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    Learning and Organisational Development Manager | Hays

    Employment:

    Full Time

    My client is a major financial services entity based in Abu Dhabi. The business is going from strength to strength and constantly evolving. – They are looking for an experienced Learning and Organisational Development Manager to join their team. – Someone who has managed end-to-end projects – Someone who has designed learning and development programmes

    – 8+ year of total experience in Learning and Organisational Development- At least 3 years should be in a Manager role- Any employee engagement and recognition experience is a plus- Banking or financial services background would be beneficial – HR Degree or HR Qualification – Experience creating new initiatives – Independent – Who can build rapport with the team – Self starter

    Hays is the leading global specialist recruiting group. We are the experts at recruiting qualified, professional and skilled people worldwide.

    Our Middle East office was founded in December 2005, headquartered in Dubai UAE. We deal with clients in the UAE, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and other key areas in the region. Our consultants sector-specific knowledge and unique understanding of the local market allows us to offer an exceptional level of service across all divisions.

    We currently recruit for roles in the following sectors: Accounting & Finance, Architecture, Banking, Construction & Property, Engineering, Healthcare, Human Resources, Information Technology, Logistics, Legal, Office Support, Oil & Gas, Life Sciences, Supply Chain & Procurement, and Sales & Marketing.

    As part of our continuing expansion, we have opened a dedicated Abu Dhabi desk to further assist with our client needs across the region. More

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    Senior DevOps & Linux Systems Administrator | Saudi Networkers Services (SNS Group)

    Employment:

    Full Time

    • Senior DevOps engineer and system administrator expert responsible for installation/configuration, operation, monitoring, upgrading/patching, maintenance, and documentation of information systems hardware, software, and related infrastructure.• Develop new system and application implementation plans, custom scripts, and testing procedures to ensure operational and project reliability.• Establish documented procedures and guidelines for the installation and management of the server computer operating systems, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, and other resources in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements.• Install, configure, modify, and maintain applications, packages, and other software on server computer systems. • Apply software patches and upgrades on a regular basis as needed. Develop and maintain installation, configuration, and other procedures. • Provide server support related to application installation, configuration, and maintenance.• Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs such as backups.• Ensures that records of system anomalies and equipment inventory are properly maintained.• Linux (Ubuntu distribution in particular), bash, Linux scripts, glusterfs, elasticsearch, nuxeo, jBPM, apt-get, ssh, web applications (Javascript front ends and Java backends), web services, Tomcat, PostgreSQL, Ansible, Jenkins, Jira, Bitbucket, git.

    • 8 years experience MINIMUM administering Linux based systems.• 6 years experience monitoring and maintaining farms of Linux servers and clusters.• 6 years experience successfully deploying and maintaining open source infrastructure technologies across a wide variety of purposes.• 6 years experience taking backups and conducting restores of servers.• 6 years experience working with Linux command line and Linux scripts.• 4 years maintaining an environment relying upon automated builds and continuous integration, deployment, and delivery.• 4 years experience building file server clusters using glusterfs, ceph, or others.• 4 years experience supporting servers hosting tomcat, PostgreSQL.• 4 years experience with hosting and monitoring REST web services.• 2 years experience developing complicated scripts using bash, python, perl, or others.• 4 years working in an organization deeply adhering to the Scrum methodology.• 4 years producing documentation and artifacts related to the administration of systems, e.g. design documents, UML diagrams, proof-of-concepts.

    Saudi Networkers is one of the largest consultancies providing services to ICT, Oil & Energy, Technology, Engineering, Banking, Finance and Healthcare arena across Middle East & Africa, covered by teams, specialized in their assigned industry sector.

    Saudi Networkers founded in 2001 and has excelled ever since in providing cost effective solutions to the biggest multinational companies in MEA region with very high standards of quality whilst adhering business ethics and meeting our clients expectations.

    Today, SNS Group is one of the leading consultancies, with more than 1700+ employees worldwide, ISO 9001:2008 certified and is highly regarded. More

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    Solutions Architect – Web Application | Saudi Networkers Services (SNS Group)

    Employment:

    Full Time

    • Must have a four-year Bachelor’s degree at minimum in Management, Communication, Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Systems, or other relevant specialization.• Preferred certifications include TOGAF Certified, Certified Scrum Master from Scrum.org or Scrum Alliance, CISSP, AWS Solutions Architect (or Microsoft/Google equivalent).

    • 4 years experience MINIMUM as a solutions architect spanning multiple products, technologies, and platforms.• 4 years experience collaborating, reviewing, and supporting multiple technical teams to align with architectural decisions.• 4 years experience designing architectures of complex, distributed web applications and services, encompassing all tiers (both servers and software for file storage, databases, full text indexes, application containers, web servers, queuing servers, load balancers, etc.).• 4 years experience producing artifacts related to the design and documentation of architectures.• 8 years experience MINIMUM building Java-based applications.• 7 years experience with REST web services.• 6 years experience using the Spring Framework, including Spring Boot.• 7 years experience developing applications using an ORM framework.• 8 years experience working with Linux command line and Linux scripts.• 5 years experience building servers for different purposes, including file server clusters, application servers, database servers, indexing servers, etc.• 4 years experience successfully deploying and maintaining open source infrastructure technologies across a wide variety of purposes.• 2 years experience monitoring and maintaining farms of Linux servers and clusters.• 8 years experience using HTML5 and CSS3.• 6 years experience development using Javascript.• 4 years experience with Bootstrap and jQuery.• 2 years working with Javascript frameworks, e.g. React, Angular, Vue.• 4 years experience producing and analyzing complex SQL queries.• 6 years working in an environment relying upon automated builds and continuous integration.• 5 years working in an organization deeply adhering to the Scrum methodology.• 5 years collaborating with quality assurance teams either as a developer or architect.

    Saudi Networkers is one of the largest consultancies providing services to ICT, Oil & Energy, Technology, Engineering, Banking, Finance and Healthcare arena across Middle East & Africa, covered by teams, specialized in their assigned industry sector.

    Saudi Networkers founded in 2001 and has excelled ever since in providing cost effective solutions to the biggest multinational companies in MEA region with very high standards of quality whilst adhering business ethics and meeting our clients expectations.

    Today, SNS Group is one of the leading consultancies, with more than 1700+ employees worldwide, ISO 9001:2008 certified and is highly regarded. More

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    .Net Systems Developer | Saudi Networkers Services (SNS Group)

    Employment:

    Full Time

    We are looking for a .Net developer to build software using languages and technologies of the .NET framework. You will create applications from scratch, configure existing systems and provide user support.In this role, you should be able to write functional code with a sharp eye for spotting defects. You should be a team player and excellent communicator. If you are also passionate about the .NET framework and software design/architecture, we’d like to meet you.• Your goal will be to work with internal teams to design, develop and maintain software.

    • Proven experience as a .NET Developer. • Familiarity with the ASP.NET framework, SQL Server and design/architectural patterns (e.g. Model-View-Controller (MVC)).• Knowledge of at least one of the .NET languages (e.g. C#, Visual Basic .NET) and HTML5/CSS3.• Familiarity with architecture styles/APIs (REST, RPC).• Understanding of Agile methodologies.• Excellent troubleshooting and communication skills.• Attention to detail.• BSc/BA in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.• Working knowledge in Jira, Confluence & Bitbucket.• Minimum of 8 years experience in the field.

    Saudi Networkers is one of the largest consultancies providing services to ICT, Oil & Energy, Technology, Engineering, Banking, Finance and Healthcare arena across Middle East & Africa, covered by teams, specialized in their assigned industry sector.

    Saudi Networkers founded in 2001 and has excelled ever since in providing cost effective solutions to the biggest multinational companies in MEA region with very high standards of quality whilst adhering business ethics and meeting our clients expectations.

    Today, SNS Group is one of the leading consultancies, with more than 1700+ employees worldwide, ISO 9001:2008 certified and is highly regarded. More

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    Product Owner | Saudi Networkers Services (SNS Group)

    Employment:

    Full Time

    • Product Owner is a professional responsible for setting, prioritizing, and accepting the work generated by a team in order to ensure the most valuable and proper functionality of the product.• As Product Owner, you will gather feature requests, schedule releases and coordinates sprints. • You should be able to identify user needs, help a customer understand a business value and work with cross-functional teams to manage product releases.• Your effort is important for the organization as you will need to deliver product not just according to users, but the product that helps make our organization vision reality.

    • Related credited certificate in Agile methodology.• Minimum of 12 years experience.• Working knowledge in Jira, Confluence & Bitbucket.• Work with internal and external customers to analyze the needs and align product roadmap to strategic goals.• Owns the product roadmap.• Develop scope and define backlog items (epic/features/user stories) that guide the Agile software development team.• Solve product related problems, make decisions, complete trade-off analysis to stay on track towards business deliverable commitments.• Draft key objectives and results, strategies and apply the data for the product to make business decisions.• Possess a fundamental understanding of end-to-end customer experience integration and dependencies.• Collaborate with stakeholders during the visioning and concept development of a product.

    Saudi Networkers is one of the largest consultancies providing services to ICT, Oil & Energy, Technology, Engineering, Banking, Finance and Healthcare arena across Middle East & Africa, covered by teams, specialized in their assigned industry sector.

    Saudi Networkers founded in 2001 and has excelled ever since in providing cost effective solutions to the biggest multinational companies in MEA region with very high standards of quality whilst adhering business ethics and meeting our clients expectations.

    Today, SNS Group is one of the leading consultancies, with more than 1700+ employees worldwide, ISO 9001:2008 certified and is highly regarded. More

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    Regional Finance Manager | Charterhouse

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Charterhouse are currently managing a search for one of our leading client’s, within the professional services sector, whom are in the process of looking to identify a Group Finance Manager based out of their Dubai hub. This Finance Manager shall inherit a small unit of staff, covering a team of partners and lawyers, based across a network of regional offices. This position is designed to oversee and support all areas of financial accounting, financial management and business partnering whilst providing consolidated financial accounts, for group submittal to the EMEA headquarters, on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis. This position shall be heavily geared towards both planning and budgeting processes whilst also being instrumental in the operational oversight of cash management, collections and forecasting functions. In conjunction, the role shall extend to the review of policies and controls for internal audit purposes.

    Our client is looking to hire a professionally qualified Chartered Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or CPA) whom can demonstrate, up to 5 years of experience, within an operational and more latterly leadership/management based role. A knowledge of the workings of the professional services and/or consultancy sector will be an important aspect of the search criterion and applicants are required to possess experience of working within a practice environment; whereby they can bring both technical expertise and a commercial gravitas to the role. The successful candidate will be required to present a strong knowledge of IT processes including Excel-based platforms; this will be critical to meet both process-change initiatives whilst also allowing an understanding of the business-support and fee earning tracking tools.

    The Charterhouse brand and business was launched in Dubai and the Middle East in April 2004 by a team of international recruiters and management consultants, after its inception in Sydney, Australia in September 2003. Charterhouse Middle East is now positioned as the leading regional recruiter within its area of disciplines and functional markets.

    Charterhouse offers professional and bespoke contingency and retained search services to all sectors of the market. Service quality is guaranteed, thanks to a particular focus on flexibility. Charterhouse was the first international search and selection business to establish Dubai as its base. The growth in the Middle East region has been mirrored by Charterhouse globally, with offices now in Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Hong Kong, Singapore, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. More

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    Senior Business Process Manager – Administration | eMagine Solutions

    Employment:

    Full Time

    eMagine Solutions are recruiting for experienced and forward thinking Business Process Manager. This is full time and permanent position and working for very well established engineering company. Very interesting and varied role with a scope for progression. You will be re-designing and creating automation for Administrative Business Process, you will be dealing with C-Level stakeholders and should have created and led an Administration / Admin department previously. The role:We’re looking for someone who can not only design processes, but who thrives in implementing them and watching them become a reality and then reviewing them againWe require you to evaluate, design, execute, measure, monitor and control business admin processes. As process manager you work to ensure that business process outcomes are in harmony with company strategic goals. You will be required to work collaboratively across all departments of the organisation to help improve the management of a business process. You will also need to focus on the entire process from beginning to end, introducing innovation into the process that can impact results, enhance profitability, and assist the company to meet its business objectives and goals.• Custodian Of All Business Processes For The Business• Evaluate Existing Business Processes To Meet Business Objectives• Create Documentation To Outline Processes• Keep Business Process Library Up To Date Using Analytical Skills,• Suggest And Implement Process Improvements• Deliver Process Changes As A Result Of Strategic Changes Made• Manage Process Improvement Teams To Implement Process Improvements• Monitor and Conduct Ongoing Analysis To Ensure Processes Are Continually Meeting Business Objectives• Update Department Procedures and Policies Where Applicable

    • Experience with business process automation• Administration / Business Support• Business Excellence • An exceptional communicator who can build relationships with ease• A responsive decision maker, willing to make judgement calls and difficult decisions• Ability to collaborate with vendors and employees.• A proactive attitude and willingness to adapt to the requirements of a fast-growing organisation.• Ability to influence at all work levels.• Role models personal integrity which has proven to inspire and gain commitment from a loyal team.

    eMagine Solutions is one of the leading authorities on leadership and talent globally. Our combined resources of over 100 years professional experience mean that our clients trust us with finding them the top talent globally and candidates trust us to find them the right opportunity in a timely and confidential manner.

    Throughout our offices we provide complete solutions for our clients, including traditional temporary and permanent recruitment, executive search, recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), salary survey’s, market mapping and training and development courses.

    Our global client list work with us not only because of our expertise but also because of our honesty, integrity and passion. More

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    IFS – Clients & Markets – Account Driver – Senior Associate | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    IFS – Clients & Markets – Account driver – Senior Associate – KSA, RiyadhLine of ServiceInternal Firm ServicesSpecialismIFS – Clients & MarketsManagement LevelSenior AssociateJob Description & SummaryA career in Sales and Marketing, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to focus on positioning a distinctive PwC brand in the marketplace and drive long term revenue growth for the Firm. You’ll focus on designing, developing, and implementing communication programmes and media events to promote and sell the PwC’s brand and services as well as contribute to and evaluating our pricing strategies in the marketplace.Our team is a client focused group that is responsible for positioning the PwC brand and driving long term growth. You’ll work with sales and marketing teams to drive consistency in executing our client relationship, and business development strategy, as well as driving our sales framework to help deliver value on key business initiatives.Responsibilities:• We are seeking to recruit a confident, dynamic and experienced individual who will be responsible for driving a portfolio of Sovereign Investment Fund priory accounts.• Working directly with members of the clients & markets team, industry leaders, and line of service drivers you will be based in Abu Dhabi and working with the wider team across the ME region.• Work with other functional areas across the firm such as the Business Operations Team and internally within the Clients & Markets function to deliver infrastructure (such as Financial• Performance Analysis, industry and client’s analysis, market share and competitor SWOT analysis and Thought Leadership) to develop an Account Management strategy• Establish and nurture strong relationships with clients across all levels of the organisations and have the ability to articulate challenges and work with Global Relationship Partners to develop relationship effectiveness, establishing and developing long-term client relationships, effectively representing client needs to ensure appropriate solutions are brought to the client• Attending and/or chair relevant internal business development meetings and drive subsequent actions.• Developing yourself personally, taking a keen interest in trends in business development/marketing and the impact on our clients so you can help shape their thinking and our success in the market.• Working closely with colleagues to share experience and best practices and encourage innovative and market leading activities.• Collaborating with colleagues across different competences within our Clients & Markets team to bring our clients high value solutions

    Requirements:• Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in relevant subject areas such as Business, Finance or Marketing.• The role is to be based in Abu Dhabi and familiarity with the Abu Dhabi market, and key clients is strongly preferred.• Understand and (where possible) experience of Sovereign Investment Funds• Exposure to sales processes and commercial acumen.• Strong influencing and communications skills.• Excellent organisational skills, having the ability to prioritise work load whilst being resilient and being able to cope well under pressure and meeting tight deadlines.• Experience of account management in a large corporate environment.• Language Skills: Excellent communication skills (verbal and written). Fluent in English.• Knowledge of service offerings for all PwC LoS and industry sectors in the Middle East

    PwC firms help organizations and individuals to create the value they’re looking for.

    We’re a network of firms in 158 countries with close to 169,000 people who are committed to delivering quality in assurance, tax and advisory services. PwC is the brand under which member firms of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited (PwCIL) operate and provide services. Together, these firms form the global PwC network.

    In our 3 key areas of business or Lines of Service Assurance, Tax, and Advisory we work with our clients from business start ups to the worlds leading organizations to measure, protect and enhance the things that matter most to them.

    We help our own people to learn, discover, develop and make a real difference all the way through their working lives. And we have big ambitions to grow.

    PwC Middle East Region is part of what we call the Central Cluster and includes the UK, Europe and Africa as well as the Middle East. The region consists of 12 markets – UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Libya, Iraq and Palestine.

    PwC has been established in the region for over 40 years, we already employ over 4500 people and we are on course to become the Middle East number one professional service firm. More