presentation skills  – Ability to work within a fast-paced & unstructured environment.  Must be able to multi-task and effectively and continually prioritise  – Excellent time management, communication and organizational skills  – Ability to interact efficiently with senior members of the firm across multiple time zones Education- University Degree

    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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    ETIC – Salesforce Developer – Senior Associate | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    ETIC – Salesforce Developer – Senior AssociateLine of ServiceAdvisoryIndustry/SectorTechnologySpecialismAdvisory – OtherManagement LevelSenior AssociateJob Description & SummaryA career 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.About the rolePwC is opening a new Technology & Innovation Center in Cairo that will deliver high quality technology solutions to consulting Clients across the globe. The Centre will provide a broad suite of skills and services to our clients, ranging from Packaged Applications such as SAP & Oracle, to Cloud services utilising AWS, Azure and Google, as well as expanding our existing Managed Services capabilities.  The center is looking to expand rapidly and we are looking for enthusiastic self-starters with a passion for technology and client delivery to help shape and form this new venture.  We are seeking to recruit a Salesforce Developer to join our team in Cairo.  The successful candidate will have a minimum of 3 years experience in delivering complex Salesforce solutions. They will be building a growing reputation within the local Salesforce market, and will bring a developing professional network, and good alliances into the Salesforce ecosystem.   You will work in the team that reports to the Salesforce delivery service leadership team and will be an integral part of the team based in Cairo, as well as those delivering client transformation programmes across the PwC Global Network, including the UK, Germany and Middle East. As a Salesforce Developer, you will play a key role in the following areas:- Support the leadership and management of the new Salesforce Practice by taking an active role in the Salesforce delivery team  – Responsibility for coaching and developing more junior team members  – Delivering exceptional client service and solutions across the Salesforce products – Work with a global mindset with teams based in the UK, Germany and other Middle Eastern Countries – Work in delivery teams to deliver solutions that are on scope, time, quality and budget

    Role Requirements:- Ability to work independently with the client (specifying requirements, presenting work results) – Experience with finding and proposing solutions Essential skills & attributes:- Certificates: Min. 4 – Admin – App Builder, Platform Dev 1 – Basic Architect-track certs – Ability to work independently on a project (implementing business logic in APEX, creating LE components, creating VF pages, performing configuration on the Salesforce platform) – Practical knowledge of project tools (including Change Sets and a code repository)  Education- University Degree

    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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    Collection Executive | Aon Middle East

    Employment:

    Full Time

    • The job holder is responsible for performing functions related to various collection initiatives. • Responsible for regular follow ups and collection of payments against Insurance Premiums.• The responsibility also includes extraction of the data from the system and data entry of the collections in the designated collection trackers.

    • Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Commerce or equivalent qualification.The candidate should possess:• Very effective interpersonal & communication skills • Good Excel skills • Fair knowledge of accounts receivable, sales and collection functions. • Good organizational skills • Able to work under pressure

    Aon in the Middle-East is recognised as the premiere international broker with offices and network offices in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Iraq, Egypt, Lebanon and Kuwait. The Middle-East is a key strategic region for Aon and we continue to resource in the region with high quality personnel who can ensure Aon’s global commitment to providing leading edge service to our clients wherever they may be located. We employ more than 350 colleagues throughout our offices and network offices in the region. Wherever the risk or client is located, Aon has the ability and capability to seamlessly support and service our valued clients and partners. In short we offer you a global service delivered locally. More

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    ACE Transformation Associate (Limited Contract) – Assurance | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Line of ServiceAssuranceIndustry/SectorNot ApplicableSpecialismAssuranceManagement LevelAssociateJob Description & SummaryA career in our Assurance Transformation Centre of Excellence practice, within Assurance Transformation Services, will provide you with the opportunity to be responsible for developing functions in PwC that support audit engagement teams and audit quality efforts. You’ll focus on enhancing our services related to data auditing, business analytics, visualisation and leveraging of analytic technologies to evaluating complex Enterprise Systems for audit and non audit services.As part of our team, you’ll work with a broad and diverse range of clients, providing you with exposure to businesses of varying sizes, industries and complexity. You’ll work on document automation platform, and go on to produce parameterized templates to be rolled out to the ME Assurance community.To qualify for this role, you should:- Hold a bachelor’s degree is Business Administration- 0 – 1 years of experience- Willing to work in automation projects- Curious about technology and automationTo 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.

    PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:- Invite and give in the moment feedback in a constructive manner.- Share and collaborate effectively with others.- Identify and make suggestions for improvements when problems and/or opportunities arise.- Handle, manipulate and analyse data and information responsibly.- Follow risk management and compliance procedures.- Keep up-to-date with developments in area of specialism.- Communicate confidently in a clear, concise and articulate manner – verbally and in the materials produce.- Build and maintain an internal and external network.- Seek opportunities to learn about how PwC works as a global network of firms.

    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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    Tax Learning & Development Lead | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Line of ServiceTaxSpecialismHR FunctionManagement LevelSenior ManagerJob Description & SummaryThe ME Tax and Legal Services (TLS) Learning & Development (L&D) Lead is responsible for the design and delivery of best-in-class learning solutions, live virtual and online learning solutions, which address our business purpose for TLS. The L&D Lead is responsible for setting the L&D strategy for the line of service and the delivery of the L&D learning solutions/items. The L&D Lead is responsible for setting the L&D strategy for the line of service and the delivery of the L&D learning solutions/items. Primary duties and responsibilitiesFinancial- Recommend budget for TLS L&D function across the region – Manage budget and reporting process in line with the Firm’s strategy, global guidelines and staff internal needs – Manage and control the L&D expenditure and cost per hour – Identify new, cost effective delivery models   – Ensure that the L&D team deliver value for money, on-target, on-budget learning solutions Customer- Acts as a trusted advisor for learning-related matters – Manage and maintain strong relationships with regional and global counterparts / stakeholders – Support synergies within the business to ensure that our programmes support the business in its future growth and encourage cross-Line of Service working – Liaise with People Partners, HC Business Leads (HCBLs) and other L&D Leads to develop business skills programmes that meet not only the current business needs, but also predict future needs so that we can better support the growth of our business and to identify areas for future development initiatives Internal Process- Manage and implement the ME learning strategy in line with the Firm’s strategy, global guidelines and regional focus – Plans, selects and leads to implementation of global learning programs to address employees’ skill-development needs – Explore, assess and build strong relationships with top tier training external vendors and certified coaches in line with internal needs – Engage in high impact L&D projects with global interaction – Manage the assessment needs analysis and leverage outcome to map relevant courses accordingly – Report relevant KPIs to measure course effectiveness, staff accomplishment and performance – Review evaluations of training courses, objectives, and accomplishments  – Manage and implement innovative ways while developing the learning activities, whether through facilitation, audio-visual materials, instructor guides, or the venues – Identify and incorporate best practices and lessons learned into program plans  Learning & Growth – Work on specific projects related to HR initiatives as assigned – Responsible for the continuing professional development of self and junior team members  – Develop members on the team from a technical standpoint – Support internal knowledge management best practices, creating communities of practice both within own team and across wider function  – Act as a key resource and liaison to other functional areas of the business, building cross-functional relationships as needed- Establish a healthy work environment for employees on the team – Building a technical learning path for both our Tax and Legal professionals

    Knowledge, skills, and abilitiesEducation- Bachelor’s Degree as a minimal requirement – Master’s/PhD Degree is preferred – Professional Certification in Human Resources is preferred Language- Fluency in spoken and written English, proficiency in  Arabic is an advantage  Overall Experience- 10~15 years of experience in a Tax Technical Environment (client facing or internal) – Significant experience in an international professional services environment, including L&D function, is preferred  Specific Experience- Previous HR generalist experience is a plus – Deep understanding of the L&D processes, reporting and analysis  Knowledge & Skills- Solid presentation skills – Strong customer service orientation with ability to use patience and diplomacy to handle issues  – Ability to quickly understand key business challenges and strategic objectives and align Learning & Development strategy accordingly – Ability to gather and analyse complex business requirements and advise on creative optimal solutions from a learning persective – Excellent interpersonal skills and approachability – Strong conflict resolution/management skills – Knowledge of learning styles and techniques  – Knowledge of HR best practices and processes – Excellent interpersonal and communication skills – Excellent team building and relationship building capabilities – Ability to maintain highly confidential information – Leadership quality and ability to supervise, guide and motivate Tax and Legal professionals – Extensive knowledge about the Tax Environment in the Middle East Region – Knowledgeable about the International Tax Environment in the Middle East Region

    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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    Service Delivery Excellence Senior Manager | Ernst & Young

    Employment:

    Full Time

    At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all. In this role, you will play an important part in driving growth on large scale technology and transformation projects. These projects come with complexity and risk and thus a robust delivery framework is necessary to drive quality outcomes for our clients, our business and our people. The opportunity The EMEIA Consulting Service Delivery Excellence team is seeking an experienced, structured and high-energy Senior Manger to handle a wide array of business tasks alongside the EMEIA Consulting Service Deliver Excellence Leader. As Excellence Support Leader you will play a pivotal role, you will work alongside global and regional delivery excellence and risk management colleagues in evaluating and mitigating program risk. You will bring formality and structure to how we deliver on large scale projects from methodology and process, to tools and technology, to skillsets and leverage models, through to pricing and risk management. This is an excellent opportunity to work with EMEIA Consulting Leadership. Your key responsibilities – Develop a maturity journey for best practice service delivery excellence, and work with regions to develop glidepath to bridge any gaps from current state to future state – Balance an area perspective while being closely connected to the global team to define and deliver against the opportunities and optimize in a way that leverages the EMEIA talent pool and opportunities. – Work closely with regions to optimize delivery on high-risk programs – Many of these projects will be deals that draw on Hubs while pulling together a diverse service mix, including GDS and contingent labour. This requires experience in: – Delivering large scale transformative projects – Understanding use of contingent labour – Multi-party vendor management – Building outsource relationships and allowing us to use them selectively and appropriately to augment our capability and pricing and investment needs. – Support the development of onshore HUB development and make sure that these large-scale tech projects also leverage the connections with TAX, Strategy and PAS.

    Skills and attributes for successTo qualify for the role you must have – Understanding and experience in delivering complex, large scale transformation projects – Ability to engage with key stakeholders at all levels and influence change and create buy-in and support – Ability to conduct and outline methodologies for quality assurance on projects – Clear stakeholder identification and support both in terms of expectations and execution – Ability to engage with senior program managers on program cost, quality, resourcing and timelines on expectations and delivery Ideally, you’ll also have – Ability to manage ambiguity, and relationships between Global and local teams – Ability to flex working hours to accommodate global stakeholders – Ability to facilitate discussions and meetings – Ability to build virtual networks across different cultures, run effective conference calls/meetings to drive outcomes and agreed actions – Highly effective written and verbal communication skills; ability to distill complex information to be easily digestible for a variety of audiences. Good command of the English language (verbal and written) – Willingness to learn and adapt, and build strong relationships – Cultural sensitivity and global mindset – Team player What we look for A self-starter that is comfortable with taking initiative, a leader with strong interpersonal skills able to establish effective relationships and work well with a wide variety of people across functions and levels. A good communicator and influencer who leads by example. What we offer As part of this role, you’ll work in a highly integrated, global team with the opportunity and tools to grow, develop and drive your career forward. Here, you can combine global opportunity with flexible working. The EY benefits package goes above and beyond too, focusing on your physical, emotional, financial and social well-being. Your recruiter can talk to you about the benefits available in your country. Here’s a snapshot of what we offer: – 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. – Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs. – Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs. Please apply to this role only through the ‘Apply’ link (not through the local office). Your application will then be routed to the appropriate recruiting team. The exceptional EY experience. It’s yours to build. EY | Building a better working world EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets. Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate. Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.

    EY is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. The insights and quality services we deliver help build trust and confidence in the capital markets and in economies the world over. We develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all of our stakeholders. In so doing, we play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities.

    EY refers to the global organization, and may refer to one or more, of the member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited, each of which is a separate legal entity. Ernst & Young Global Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, does not provide services to clients. Information about how EY collects and uses personal data and a description of the rights individuals have under data protection legislation are available on our site.

    The MENA practice of EY has been operating in the region since 1923. For over 95 years, we have grown to over 7,500 people united across 21 offices and 16 countries, sharing the same values and an unwavering commitment to quality. As an organization, we continue to develop outstanding leaders who deliver exceptional services to our clients and who contribute to our communities. We are proud of our accomplishments over the years, reaffirming our position as the largest and most established professional services organization in the region More

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    Senior Consultant – Consulting – TM | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Line of ServiceAdvisoryIndustry/SectorSpecialismManagement LevelSenior AssociateJob Description & SummaryA career in our Transformation Management practice, within Project Portfolio Management services, will provide you with the opportunity to help organizations balance long term strategies and short term imperatives to optimize their investments and strategic activity required to achieve the organization’s business objectives. We help enhance organizations project and programme performance by identifying alternative project approaches, consistently aligning projects with corporate strategy, setting the tone and pace of programmes from the outset, responding quickly and effectively to crisis situations, and extracting value from agile programme delivery. As part of our team, you’ll help our clients understand what makes business transformation programmes successful, from programme delivery structures and business engagement models to key technical issues and ongoing learning and improvement. We share knowledge and experience to complement our clients existing capabilities which propels them to the next level of Portfolio delivery.This is an exciting opportunity to work within a high growth Consulting team, where you will play a key role in developing and delivering strategy based projects, to clients in the Government and Public Sector in Saudi Arabia. We focus on helping solve client problems by offering both strategic and operational expertise. We pride ourselves on building long-lasting relationships with companies and organisations, always ensuring that we are able to bring the best insights and solutions to help them tackle whatever critical issues they may face. You will be part of PwCs Programme and Project Management team, interacting with industry professionals and experts whom will help you build and deploy the strong project management skills required to manage large-scale nationwide transformation initiatives. You will be exposed to the PwC proprietary methodologies and tools built from experiences from numerous prior engagements and leading practices, to enable you to efficiently and effectively deliver to our clients in a timely and reliable manner.Responsibilities: • Manage and run a wide variety of projects including but not limited to: Transformation Projects, IT Implementations, Business Process Re-engineering, Feasibility Studies etc. • Risk, issue and change management – maintain mechanisms to manage change control, risks and issues within specific projects • Identify project objectives, policies, procedures and performance standards • Document any business requirements for specific initiatives/projects • Organize the activities of specific program/project areas • Monitor project budgets and prepare regular status reports • Evaluate project outcomes in terms of quality, consistency, accuracy, overall value, completion dates and provider performance • Ensure that recording and maintaining a project database containing all related information, (data, documents, reports etc.) takes place • Lead knowledge building and sharing, using knowledge management methodologies, techniques, and processes • Coordinate with others to utilize learning and development tools and techniques to analyze, identify and communicate requirements for change

    Requirements • The ideal candidate will have the ability to manage multiple projects and leadership skills to engage with diverse stakeholders • 2+ years of experience in a similar role. • Familiarity with best practices in PMO structures and operating models • Be passionate about client service • Self-motivated, confident – a strong work ethic • Successful performance within team environments, enjoy being part of a team • Excellent organizational skills, having the ability to prioritize workload whilst being resilient and being able to cope well under pressure and meeting tight deadlines • Experience in overseeing and reporting progress of large-scale programs • Knowledge/understanding of the Middle East Government and Public Sector including a deep understanding of global trends in the Government and Public Sector • Experience of driving large-scale change • Sector exposure and experience of different labor reforms. • Planning and reporting tools, including Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, and Primavera P6 • Excellent communication skills in English and Arabic (verbal and written)

    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