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    Head of Asset Management | McGregor Boyall

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Job Role: Head of Asset ManagementReporting to: Chief Executive OfficerLocation: Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaBrief on the role:Lead the Asset Management department and overseeing the core funds and set up of new funds and investment solutions in the local, regional, and international financial markets. Ensuring that all investment decisions are made following the house investment process and after a proper due diligence. Enhancing the product offering by introducing new funds and investment strategies (with a focus on Fixed Income and Sukuk products) in line with the company strategy. Working with the Business Development and Wealth Management team in raising AUM and directly involved in all ultra-high-net-worth and institutional client’s communication and meetings.Qualifications & Skills required:* Minimum 10-15 years’ experience in portfolio management with solid track record in financial and securities market. Extensive experience in supervising teams and running multiple funds and overseeing the execution process, including at least 5 years in a similar role.* Master’s degree in business or related field, from a reputable business school.* Professional certification such as (CME, CFA, CMT, etc.) is an advantage.* In depth knowledge of the company and its products specifications.* In depth knowledge with CMA regulations and other regulatory bodies.* In Depth knowledge in the financial and securities markets.* Competent in Financial Risk Identification and Assessment.* Competent in Investment Portfolio Management.* Supervisory and Leadership Skills.* High inter-personal and presentation skillsMcGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

    * Minimum 10-15 years’ experience in portfolio management with solid track record in financial and securities market. Extensive experience in supervising teams and running multiple funds and overseeing the execution process, including at least 5 years in a similar role.* Master’s degree in business or related field, from a reputable business school.* Professional certification such as (CME, CFA, CMT, etc.) is an advantage.

    Established in 1987, McGregor Boyall is a global recruitment consultancy providing permanent and contract / interim professionals across a wide variety of disciplines including Technology, Risk, Finance, Compliance, Legal, Marketing and HR & Talent Management. Since our inception, we have built an unrivalled reputation for helping organisations recruit the very best talent to ensure that they realise their business and operational objectives.

    Headquartered in the city of London, and with further offices throughout the UK (Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh and Glasgow) as well as globally in Dubai and Singapore, we are able to offer recruitment solutions throughout the UK & Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific regions. More

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    VP/ Director, Fund Manager – Single Family Office | Michael Page

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Our client is a Single Family Office based in Dubai which has a 90%+ approval record at Investment Committee level. They are looking to hire a VP/ Director Fund Manager to work directly with the principal and manage a small team.Client DetailsOur client is a well-run Dubai-based Single Family Office with multi-hundred-million-dollar AUMs. They have an exceptional Principal, a institutional Investment Committee and are looking recruit a VP / Director level professional to work directly with the Principal in managing & growing the AUM.DescriptionThe role presents an opportunity to relocate to Dubai and work with a very well-educated team. Our client is trimming their fixed income portfolio and securing exposure to thematic, future sectors (AI, Robotics, etc.) as well looking to invest directly into Pre-Series A/ Series A/ B VC across Europe, the US and APAC. Any existing network within VC is therefore hugely advantageous as our client is extremely bullish on this asset class. There is also some exposure to real estate albeit by means of funds (as opposed to direct asset management), and equities fund manager selection is a requisite.The ideal candidate will have a strong technical mind-set & skills – a CFA to this extent is hugely advantageous. The candidate will bring with them best practice fund of fund & direct VC investment experience, as well as an existing network of connectivity & opportunities. Through the course of this role, they will review the current risk-return framework, existing allocation and align on allocation moving forward.Job OfferCompetitive tax-free compensation as per experience

    The VP/ Director will:* Be willing & able to relocate to Dubai – our client will relocate them from London/ Hong Kong/ Singapore/ Switzerland/ North America* Have an institutional fund management background – ideally at a investment advisor managing funds of endowments, pension funds, UHNWIs/ SFOs/ MFOs* Have between 7-15 years of above experience* Have a strong network, track record and appetite for VC* Have a view on thematic equities & funds* Have strong financial modelling skills & acumen – a CFA is preferred* Be able to work well as part of a team, and able to run independently with work-streams/ investment ideas* Be able to demonstrate a track record managing funds* Have strong academic pedigree – Bachelors expected, a Masters is preferred* Have strong, objective thought processes

    Michael Page is one of the world’s leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.

    The Group has operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. In the Middle East we focus on the areas of:

    Finance & Accounting
    Banking & Financial Services
    Procurement
    Property & Construction
    Engineering & Supply Chain
    Oil & Gas Technical and Engineering
    Human Resources
    Sales
    Marketing
    Technology
    Secretarial
    Executive Search
    Legal

    The Group operates through 161 offices in 33 countries and employs over 5,000 employees worldwide. More

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    IT Business Analyst – Applications | Michael Page

    Employment:

    Full Time

    As the IT Business Analyst, you will be responsible to manage, build, and implement business applications to the organisation. You will lead implementation projects and are expected to manage multiple stakeholders throughout the process.Client DetailsA well-established organisation with a diverse culture. This organisation strives to be an industry leader by constantly investing in new talent, new technologies and new IT-related strategies.Description* Asses the business’ current and future technology needs by meeting directly with stakeholders to gather information and understand organisational or departmental objectives.* Create designs for technical solutions to resolve business problems and tryout components of new systems for efficiency.* Ensure clean and accurate documentation that may include aspects such as business requirements, client requirements, and technical specifications, and write findings in form of reports.* Play a vital role in determining the scope and requirements of each project.* Oversee periodic system testing to ensure that it continually meets functional requirements, oversee usability and user acceptance testing throughout the organisation and gather user data to make recommendations to improve functionality or reliability.Job Offer* Dynamic work environment* Attractive salary * Opportunity to work for a leading, high-profile organisation

    * 7-10 years of relevant experience in managing/building/implementing business applications.* Working experience in capital markets and investment banking industry (prior experience in private equity is a plus).* Strong experience in driving UAT sessions with business users and the ability to work with the technical team to build solutions and perform QA.* Prior working experience with a hedge fund/ PE fund is preferred.* Excellent written and oral communication skills.

    Michael Page is one of the world’s leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.

    The Group has operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. In the Middle East we focus on the areas of:

    Finance & Accounting
    Banking & Financial Services
    Procurement
    Property & Construction
    Engineering & Supply Chain
    Oil & Gas Technical and Engineering
    Human Resources
    Sales
    Marketing
    Technology
    Secretarial
    Executive Search
    Legal

    The Group operates through 161 offices in 33 countries and employs over 5,000 employees worldwide. More

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    Director Business Support / Operations tech | Banking |Riyadh | Michael Page

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Director Business Support & Operations technology for a Banking client in Riyadh. Solving all system issues & bugs with stakeholders in a timely manner & run the overall Support of the banks Digital business.Client DetailsDirector Business Support & Operations technology for a Banking client in Riyadh. Solving all system issues & bugs with stakeholders in a timely manner & run the overall Support of the banks Digital business. As the Director of digital business, your role will be to support all Digital Business from HR & Admin point of view. Your role will be to support all the banks products, services, and channels on day-to-day basis. From a technical point of view you will be solving all system issues & bugs at the right times for the stakeholders. This is support role so you will need to ensure reporting & handling operations risks caused by any issue in products & services.DescriptionThis is a permanent role, based in Riyadh Paying competitively + Benefits This is a director level hire. You must have experience running IT operations and doing business support which includes: Managing Issues & bugs and Daily monitoring of Digital Business daily operations which cover Application Support, HR & Admin. In this role you will provide application support and business support to the bank. Banking experience will be required for this role.Job OfferDirector Hire within a Banking environment, good working culture and growing digital payments division. Excellent Benefits and Compensation

    Skills required: * Minimum 10 years’ experience * Experience as a Business Support manager OR IT operations manager * Experience looking after Application support, HR and & Admin within a Banking environment * Fixing system issues & bugs * Support the bank via hiring staff to run the business smoothly. * Support the business & providing the required tools, and users to run the business smoothly. * work with the Admin Department in the bank to handle the raised incidents ASAP to run the business smoothly. * Post-Graduation in MIS, Finance or Banking * Arabic Speaking

    Michael Page is one of the world’s leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.

    The Group has operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. In the Middle East we focus on the areas of:

    Finance & Accounting
    Banking & Financial Services
    Procurement
    Property & Construction
    Engineering & Supply Chain
    Oil & Gas Technical and Engineering
    Human Resources
    Sales
    Marketing
    Technology
    Secretarial
    Executive Search
    Legal

    The Group operates through 161 offices in 33 countries and employs over 5,000 employees worldwide. More

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    Advanced Customer Support Engineer – Core Database | Oracle

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Description A highly experienced Senior Oracle Applications DBA with deep technical expertise in installing, configuring, upgrading, migrating and managing large production builds of Oracle Applications and EBS Suite of Products. Ideally should have 6-10 years of hands-on experience as an Apps DBA managing production environments. Strong in Oracle Applications performance tuning and troubleshooting middleware stack components. Responsibilities • Works at customer site in the implementation, configuration, maintenance, troubleshooting and Upgrade of Oracle Applications R12, Oracle MW components (Web Logic, OID, etc..) • Works with support to resolve Customers SRs. • Conduct knowledge transfer sessions both within the Oracle team and to end users. • Work closely with the functional team and delivery leaders to provide engagements work estimates and drive excellence in functional work. • Ensures that new services are appropriately captured and put in ACS corporate repository • Proactively maintains knowledge of Oracle’s current and future products/solutions offerings for the specified Supply Chain area.

    Technical Qualifications • Highly experienced in the implementation, configuration, maintenance, troubleshooting and Upgrade of Oracle Applications R12. • Proven exposure of installation of Oracle Application R12.1 & R12.2 on Enterprise Linux production environments. • Experienced in installation and managing middleware components like Oracle WebLogic server, OID etc. • Good Conceptual knowledge of Oracle RDBMS internals, Backup & Recovery using RMAN, performance tuning, logical and physical design of database. • Experience working in an enterprise environment and supporting critical production databases and applications. • Experience in installing, configuring, upgrading and administering different versions of Oracle Database. • Strong experience working as an Oracle Applications DBA in 12.x versions. • Solid understanding of the product architecture and ability to analyze and solve issues across multiple layers of the stack. • Exposure to RAC and ASM Administration. • Must have the ability to upgrade and migrate databases from one platform to another using various tools like Oracle Data Pump, RMAN and TTS/XTTX and execute migrations using such tools. • Hands-on experience with Oracle Enterprise Manager. • Must be familiar with day-to-day operations such as monitoring, performance tuning and making recommendations after generating AWR and ADDR reports. • Troubleshooting memory related errors with Oracle 12c and Patching with RAC and Non RAC. • Provide support for Oracle database environments that include problem identification, reporting, tracking, analysis, and resolution. • Strong shell scripting knowledge. • Good knowledge of PL/SQL. • Experience in working with Oracle Applications & Databases running on Oracle Cloud platform. • Experience in migrating on premise databases to Oracle Cloud. Basic software networking skills. Other Qualifications: • Strong English written/verbal communications • Self-motivated individual who works well in a team environment. • Willingness to work in shifts & weekends as required. • Willingness to travel in the region (MEA) and work out of client locations. • Willingness to provide on-call support on a 24/7 basis when needed. • Experience in working as part of Global/ Matrixed/ Remote teams. • Self-driven, ability to work under minimal supervision. • Excellent Analytical skills. Experience: • 6 years+ of overall experience in relevant technical roles.

    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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    Senior, Business Intelligence Architect | Oracle

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Oracle Middle East is looking to recruit a Senior Business Intelligence Architect to join our energetic team which delivers high value to customers in the Lower Gulf region in their endeavors with on-premise and cloud technology solution offerings. The candidate should have the ability to translate customer business requirements into solutions that leverage Oracle’s data management offerings (Oracle DB, Oracle Golden Gate, Oracle Data Integrator, Oracle Analytics Server, Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning). The candidate should be able to mentor members of the partner’s technical community, and frequently delivers training and presentations to enrich Oracle technical community. The ideal candidate should have significant experience in data management offerings. The candidate should have the ability to: • Engage with all levels within both Oracle and the customers’ organizations • Co-draft sales strategies together with the account managers • Translate customer requirements into deliverable products and services • Provide technical support in all necessary sales activities • Define system architecture and develop cutting-edge solutions based on Oracle’s data management offerings. • Design and participate in technology pilot projects or proof of concept (POC) activities • Define values propositions, positioning and differentiation to competitors’ products • Support and develop existing customer and partner relationships and skills • Complete the technical requirement for request for information (RFI) and request for proposal (RFP) • Help drive sales opportunities to successful completion • Define and drive pre-sales initiatives in target accounts and territories • Represent Oracle in marketing events as required • Actively develop cloud platform expertise• Oracle sales consultants must be excellent communicators, able to develop and articulate complex technological issues in a straightforward way to both decision makers and technical personnel alike.

    Technical Skills • This role requires skills from a blend of traditional infrastructure technologies with focus on Oracle Database EE, Oracle Nosql, and Big data technologies, • To be suitable and successful in this job you should be widely regarded as a subject matter expert in your current role, and deep expertise in Business Intelligence (BI) tools, Data Warehouse (DW), Data Modelling concepts and SQL/PLSQL. • Basic Knowledge/awareness of Tableau/Power BI/ML Studio/Snowflake and Azure/GCP/AWS background is a plus Personal Attributes • Self-driven and result oriented • Strong presentation skills • Ability to build relationships with customers, earn trusted advisor status • Demonstrate excellent diplomacy, negotiation and collaboration abilities. • Customer focused • Effective communication (verbal & written)• Focus on relationships (internal & external) • Strong willingness to learn new things and share them with others • Team player • Confident and decisive • Be able to communicate at management level as well as at a technical expert level. Mandatory Requirements: • Have a BSc. or equivalent or higher degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering • Have at least 5 years of experience in Business Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning technologies. (with at least 10 years of overall IT experience) • Excellent command of Arabic and English languages.

    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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    Senior Support Engineer – ACS – Core Database Expert | Oracle

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Preferred Qualifications Advanced Customer Services is a global organization within Oracle, providing tailored mission-critical support services to customers with complex IT requirements. We provide customized, proactive solutions for all Oracle applications and technologies: Sun Servers and Storage, Database, Middleware and Applications. Advanced Services Engineers (ASE) provides support in the continuous operational improvement of Oracle environments. ASEs do this by leveraging Oracle’s support-based intellectual property and customers’ experiences throughout their involvement with Oracle’s technologies. Our goal is for every customer to gain ever-more value from their Oracle Solutions by helping them make well informed decisions regarding the implementation; management and use of Oracle technologies. Core Activities And Responsibilities• Delivering high quality technical services to ACS customers. • Ensuring adherence to internal methodology, tools and quality standards. • Proactively foresee existing customer needs and activities to provide better support and remain engaged with customer focused activities • Work with other Oracle LOBs and Partners to ensure that knowledge is transferred both into and out of ACS, and act as technical Subject Matter Experts where required • Be focused on innovation and technology and understand how these can be used to benefit both customers and ACS • Manage and resolve Customer Requests according to product main strategy and model. • Respond and resolve customer issues within Key Performance Indicator targets. • Maintain an up-to-date and in-depth knowledge of new products. • Ensure the timely completion of planned proactive tasks and Customer Requests. • Owning and resolving problems and managing customer expectations throughout the life cycle in accordance with global standards. • Working towards, adopting and contributing to new processes and tools (ODC, diagnostic methodology, health checks, scripting tools, etc.

    Related Work Experience• The candidate should have MIN 5-8 years of experience in using and administrating Oracle database server with strong knowledge of UNIX, Linux and/or Windows. • Experience in RAC, DB Performance, or Backup/Recovery is a Must. Formal Education or Equivalent: • The candidates should have a degree in Computer science or similar. Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) is a must/ (OCM) is a plus in Oracle platform products including database, Cloud certified is preferred. Skills • Strong knowledge of UNIX, Linux and/or Windows.• Experience in RAC, DB Performance, DB patching/DB upgrades or Backup/Recovery is a must. • Experience in one or more of the following technical areas is a plus: • Oracle Security Products, Oracle Data Guard, Oracle Golden Gate, SQL Tuning, Corruption, Exadata , Super Cluster, ZFS, ZDLRA. • Having excellent written and spoken English is a must with strong Communication skills. • Candidate should have Customer focus, working globally, team working and results orientation skills. Others (Mandatory): Candidate should be: • Willing to travel for long tasks or high frequency. • Willing to work on 24×7 and flexible hours (Out of hours and weekends)

    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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    UX/UI Designer – eCommerce | Chalhoub Group

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Who we are Chalhoub is the leading luxury retailer in the Middle East. With more than 700 stores, 300 brands, and 60 years of experience in the region, we are the premiere destination for luxury goods. To fuel the next stage of the organisation’s growth, we are looking to develop a world class digital and e-commerce capability. Building on our strong data foundations, we are looking to create an agile and truly customer-centric organisation to deliver significant growth. We are looking for top talent to join us on this journey. As a UX/UI Designer in the eCommerce team, you will be working across the entire product lifecycle from concept to delivery, creating and validating wireframes, prototypes and pixel perfect UI to delight our customers. Collaborating with the UX Team, Product Managers, Business Analysts, Developers, Marketing and Business Stakeholders, your responsibilities will include: – Incrementally building the user experience at various stages of the design process with requirements, wireframes, flow diagrams, mockups, and/or high fidelity prototypes, validating deliverables with stakeholders regularly with a continuous feedback loop – Implementing user-centered best practices, design processes and systems – Being the voice and advocate of the customer, constantly up to date with the latest trends and design thinking – Using both quantitative and qualitative research methods to inform and validate your design decisions – Tracking user experience metrics, reporting on the success of UX enhancements, A-B testing, implementing data driven new improvements – You will be assigned a portfolio of products and manage this with support from a more senior member of the team

    What you’ll need to succeed – +3 years experience in UX/UI design. UX experience is a must, a candidate from a pure UI background will find this role challenging – Strong conceptual thinker with excellent communication skills – Passionate about understanding the users’ needs, motivations and behaviors and ability to translate them into actionable deliverables – Fluency in design tools (Adobe Suite, Sketch, Figma, Invision) – A portfolio of mobile commerce experiences is a plus What we can offer you With us, you will turn your aspirations into reality. We will help shape your journey through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities and exposure to different assignments within your role or through internal mobility. Our Group offers diverse career paths for those who are extraordinary, every day. We recognise the value that you bring, and we strive to provide a competitive benefits package which includes health care, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies as well as exclusive employee discounts.

    The Chalhoub Group is the leading partner for luxury across the Middle East since 1955. As an expert in retail, distribution and marketing services based in Dubai, the group has become a major player in the fashion, beauty and gift sectors regionally.

    By blending its Middle East expertise and intimate knowledge of luxury, Chalhoub Group is building brands in the region, by offering service excellence to all its partners and a unique experience to its customers through its passionate teams.

    With a growing workforce of more than 9,000 people, implemented in 14 countries, as well as the operating of over 470 retail outlets, the group’s success is attributed to its most valued asset of highly skilled and dedicated teams. Professionalism and passion are what fuel the Chalhoub Group’s competitive edge in today’s market.

    By being committed to implementing sustainable practices into their business, the Chalhoub Group has been awarded in 2013 the CSR Label from the Dubai Chamber of Commerce. More