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    Functional Engineer | Oracle

    Employment:

    Full Time

    As a member of the Support organization, your focus is to deliver post-sales support and solutions to the Oracle customer base while serving as an advocate for customer needs. This involves resolving post-sales non-technical customer inquiries via phone and electronic means, as well as, technical questions regarding the use of and troubleshooting for our Electronic Support Services. A primary point of contact for customers, you are responsible for facilitating customer relationships with Support and providing advice and assistance to internal Oracle employees on diverse customer situations and escalated issues.As an Advisory Systems Engineer, you are expected to be an expert member of the problem-solving/avoidance team and be highly skilled in solving extremely complex (often previously unknown), critical customer issues. Performing the assigned duties with a high level of autonomy and reporting to management on customer status and technical matters on a regular basis, you will be expected to work with very limited guidance from management. Further, the Advisory Systems Engineer is sought by customers and Oracle employees to provide expert technical advice.

    Leading contributor individually and as a team member, providing direction and mentoring to others. Work is non-routine and very complex, involving the application of advanced technical/business skills in area of specialization. Because of substantial customer interfacing, a demonstrated ability to work with customers on an independent basis with exceptional communication skills, while consistently achieving the absolute highest levels of customer satisfaction. Both a Bachelor*s and Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent experience 8 years related experience prior to taking this position. In addition, experience with Oracle’s core products, applications, and tools.As part of Oracle’s employment process candidates will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment screening process. This will involve identity and employment verification, professional references, education verification and professional qualifications and memberships (if applicable).

    Oracle offers an integrated array of applications, databases, servers, storage, and cloud technologies to empower modern business. For most companies, flexibility is critical. Oracle provides a wide choice of software, systems, and cloud deployment models – including public, on-premises, and hybrid clouds – to ensure that technology flexes to the unique needs of a business.

    Oracle Cloud is a complete, integrated stack of platform, infrastructure, and application services. With advanced scalability and security, Oracle Cloud enables technical agility across the enterprise, connects people to information for clearer insights, and fosters efficiency through simplified workflows.

    More than 420,000 customers across 145 countries have harnessed Oracle technology to accelerate their digital transformation. More

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    Treasury and Bank Support – Associate | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Line of ServiceInternal Firm ServicesSpecialismIFS – FinanceManagement LevelAssociateJob Description & SummaryThe Treasury and Bank Team is a key team within the Finance function in PwC ME. The role ensures all day to day activities are completed on time and according to approved process. Ensures adherence of the function to PwC approved accounting principles, established procedures, departmental guidelines, and regulatory requirements applicable to the work. Responsible for relationships for the region.Optimises available cash balances across the region, transfers balances to /from territories according to need. Primary duties and responsibilitiesFinancial • Conduct all activities with a view to optimising ME resources, with the aim to minimise interest and bank charges • Support development of forward looking cash plan, anticipating changes in cash balances and planning coverage by facilities• Support management of all regional bank accounts, supports opening and closing of accounts across the region and manages data within appropriate systems • Processes bank guarantee requests from LoS Finance Partners or Client Staff • Reviews outstanding guarantees and flag to where reclaims are overdue • Collate and report on weekly cash position review from each territory • Consolidate all surpluses and deficits for each territory, with all surpluses transferred to central, and all deficits covered by central Customer • Support treasury activities for all territories, ensuring that they are able to conduct local activities e.g. payroll efficiently each month• Support Leader in working closely with LoS Finance Partners as appropriate on any LoS related Treasury / cash issues • Work closely with other Finance & Accounting Teams (.e.g. AP) to understand their activities and to ensure the correct accounting treatment is applied to their activities • Contribute to ensuring the provision of high quality treasury services Internal Process • Ensure adherence to PwC approved accounting standards and principles • Coordinate activities with other departments and workgroups as needed • Support analysis of Treasury & Bank processes efficiency, identifying improvement initiatives • Assist in developing treasury reports on a periodic basis for senior management as needed • Monitor financial and economic market trends including interest rates, foreign exchange rates, etc. Learning & Growth • Ensures adherence to PwC approved accounting standards and principles; ensures maintenance of proper audit trails and verification and reconciliation actions for all processed work• Responsible for management of workloads as appropriate• Responsible for the continuing professional development of self• Establish a healthy work environment for employees on the team• Act as a key resource and liaison to other functional areas of the business, building cross-functional relationships as needed

    Knowledge, skills, and abilitiesEducation • Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance or related field required Language • Fluency in spoken and written English and Arabic is essential Overall Experience • 2+ years of experience in a treasury function Specific Experience • Experience with treasury operation • Experience with funds allocation, working capital, foreign exchange management and bank guarantees • Knowledge and Skills • Knowledge of capital structures management • Knowledge of liquidity analysis and optimization techniques • Knowledge of financial risk management and hedging tools • Excellent financial, statistical and analytical skills • Exposure to financial market trends (e.g. current risks, interest rate risks) and treasury products • Understanding of general/international accounting standards and practices • Organization, thoroughness, eye for detail, time management skills and proactivity • Strong verbal and written communication skills • Ethical 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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    Data Scientist – Social Trading Platform | NSI & Bluefin Talent

    Employment:

    Full Time

    I’m currently assisting an upcoming Social Investment Platform based out of Dubai, UAE to look for an experienced Data Scientist to join their growing team. Project experience related to asset management, financial risk management, trading, and crypto is highly desirable for this role.Responsibilities:• The company is using financial time series for building intelligence signal generators (price prediction, market status, and bot traders). They use classic machine learning, deep learning, and reinforcement learning to achieve the desired results.• You will be building intelligence automatic asset management and creating portfolio evaluations. Aside from this, you’ll be researching innovative ways in Financial risk management.•You will be working with team members to analyze models, performance to visualize and tune models.

    Requirements:• Bachelor / Masters degree or Ph.D. in the field of Data Science (AI/ML), Cognitive Science, Statistics, Econometrics, Business Administration, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or any related technical disciplines• At least +3 years of work experience in the field of AI/ML or related areas and are experienced in the productionalization of ML framework. • Experience in Python, particularly concerning AI/ML development (at least 3 years in python) • Experience in machine and statistical learning, deep learning, and Reinforcement Learning • Familiarity with time-series methods• Forecasting models using Deep learning algorithms such as FFNN, RNN, LSTM, GRU• Experience in Reinforcement Learning and Deep Reinforcement Learning such as DDPG,A2C, TD3, PPO, or any custom RL algorithms• Worked with financial data such as OHLC and other indicators like MACD, CCI, RSI etc.• Having any experience in financial markets especially cryptocurrency and DeFi is a plus• Having done academic or industry research in Financial machine learning is a plus

    New Sourcing International (NSI) / Bluefin Talent have partnered so to offer a specialized recruitment solution within the Consulting and Financial services domains.

    Working together as a specialist search and selection agency, we concentrate on blue chip financial services and strategy / technology consulting organizations across Europe and the Middle East; focusing exclusively on Financial Services, IT and Risk. Being niche allows us to offer a premium search service, tailored to overcome the technically challenging nature of recruitment for the specialist functions that we work.

    We are dedicated to representing best of breed candidates in the region in our dedicated fields of employment. As such we are a leading outfit for placing ex-pats and internationally educated students in the region.

    Our biggest unique selling point, is that we are steered by a dedicated team of ex-financial services and industry professionals. This allows us to offer a level of candidate pre-screening for roles, which is largely anomalous to the recruitment profession. Our ability to bridge the technical knowledge gap typical recruiters encounter, coupled with a thorough delivery process allows us to drive consistently superior results for our clients sourcing requirements. Designed to provide a fast and efficient turnaround, we minimize the use of internal resources our clients spend vetting inadequate profiles, allowing them to quickly get back to focusing on their strategic goals.

    Our strength lies not only in the specialist nature of our firm, but also in the commitment we show towards our clients and candidates. We endeavour to build long-term relationships and recognise the crucial nature of communication throughout the recruitment process. Excellence, integrity, respect and transparency are cornerstone to the culture we promote. More

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    Economic Substance Regulations Manager | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Tax & Legal Services – Tax – Economic Substance Regulations ManagerLine of ServiceIndustry/SectorSpecialismManagement LevelManagerJob Description & SummaryA career within Global Information Reporting will provide you with the opportunity to support an existing team with their clients across a wide range of disciplines related to tax information reporting and related tax matters. You’ll gain a global perspective and an awareness of tax issues stemming from changes to evolving business structures, emergence of digital businesses, regional and global financial institutions and governmental evolution in tax laws and rules.Our Global Information Reporting tax team advises a wide range of clients on tax laws and reporting, legislation and planning strategies primarily for financial institutions and governmental entities. You’ll be assisting our team with a wide range of tax matters, both domestic and international tax regimes, including but not limited to Economic Substance Regulations, FATCA, CRS, DAC6 and wider operational/regulatory taxes such as the EU WHT reclaims and QI. 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 Manager/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: – At least 5 years of experience in a professional services consulting environment, supporting businesses with tax matters related to Global Information Reporting. – Extensive experience with Economic Substance Regulations.  – Financial services experience preferred (banking/asset management/insurance).  – Knowledge of US tax and WHT matters preferred but not essential.   – 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 realizes they are required. – Contribute technical knowledge in the 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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    Manager – Global Compliance and Reporting (Saudi National) | Ernst & Young

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Our globally coordinated tax professionals offer connected services across all tax disciplines to help our clients thrive in an era of rapid change. We combine our exceptional knowledge and experience with the people and technology platforms that make us an ideal partner for all their tax-related needs. In Tax, we equip clients to make better business decisions by bringing insights to the forefront. We help companies understand the tax policies and tax laws of governments around the world to plan and comply accordingly. Our teams leverage transformative technologies to deliver strategy and execution, from tax and regulatory obligations to operations and workforce management, to reduce risk and drive sustainable value. Tax has six sub-service lines which cover a wide range of issues: Business Tax Services, Global Compliance and Reporting, Global Law, Indirect Tax, International Tax and Transaction Services and People Advisory Services. The opportunity Our GCR tax service line operates as a team of highly experienced tax professionals who focus on delivering efficient and effective resources to companies in the region. Our goal is to improve quality, manage risk, create efficiency and drive value. Our market leading approach combines standard and efficient processes, highly effective tools and an extensive network of local tax and accounting professionals. Our clients benefit from an integrated, consistent, and flexible quality service to address direct and indirect tax compliance, statutory accounting and financial reporting, and tax accounting. As part of a MENA team, you will be providing high quality services to clients across a range of industries. You will also lead a team looking after service delivery, co-ordination, issue resolution, and contract management of large-scale projects where you will need to manage and coordinate the delivery of tax services by EY teams in the region. Your key responsibilities – You will combine strong technical skills with practical commercial, legislative and industry knowledge to lead a team in providing tax services. – You will be responsible for a team to help manage our clients’ compliance and reporting needs. – You will establish, maintain and strengthen valued internal and external relationships and ensure that the services delivered to clients is of the highest quality. – You will be responsible for the day-to-day management of client engagements, monitor progress and deliverables, put in place the necessary standardized processes, anticipate and identify risks, escalate issues as appropriate and drive performance-improvement solutions. – You will also assist the team generating new business opportunities and build client networks for our GCR client base to grow in the region. – You will create, lead and motivate high performing teams and build a positive learning culture, coaching and counseling junior team members to help them develop. – You will assist in managing engagement economics by organizing staffing, tracking fees and communicating issues to project leaders. – You will also be responsible for ensuring adherence to our Tax Quality guidelines. Skills and attributes for success – If you are an excellent communicator and detail oriented professional with a strong track record of management experience who is comfortable working across borders with a wide network of people and with large amount of data, you will be perfect for the role.

    To qualify for the role you must have – A bachelor’s degree with strong academic credentials in accounting, business, finance, taxation or any related essential fields. – MBA, Masters or another related advanced degree and/or professional qualifications e.g. CA, CPA, ACCA, CTA, ADIT or equivalent qualification. – A very strong knowledge and over 5 years of experience in domestic and international tax rules/regulations, developments etc., ideally within a large professional services company or similar environment. – A very strong background in tax accounting and tax auditing, ideally within a large professional services company or similar environment. – A strong track record of managerial, organizational and project management experience. Ideally, you will also have – Experience of dealing with multinational clients and ability to work in multi-cultural environment. – In-depth commercial, legislative and industry knowledge. What we look for Highly motivated individuals with excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to prioritize shifting workloads in a rapidly changing industry. An effective communicator, you’ll be a confident team player that collaborates with people from various teams while looking to develop your career in a dynamic organization. What we offer We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. Plus, 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. 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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    SAP Project Manager | Etimad Holding

    Employment:

    Full Time

    – Determine the scope of the implementation solution and the resources required to successfully complete. – Collaborate with product development regarding customer requirements and product and system modifications.- Reporting project status to the (Management/Client/) stakeholder in the Required Format on weekly basis.- Oversee initial client service during product installation and implementation stages. – Directs coordinates and collaborate work within the implementation team. – Develop implementation plan and other deliverables as required in the client agreement.- Accountable for customer satisfaction, remarkable service, project profitability and employee satisfaction in projects.- Ensure implementation projects are delivered on schedule and on budget per the negotiated contracts with client. Efficiently manages communications with client, local and offshore project teams.- Ensure tracking and reporting costs, expenses, resource utilization, issues and risk on assigned projects. Own timely escalation to management.- Proven experience in delivering programs such as migration of data, Bank Integration and Integration with other ministries like education etc.- Motivating the team member by organizing the performance awarding and organizing the team activity outside the work- Build and Maintain positive relationships with customer, internal stakeholders and 3rd party Vendors- Experienced in using different Project Management tool like MS Project, JIRA and EVM for financial reporting

    – Project management Skills.- Familiarity with SAP software and other business management applications- English written and verbal communication skills, – Interpersonal skills- Organizational skillsQualifications :- Minimum a Bachelor’s Degree in IT or related field such as computer information systems, management information systems.- Minimum 5 Years Experience As SAP Project Manager .- Project Management Professional Certification.

    Etimad Holding is a technology solutions and services company with dedicated focus on security system solutions, system integration, project fulfillment and execution. We are a dynamic company comprising of highly skilled individuals capable of providing solutions in our field as per the user’s requirements/demands. More

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    Seclore Engineer | Etimad Holding

    Employment:

    Full Time

    ? Configuring, health check, DR drills and upgrading Seclore . ? Use email/call to plan out the activities. ? Take remote desktop connection to perform the activities.? to explain technical details simply.? To Ensure a minimum downtime and ensure that post upgrade the system is in good health

    Essential ? Ability to understand and interpret the deployed architecture of Seclore setup .? Strong knowledge of the webserver, application servers (For e.g. Apache, Tomcat, IIS, WebLogic).? Understanding of basic firewall concepts, DMZ, proxy, reverse proxy? Proactive thinking with a can do” attitude ? A team player with good communication skills, both verbal and written Preferred ? Knowledge in OS (Server OS, Windows 8, 8.1 and 10)? Knowledge of computer security procedures and protocols. ? Have a good understanding and working knowledge of Databases like Oracle/MSSQL, LDAPQualifications : ? Minimum Bachelor Degree in related field like like Computer Science, IT or Software Engineering? Minimum 5 Years Experience .

    Etimad Holding is a technology solutions and services company with dedicated focus on security system solutions, system integration, project fulfillment and execution. We are a dynamic company comprising of highly skilled individuals capable of providing solutions in our field as per the user’s requirements/demands. More

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    Bank Sales Executive | A Leading Management Consultancy in UAE

    Employment:

    Full Time

    • Accountable for new client acquisition.• Generate leads using various channels, professional networks and connecting with corporate clients.• Contact potential or existing customers to inform them about a product or service using scripts.• Handle and resolve customer queries, provide financial advisory and close deals.• Ensure customer profiling and categorize the customers.• Deal with corporate organizations, initiate tie-ups and promote financial products.• Maintain good relationships with clients through regular communication post sales.• Maintain healthy relations with potential customers for building networks and generating reference.• Achieve revenue and customer retention goals while increasing client profitability through relationship building, outstanding delivery, cross-selling, and referral development.

    • Must be target oriented and proficient in MS Office.• KYC check is a mandatory process of identifying and verifying the client’s identity which the candidate must be fully versed in.• Excellent communication and convincing skills.• Must have proven record of closing deals in banking sector.

    A leading management consultancy in UAE. More