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    Operations Associate | Charterhouse

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Charterhouse are currently working with an international private investment and strategic consulting firm who are currently looking for a driven and self-motivated Operations Associate to join their team and assist with the operational requirements of the organisation.You will be responsible for successfully managing the organisations CRM platforms, ensuring all entries are correctly structured and sorted. Highly capable of providing insightful support to the team on how to use the platform to maximise efficiency. You will provide exceptional support in terms of scheduling and organising the required background information both pre and post client meetings and engage in ongoing research regarding current or potential clients. In addition, you will support the senior management on all compliance matters and assist the team with any business-related events.

    To be considered for this role you should be a self-motivated individual who is capable of working under their own initiative. A demonstrable experience in providing outstanding administration support in an investment or consulting firm is essential. Strong knowledge of Office Management Systems and CRM platforms, including Airtable would be highly-advantageous. The ideal candidate should be educated to degree-level with outstanding communication skills and fluency in English.

    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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    Receptionist | Royal Camel Dairy Foodstuff

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Responsibilities:• To assist the Sports Facility Manager in the efficient, effective, and economic delivery of services and the utilization of resources to fulfill the requirements of Padel Tennis club.• To assist in ensuring high levels of customer care and service delivery from the main reception area located in the Padel Tennis club in conjunction with the Operations Manager.• To assist in the co-ordination of all administration procedures related to the day-to-day management of the Padel tennis Management Unit.• To act as the central communication link between all users/customers of the sports facility and the management team.• To assist organize part time rotes ensuring the Reception is always covered and to coordinate any additional administrative work for evening and weekend receptionists.• To greet all visitors to the Padel Tennis Club, ensuring they are made welcome and ascertaining their requirements, assisting them with general information or passing them on to the appropriate person.• To answer the telephone and to ensure good customer care of all enquiries.• To assist the Duty Managers with the day to day sports bookings and liaise with the appropriate personnel.• To be responsible for carrying out any necessary financial duties according to the Financial Procedures i.e. handling money, cashing up, invoicing.• To ensure the reception area is constantly neat and tidy thus projecting a professional image.• To collect payment for the hire or usage of sports facilities/equipment and ensure that all cash issues, collections, financial transactions, and banking are carried out in accordance with the Padel Tennis Financial Regulations.• To control ancillary facilities such as lighting, AC and security cameras which are linked to the main reception.• To control stationery levels and request new stock where required.

    Salary:
    AED
    3,000 to 4,000
    per month inclusive of fixed allowances.

    Qualification:• High school diploma or General education degree (GED) required• 2-3 years of relevant experience in Health club or Recreational facilities.• Proficient in Microsoft Office• Strong phone skills• Demonstrated ability to read, write, and speak English• Comfortable multi-tasking and prioritizing tasks without guidance• Excellent interpersonal skills• Punctual with strong attendance history.

    Focusing on the platform built around the whole camel industry chain, we are committed to creating a new camel value.

    Committed to creating a new value for camels.

    Based on the concept of “making good use of camel resources and serving the human society”, Royal Camel Group, relying on its technology innovation strategy and international strategy to drive the rapid development of its business, has become a leading Chinese enterprise in the UAE. More

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    Sr. Human Resources (HR) Manager | A Leading Company In UAE

    Employment:

    Full Time

    • Design, implement and govern the HR Service Management Framework – the role holder is ultimately responsible for the strategic direction of Service Management within HR including the underlying construct of the Function and its services structure• Develop and lead a centre of expertise for Service Management governance and reporting, providing subject matter expertise to key stakeholders i.e. HR Service Providers and Service Recipients.• Ensure consistency of application and maturity across all HR Services so that HR is compliant with the Internal Outsourcing Standard on service management and associated Policies, Standards or governance as required.• Deliver robust performance and control reporting and insight to stakeholders including HR ExCo, HR Service Delivery Director, Service Recipients, Service Owners and Service Leads.• Design and embed a framework for the resolution of issues/incidents related to service delivery, in partnership with the Service Owner/Lead, Service Recipient or Regional contacts, as required• Work closely with the existing leadership teams to provide leadership, direction and management of the practice• Shape and implement both People Strategy (Future of Work), and HR Strategy (including operating models) within large scale complex organisations or government departments• Bring a range of world class technical HR consulting skills and thought leadership to the practice and market e.g. Talent, Recruitment, Learning, Reward;• Lead the design and implementation of the Process Mapping strategy for the HR Function.• Develop and implement a governance and engagement framework for process mapping, and maintenance of process maps across the HR Function• Develop and lead a centre of expertise for Process Mapping governance, providing training, subject matter expertise and guidance to key stakeholders i.e. TC Leads, HR Process Owners, and HR Process Authors.

    • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent• Extensive experience in managing service delivery and working with senior stakeholder recipients, including developing Service Management Frameworks, Service Catalogues, hierarchies and taxonomies.• Proven experience in the resolution of complex and ambiguous business problems.• Highly effective interpersonal and influencing skills with an ability to operate with a broad and global range of HR and business stakeholders• Expertise of managing or leading across one or more of the following areas: HR operations, HR transformation programmes, enabling HR technologies, shared services, HR organisation design or a specialist HR area (e.g. learning, recruitment, benefits, reward, performance, talent, recruitment)• Awareness of HR and related market trends and a passion and appetite to explore further and bring new thinking into everyday• Possess excellent facilitation, communication and data analysis skills and have a natural ability to influence others

    A leading company in UAE. More

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    HR & Admin Specialist | Charterhouse

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Charterhouse have partnered with an incredible Fin-Tech Organisation that are looking to hire a HR & Admin Specialist for their Dubai office.This is an exciting new opportunity to work for a global financial services business in Dubai. This role will see you be a HR contact for employees in the Dubai office. You will be familiar with local HR regulations and enforce company policies and guidelines. In addition, you will support with the recruitment process and the employee on-boarding/off-boarding process. Your duties will also include office administration and ensuring a smooth operation is adhered to. You will assist with expenses and coordinating with travel arrangements. You will complete any ad hoc admin tasks as necessary.You will directly report to the Regional Head and Office Manager in the Taiwan office and offer support in any global HR and Admin related projects.

    The successful candidate should be Degree educated with at least 3 to 5 years of relevant working experience, preferably with HR experience in the UAE. You must have high attention to detail, be self-motivated and able to work in a dynamic environment. It is important you can work both independently and as a team. You must have strong interpersonal and communication skills in English and fluency in Mandarin is a must.

    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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    Client Executive – Assistant Director | Ernst & Young

    Employment:

    Full Time

    In our business, we are passionate about our people who are inspiring excellence in how we engage with our clients and applying solutions to build a better working world. As a Client Executive, you will manage the account for a large petrochemical company who is a global leader in its industry. The opportunity As part of the primary account team, reporting to the regions Business Development Leader and with close connection to some of EY’s senior leaders, your time will be focused on activities to enable achievement of objective around account satisfaction, administration, and management. Responsible for implementing global account activation strategy and planning in collaboration with account leadership in the region. You will work with the Global Client Service Partner (GCSP), Business Development Leader (BDL) and Client Executive (CE) to drive global account activation; sales and program management; and account communications and administration. The Client Executive ensures that all locations and Service Lines (SL) of the firm are actively engaged around our largest, most complex global accounts and that we deliver Exceptional Client Service (ECS) in all internal and external encounters. Key responsibilities – Implement global Account Activation strategy, methodology and processes at Account level – Support account strategy working with account leadership and drive global execution of account plan – Support service line planning activity and account integration and prepare for and facilitate account meetings – Responsible for follow-up on account actions by tracking progress against deadlines and driving activity – Proactively liaise with account team members to drive account actions and initiative – Understand both the client’s business agenda and EY services to enable leveraging the global EY network to connect our clients to the right people – Manage and own the annual global revenue planning process – Own and Coordinate the Client Relationship Management (CRM) process – Manage the account pipeline process and drive discipline across global team – Coordinate the pursuit process for opportunities, working closely with key partners – Identify EY thought leadership and insights to be shared with the client – Serve as subject matter expert for all information related to the account – Manage Off-shore Account Coordinators- overseeing pipeline management, financial analysis, sales cycle support, client research, plan management, reporting, performance, and documentation management – Understand and define decision-making requirements to engage in designing and altering customized account report requirements – Monitor, analyze and highlight key operational performance with recommended action and resolution – Monitor the account new business development costs for local and global chargebacks – Provide admin support for account meetings scheduling and any other administrative tasks – Lead connectivity of Account Managers/Coordinators locally and around the globe sharing best practice across EY account network – Set and manage expectations with account stakeholders – Maintain a compliant status of all account threshold and processes to meet stakeholder requirements – Identify and drive the processing of account structural changes in the systems to maintain the account reporting integrity Skills and attributes for success – Strong knowledge of account management processes and tools – Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, including strong command of English and Arabic. – Strategic thinking and excellent Excel and data analytical skills – Strong attention to detail and sound organizational skills; ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously – Proactive action items/follow-up, input/ideas, and account teaming – Strong leadership and collaboration with onshore and remote teams – Flexible and resilient to changing priorities

    To qualify you must have – A bachelor’s or post-graduate degree (emphasis in Marketing or Business preferred) or equivalent relevant experience – 8+years of account management or similar relevant experience ideally gained within the global petrochemical industry – Professional Services experience preferred but not essential – Must have excellent proficiency in English and Arabic writing, speaking, and presenting skills. – Demonstrate the ability to communicate, present and influence credibly and effectively at all levels of the organization – Proven sound judgment and flexibility in balancing multiple project requirements, tight deadlines, and keeping people and projects moving on schedule, with high attention to detail What we look for We are looking for people who can combine, great listening skills, collaboration, influencing and commercial acumen. Being able thrive in an ever changing, diverse, multi-cultural environment where we expect exceptional quality and show passion for your work will set you up for success. 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. If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible. 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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    Graduate Recruiter – Senior Associate (UAE National) | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Line of ServiceInternal Firm ServicesSpecialismIFS – Internal Firm Services – OtherManagement LevelSenior AssociateJob Description & SummaryA career in Human Resources, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to make a difference at PwC by helping to fully leverage the skills and talents of all our people. You’ll focus on helping the local offices in driving the Firm’s people strategy, creating a unique people experience for each individual, and supporting our Firm wide values by working with the core competencies that measure and drive individual and Firm wide success in the marketplace.It takes talented people to support the largest professional services organisation in the world. In joining our recruiting team, you’ll identify and attract talent for PwC. You’ll focus on engaging and hiring the most promising college students from campus and university. You’ll build on campus relationships with job seekers and candidates, while understanding the dynamic hiring needs of each business.As a Recruitment Senior Associate, you will be working closely with the manager on the Graduate Recruitment team to support key business units with their resourcing needs for UAE Nationals. This involves data management, candidate sourcing and evaluation and subcontractor management. – The ideal candidate will be thorough and accurate when completing tasks, consistently delivering the highest quality of work. – In high pressure situations, achieving ‘quick wins’ and meeting short deadlines will be required.

    Recruitment Process: – Focused on a recruitment for Emirati graduate talent for the various lines of service in the UAE; understanding the needs of the business and managing multiple deadlines and candidate profiles, while utilizing multiple sources to build strong pipelines (referrals, online portals, internal system) – Conducting introductory calls and HR interviews with shortlisted candidates and preparing summaries to be shared with the recruiting manager. – Developing and promoting the PwC people value proposition within recruitment. – Interviewing and testing candidates using the standard competency based – Ensuring candidate information is up to date on the internal system throughout the process and managing the interview feedback process for interviewers on the system

    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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    Senior Associate – Talent and Impact | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Line of ServiceInternal Firm ServicesSpecialismIFS – Internal Firm Services – OtherManagement LevelSenior AssociateJob Description & SummaryOur Talent and Impact team supports business in recognizing the contribution of our People in a fair, consistent and transparent way as well as identification, retention and development of the People our businesses need to maximise client value.The Regional xLoS Talent & Impact Senior Associate supports Talent and Impact agenda for the Middle East as a part of Centre of Expertise. The key processes in scope include support of goal setting, feedback, annual performance reviews and promotions as well as talent reviews.On top of it there is a project-based part of the role related to business requirements that may include development of career paths, variety of digital tools, training and analysis.Responsibilities• Acts as a trusted advisor in the performance / talent space for key stakeholder groups (HC Business Leads and People Team), ensuring that they are best equipped to execute respective Talent & Impact agendas and processes in their Lines of Service;• Supports xLoS, customer defined Talent & Impact projects, closely cooperating with key stakeholder groups (incl. digital tools development / enhancement projects);• Main point of contact for any Talent & Impact related activities – liaising with HC Business Leads to ensure consistency and alignment;• Owns training related to Talent & Impact space for key stakeholder groups;• Supports firm-wide communication on all activities related to Talent & Impact.• Internal Processes, Tools & Teams • Goal setting and development planning;• Real-time feedback;• Performance review (incl. Promotions and Assessment Centres);• Talent review;• Succession planning;• Career coaching;• Management of performance-related systems, databases and tools (Workday, Snapshot, PowerBI dashboards, Promotion Tools);• Close cooperation with other teams – especially Reward, Learning & Development, Strategic Workforce Planning, Strategic People Programs, Recruiting.

    Education • Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Human Resources or Business Management; Master’s Degree in Human Resources or Business Management is preferred; Professional Certification in Human Resources is preferred;• Language fluency in spoken and written English, proficiency in Arabic is an advantage.Experience• Overall 2+ years of experience in Human Resources with focus on talent / performance management, L&D or strategic HR;• Experience in an international professional services environment is preferred.Skills • Good acumen in Talent & Performance area;• Good knowledge of Talent & Performance systems / tools or high technical acumen;• Excellent process management skills;• Excellent slide writing and business document preparation skills;• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including relationship building capabilities;• Strong customer service orientation with ability to use patience and diplomacy to handle issues.

    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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    Senior Manager – Deals, MERC Deals – Transaction Services – Valuations | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Deals, MERC Deals – Transaction Services – Valuations (Technology, Media, and Telecom) – Senior ManagerLine of ServiceAdvisoryIndustry/SectorNot ApplicableSpecialismDealsManagement LevelSenior ManagerJob Description & SummaryA career in our Valuations practice, within Deals Transaction Services, will provide you the opportunity to help organisations realise the potential of mergers, acquisitions and divestitures and capital markets. In short, we help some of the world’s leading companies originate, create, execute, and realise value from deals. Through data driven insights we help our clients move in the right direction ensuring maximum value for their company.Our team helps organisations unlock greater deal value by providing robust value opinions and transaction model business advisory. As part of the team, you’ll research financial risks, provide forecast analysis, and develop financial models that assists our team in providing fair and accurate valuation advice and ultimately helps our clients enhance their deal value.About the role:As part of the leading global valuation practice with over 2,000 dedicated valuation professionals in 50 countries, we have the right people to support clients for various different type of valuation related work. Our Middle East valuations team operates on a regional basis but with team members based in each territory who understand the local market dynamics. Within the practice, the ME valuations team represents a group of more than 20 professionals, working across various industry verticals as required. We also work collaboratively with the regional valuation team members and provide support on large complex regional valuation engagements. You could be working remotely with colleagues anywhere in the region. You will enjoy potential for fast personal development in a dynamic team by playing an important role within the local and regional valuations practice. From the outset you will be exposed to a diverse range of challenging valuation work across industry sectors including company share valuations and/or financial instruments and valuations of intangible assets. Interaction with senior colleagues and senior client individuals will also provide plenty of opportunity for candidates to build business development and marketing skills. You will:- Assist partners/directors in carrying out valuation engagements – Manage teams, projects and clients on a day to day basis – Provide support to junior team members (senior associates/associates) in guiding and reviewing their work outputs – Present valuation findings internally and externally to clients – Build a network around your peer group internally within PwC and externally – Assist partners/directors in external and internal business development – Coaching junior staff in a mix of technical valuations skills, industry knowledge and soft skills. – Assist and take part in various internal initiatives to assist the partners/directors in delivering those initiatives – (such as digitalization, industry specialization, value creation etc)

    Essential Skills and ExperienceWe are looking for a Senior Manager who has an excellent track record and meets the following criteria: – Min 7 years of previous commercial, client-facing valuation work experience ideally in a big four with sound and in-depth technical and commercial knowledge of valuation concepts – Direct involvement in delivering and managing valuation engagements is a key requirement for applying for this position – Experience of carrying out valuations for different purposes mainly in Technology, Media, and Telecom (financial reporting, disputes etc) Academic background and proficiency- ACA, CFA or ACCA qualified and/or Master/ Bachelors’ degree in Finance/Accounting – Hands on financial modelling experience with proficiency in Ms Excel – Experience with PowerBi, Tableau will be a plus Other necessary attributes-  Strong analytical skills but tempered with an ability to think laterally –  Ability to deliver high quality written work –  Strong attention to detail combined with an ability to see the big picture –  Ability to work effectively in teams on occasion to tight deadlines –  Excellent interpersonal skills and confidence when interacting with others –  Ability to quickly grasp key business drivers and specific valuation issues You’ll be joining an experienced and diverse team that will welcome your outlook and knowledge while also helping you to broaden and deepen your understanding of valuation and advisory. You’ll have the opportunity to take increasing amounts of responsibility and ownership of projects as your experience develops whilst being provided with required and flexible support.

    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