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    Government – Transformation – Institutions – Senior Manager | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment: Full Time

    Consulting – Government – Transformation – Institutions – Senior Manager (Riyadh)Line of ServiceAdvisoryIndustry/SectorG and PS – OtherSpecialismOperations StrategyManagement LevelSenior ManagerJob Description & SummaryThis is an exciting opportunity to work within the Government and Public Sector Business Unit and its Transformation Management 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 the Middle East. 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 exposed to the PwC proprietary methodologies and tools built from experiences of numerous prior engagements and leading practices, to enable you to efficiently and effectively deliver to our clients in a timely and reliable manner.Responsibilities:- Be part of the management consulting team, focused on the Strategy and Transformation Management within the Government and public sector.- Manage strategy development and execution, as well as managing transformation projects for institutions, including new institutional setup, program management, change management, and benefits realization and articulation.- Continuously expand on knowledge of the Middle East business environment and work with colleagues in all Middle Eastern offices on client work and internal initiatives as well as with international teams where appropriate.- Lead and deliver large, complex client engagements that identify, design, and implement creative solutions for Public Sector entities, helping them restructure their organizational structures, and service delivery models.- Implement and oversee the quality of deliverables, effectively manage the functional and technical team, support functional tracks of the transformation and relationships to ensure exceptional performance.- Manage and participate in the development and presentation of proposals for business development activities.- Delivery consulting services, including strategy development, contract evaluation, and process management.

    – Expert in designing and implementing transformation projects for institutions, including new institutional setup, program management, change management, and benefits realization / articulation- Knowledge of the KSA market is an added advantage, Preferably to be based in KSA; with Government & Public Sector experience.- Very strong consulting skills required.- Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written) in English. Arabic is mandatory.- Education: Bachelor’s degree in a relevant major is required.- Years of Experience: Minimum 12 years of experience, 6 of which are in a Consulting firm.- Proven IT skills in the Advance Excel, Word, PowerPoint and G-Suite.- The ability and willingness to travel within the Middle East.- Proven leadership skills, with strong team-oriented interpersonal skills,- Experience dealing with large, complex portfolios and organizations.Travel RequirementsUp to 60%Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?YesGovernment Clearance Required?No

    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

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    Consulting – Government – Commerce and Investment – Senior Manager | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment: Full Time

    Consulting – Government – Commerce and Investment – Senior Manager (Dubai)Line of ServiceAdvisoryIndustry/SectorG and PS – OtherSpecialismOperations StrategyManagement LevelSenior ManagerJob Description & SummaryThis is an exciting opportunity to work within the Government and Public Sector Business Unit and its Transformation Management Consulting team, where you will play a key role in developing and delivering strategy based projects, to clients in the Government and Public Sector specialising in commerce and investment sectors.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 exposed to the PwC proprietary methodologies and tools built from experiences of numerous prior engagements and leading practices, to enable you to efficiently and effectively deliver to our clients in a timely and reliable mannerResponsibilities: – Manage strategy development and execution as well as managing transformation projects for the Government and public sector with special focus on the commerce and investment division.- Continuously expand on knowledge of the Middle East business environment and work with colleagues in all Middle Eastern offices on client work and internal initiatives as well as with international teams where appropriate.- Lead and deliver large, complex client engagements that identify, design, and implement creative solutions for Public Sector entities, helping them restructure their organizational structures, and service delivery models.- Implement and oversee the quality of deliverables, effectively manage the functional and technical team, support functional tracks of the transformation and relationships to ensure exceptional performance.  – Manage and participate in the development and presentation of proposals for business development activities.- Delivery consulting services, including strategy development, contract evaluation, and process management.

    – Strong knowledge of commerce and investment including foreign direct investment, export development, trade, commerce, private sector enablement, etc.- Strong consulting background and global knowledge and trends in the commerce and investment space- Knowledge of the Middle East market is an added advantage; with Government & Public Sector experience.- Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written) in English. Arabic is mandatory.- Education: Bachelor’s degree in a relevant major is required.- Years of Experience: Minimum 12 years of experience, 6 of which are in a Consulting firm.- Proven IT skills in the Advance Excel, Word, PowerPoint and G-Suite.- The ability and willingness to travel within the Middle East.- Proven leadership skills, with strong team-oriented interpersonal skills,- Experience dealing with large, complex portfolios and organizations.Travel RequirementsUp to 60%Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?YesGovernment Clearance Required?No

    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

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    iOS Developer | Avrioc Technologies

    Employment: Full Time

    • Comprehensive knowledge of iOS mobile app development.• Prior experience in building Frameworks and SDKs.• Strong programming skills including experience in languages like Objective-C, Swift etc.• Working knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies.• Strong understanding of iOS Apps architecture and implementation (MVC, VIPER, MVVM).• Prior experience in building Frameworks and SDKs.• Proficiency in Swift 4+, Xcode 10+.• Ability to write product specifications and actively participate in the planning phase.• Ability to write model code for functional and non-functional requirements and help improve the code quality standard across the team.• Working experience with popular third party libraries for networking, async, image loading etc.• Ability to create extendable and reusable eco systems & platforms and mobile.• Solid understanding of implementing continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery principles.• Familiarity with Instruments, LLDB, and other debugging tools.• Write well structured, documented, tested and maintainable code.• Perform code reviews.• Keep an eye on performance, scalability, and security in the application development.• Experience mentoring or helping colleagues optimize their code.• Knowledge on tacking mobile performance issues.• Knowledge on unit testing.• Strong intuition for UX and consumer behaviour.

    • You’ll have fun crafting performant iOS mobile application that interact with massive distributed infrastructure on the back end to deliver personalization at scale.• You’ll work with team of engineers to follow new trends in the marketplace and find ways to implement these in our mobile applications to help our customers build better experiences.• You’ll help the team achieve and maintain full CI/CD and test automation coverage for fast and efficient releases.• You’ll be part of a multi-functional development team with exposure to deep platform architecture across the stack, and you’ll collaborate across teams on large projects.• Partner with the product management team and other cross functional teams to define and execute the feature road map and back end engineering teams to build robust, well designed API contracts.• You will have to perform code reviews and ensure that the code quality is go high standards.• Experience with call, chat, e-commerce and gaming mobile application.• Experience in problem solving and debugging skills.• Knowledge on Mobile Automation.• Knowledge on test driven development.• Experience with Security, mobile or otherwise.

    Our holy grail, from day one, has been innovation. At AVRIOC, providing excellent services is not just a salesline, but a part of the ethos. We think out-of-the-box, commit to improvise, and provide unmatched solutions. More

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    Flutter Developer | Avrioc Technologies

    Employment: Full Time

    • Good understanding of Object Oriented Programming & data structures• Strong & practical Experienced on Flutter• Candidate must have flutter and dart experience• Minimum 3 to 4 years work experience in iOS / Android (Java/Kotlin and Objective-C/Swift)• Experience of handling location services , notifications , video recording , rest APIs , 3rd party integrations in flutter• Strong knowledge of database systems e.g, SQLite.• Experience in handling user friendly UI based on requirements in flutter• Knowledge and understanding of Firebase• Strong understanding of design patterns over and above MVP, MVVM, Bloc, Redux, Scope Model ,and MVC• Experience launching and managing Production mobile apps• Ability to learn and adapt as per the requirement and ready to face new challenges.• Experience authoring, testing, and deploying code high-scale production applications• Deep understanding of programming tools (Android Studio, Git, etc.)

    Should be a talented flutter developer that create multi-platform apps for iOS and Android using Google’s Flutter development framework. A person should be a “Team Player”, “Dedicated and Committed with his work”

    Our holy grail, from day one, has been innovation. At AVRIOC, providing excellent services is not just a salesline, but a part of the ethos. We think out-of-the-box, commit to improvise, and provide unmatched solutions. More

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    Senior Consultant/ Manager – Financial Accounting Advisory Services | Ernst & Young

    Employment: Full Time

    Senior Consultants / Managers / Senior Manager, Financial Accounting Advisory Services, QatarIn Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS) within Assurance, we assist our clients to address the accounting and financial reporting challenges facing their business. You will be part of a team that provides insight and services that accelerate analytics, decision-making and innovation to build a stronger and more efficient finance function. You will experience ongoing professional development through diverse experiences, world-class learning and individually tailored coaching.We focus on helping solve client problems by offering both strategic and operational deep Finance and Accounting industry expertise. We pride ourselves on building long-lasting relationships with companies and organizations, to bring the best insights and solutions to help them tackle whatever critical issues they may face. Our FAAS practice currently focuses on several core sectors including Government, Health Industries, Consumer and Industrial Products & Services.That is how we develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all of our stakeholders, and in so doing, play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities.Sound interesting? Well this is just the beginning. Because whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime.The opportunityThis opportunity is within our FAAS practice and provides advisory services focused on Finance Transformation, performance improvement, finance core function process, technology enablement, finance operating model design and implementation, business process engineering, robotic process automation and effective financial control, reporting and consolidation and IFRS conversions and process implementation.Your key responsibilitiesWe are looking for Senior Consultants, Managers and Senior Managers as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients solve their complex business issues from strategy to execution.

    Skills and attributes for successPro- activity, accountability and results- driven people will flourish in this environment. Dealing with competing priorities, understanding how to manage resources and communicating effectively are key skills. This will have a huge impact on those around you and help promote a positive work ethic.To qualify for the role you must have- 3+ years of relevant experience in a similar role, out of which a minimum of 3 years must be within consulting focus on finance transformation and broader finance and operational excellence consulting.- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a relevant subject such as Finance, Accounting, Engineering and a professional certification like ACCA, CA, CPA, CIMA or CMA; OR MBA or Master’s in Finance.- Experience in driving and reporting of large transformation projects- The ability and willingness to travel within the Middle East and worldwide where the project requirement dictate.Ideally you’ll also have- Track record with a leading consulting firm- Proficiency in the Arabic languageWhat we look forWe are interested in entrepreneurs who have the confidence to develop and promote a brand new strategic vision both internally and externally. You will be business savvy with a passion for innovation as well as the motivation to create your own EY journey.

    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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    Cloud Solutions Architect | Halian

    Employment: Full Time

    Halian is an IT services company providing integrated Managed Services, Resourcing, & Professional Services for corporate enterprises across the UK, Europe and the Emerging Markets of the Middle East & Africa. Established in 1996 and now employing over 450 staff, our company vision is “To unite the best people expertise and information technology and to deliver valued services for our customers”.We are looking for an experience Cloud Solutions Architect to be based in Riyadh, KSA for 12 months extendable contract.

    – Candidates must have minimum of 10 years’ relevant experience.- Extensive experience in Cloud Infrastructure.- Must be familiar with Cloud Solutions (AWS, Azure preferable).- Familiarity in HPE Products (Synergy, 3PAR, UX and OneView preferable).- Candidates currently based in KSA with Transferable Iqama will be given preference.

    Founded in 1996, Halian is an IT services company with a strong track record of delivering value for our customers across the UK, Europe, The Middle East and Africa.
    The experience we have gained means that we can help our clients reduce information technology costs, increase IT systems performance, and free up valuable internal resource to focus on core business activities. Our knowledge base covers a variety of industry sectors including Government, Healthcare, Telecommunications and Pharmaceuticals, as well as a specialist Financial markets capability in our Luxembourg office.
    We operate with a culture of openness and trust that helps us to develop strong working relationships with our clients and with our core technology partners Dell, Oracle, Red Hat and Symantec.
    Our three key service offerings of Managed Services, Resourcing Services and Professional Services can be used independently or integrated to provide a truly comprehensive service. More

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    SOC L2 Analyst | A Leading Telecom And Information Technology Company In UAE

    Employment: Full Time

    Are you passionate about being in the front lines of Cyberdefense?Do you enjoy compacting attacks, analyzing and investigating incidents Then, we are looking for you!SOC Level 2 Analyst Job Responsibilities:- 24×7 Real-Time Monitoring, Detection, Analysis & Response for security events.- Participate in incident handling efforts in response to a detected security incident.- Monitor the Security Information and Event Management System (SIEM) and follow up all related security incidents and events.- Perform supervisory/leadership responsibilities- Report to SOC Management any major problems or issues that need to be addressed.- Perform forensic analysis and data recovery, and penetration testing.- Configuration and administration of security systems and tools.- Perform network/system/application/log intrusion detection analysis and trending.- Maintain/ Update SOC Ticketing & Knowledgebase systems.

    – 3-5 years previous Security Operations Centre Experience in conducting security investigations- Demonstrated skills in digital investigations including: computer forensics, network forensics, malware analysis and memory analysis- Ability to analyze data, such as logs or packets captures, from various sources within the enterprise and draw conclusions regarding past and future security incidents. Be a self-starter.- Detail oriented with strong organizational and analytical skills- Strong written communication skills and presentation skills- Strong knowledge of IT including multiple operating systems and system administration- Strong understanding of security incident management, malware management and vulnerability management processes A Bachelor’s Degree / Diploma in a relevant area of study with a preference for Information Security, Computer Science or Computer Engineering

    A leading telecom and information technology company in UAE. More

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    Integration Lead | Path Solutions

    Employment: Full Time

    Path Solutions is looking to hire an Integration Lead for its development centre in Beirut , Lebanon .The Integration Lead will assist with the identification, development and customization of complex systems solutions to address business requirements ,oversees design activities that may involve application/system architecture or process designs for integration of very large complex IT solutions and integrating architecture.Responsibilities:• Strong knowledge of API Management and Integration skills.• Should have an understanding of Integration patterns and middleware concepts.• Design, build, integrate, manage and test APIs.• Demonstrate and interact with various customer team and stakeholder on API Management requirements and technical discussions.• Build integrations and web services allowing enterprise access to our Core Banking platform.• Utilize existing vendor APIs to develop integrations between systems.• Maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code Stay current with trends, best practices, and methodologies in areas of functional expertise.

    Requirements:• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Technology or related field (additional experience may substitute) .• 8+ years of hands-on development experience preferably in Java .• 8+ years of experience in Integration development .• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming Skills for writing reusable libraries• Experience with multiple programming languages/technologies including Java, SQL• Experience with Web technologies such as web services, web framework, XML, SOAP, JSON, XQuery, RESTful API.• Proficient with relational databases (RDBMS) technologies .• Self-motivated, ability to work independently and collaboratively.• Excellent problem solving and communication skills.• Understanding of fundamental design principles for building scalable applications

    Founded in 1992, Path Solutions is a recognized market leader specialized in the provision of Islamic and Investment software solutions for banks and financial institutions.
    We offer a wide range of Islamic, AAIOFI and IAS compliant integrated solutions covering Core Banking, Customer Services Management, Investment Banking, Funds Management, Treasury and Trading in GCC and Global Capital Markets.
    Our offerings include project management and integration, strategic planning, consulting services and outsourcing that address the whole spectrum of the global finance industry and in specific the Islamic finance industry. Path Solutions retains its commitment in contributing to the empowerment of the Islamic banking and finance industry in the New Economy, through its Headquarters in Kuwait City, its Research and Development centre in Beirut and its support offices in Manama, London, Karachi 1and Kuala Lumpur, while maintaining a presence through partner companies in other locations around the globe. Path Solutions prides itself on the quality of products and services it offers. All of our business lines are certified as ISO 9001:2000 compatible. More