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    Operations Team Leader & Executive Assistant | Irwin & Dow

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Taking a more senior approach and managing a small team of Executive Assistants and Administrators, this Saudi National required position is based in the corporate office of our global professional services client in the heart of Riyadh. As the Saudi Arabian market continues to grow, you will be joining an exceptionally fast paced environment and therefore we are seeking a high caliber individual who is proactive, organised and highly people centric. Ideally you will have exposure from within the finance professional service sector, such as the “Big 4” (PwC, Ernst & Young, KPMG or Deloitte) or a global legal firm, supporting those at a Senior or Managing Partner level. This role will take responsibility, not only for 1-2 Senior individuals as an EA support, but also manage a team of Executive Assistants and administrative functions totaling 4-5 employees. You will report into the Saudi Senior Team on a daily basis and also take instruction from the Regional Senior Leadership team in Dubai, which holds the regional headquarters. Ensuring you remain constantly forward thinking you will be expected to fully organise complex diaries, global travel itineraries and all associated documents, such as excel reports and PowerPoint presentations. It is imperative that you can be flexible in your approach to the role, fully committed and able to manage highly confidential and fast changing movements for the Senior individuals. You will be a strong problem solver with a highly approachable demeanor to engage and manage your team to achieve competing deadlines and foster an environment of shared best practices and constant improvements.

    This top tier professional services employer is an organisation that highly invests in its employees and can provide clear development opportunities for growth. We are therefore seeking a career Executive Assistant with team management experience and an overall minimum of 4 years’ experience in the same. The successful candidate will possess strong IT skills, excellent English language capabilities and be educated to degree level.

    Irwin & Dow was established by two highly experienced recruitment professionals, Tracey Irwin and Jocelyn Dow. We provide a refreshing approach by working in close partnership with clients and candidates within the Business Support, Secretarial, HR & Finance sectors.

    Good staff are key to every business. We recognise and appreciate this, having over thirty years combined recruitment and executive search experience within the region.

    Our main aim is to provide a specialist service to clients preferring to work with a bespoke consultancy.

    Our values of discretion and diplomacy are paramount and our ultimate goal is to become a partner of choice for all our clients and candidates. More

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    Senior Application Developer – Mobile Android | IBM Middle East

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Introduction As an Application Developer, you will lead IBM into the future by translating system requirements into the design and development of customized systems in an agile environment. The success of IBM is in your hands as you transform vital business needs into code and drive innovation. Your work will power IBM and its clients globally, collaborating and integrating code into enterprise systems. You will have access to the latest education, tools and technology, and a limitless career path with the world’s technology leader. Come to IBM and make a global impact!Your Role and Responsibilities – Designs, develops and supports application solutions developed for Android platform. – This specialty would be able to design, develop and/or re-engineer highly complex mobility applications, and integrate software packages, programs and reusable assets for Android. – The base skill required is Java from a programming language and from an Integrated Development Environment (IDE), the skill required is Various JDT tools

    Required Technical and Professional Expertise – Android developer (3-5 years of experience) – Kotlin – Java – Agile – NodeJS is a plus – Postgres/Sequelize is a plus – Elastic Search/Kibana is a plus

    For more than six decades, IBM Middle East & Pakistan has played a vital role in shaping the information technology landscape of the region. Today, IBM is part of the region’s technological fabric, solving real-world business and societal challenges, through its offices in UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and Pakistan, and also a diversity of centers across the region.

    Within the region, IBM currently has groundbreaking initiatives in cloud computing, analytics, mobile, security, as well as nanotechnology, eGovernment, healthcare and many more, collaborating with leading educational institutes and governments. IBM supports hundreds of clients to drive transformation through technology, contributes to regional research & development programs and has an active Corporate Service Corps (CSC) program.

    Reinvention is a keyword in the company’s history and, today, IBM is much more than a “hardware, software, services” company. IBM is now emerging as a cognitive solutions and cloud platform company. More

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    Senior Consultant, Transformation Management | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Consulting – Senior Consultant, Transformation Management (Project Management) – AmmanLine of ServiceAdvisoryIndustry/SectorNot ApplicableSpecialismAdvisory – OtherManagement LevelSenior AssociateJob Description & SummaryA career in our Transformation Management practice, within Project Portfolio Management services, will provide you with the opportunity to help organizations balance long term strategies and short term imperatives to optimize their investments and strategic activity required to achieve the organization’s business objectives. We help enhance organizations project and programme performance by identifying alternative project approaches, consistently aligning projects with corporate strategy, setting the tone and pace of programmes from the outset, responding quickly and effectively to crisis situations, and extracting value from agile programme delivery. As part of our team, you’ll help our clients understand what makes business transformation programmes successful, from programme delivery structures and business engagement models to key technical issues and ongoing learning and improvement. We share knowledge and experience to complement our clients existing capabilities which propels them to the next level of Portfolio delivery.This is an exciting opportunity to work within a high growth 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 Saudi Arabia. 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 part of PwCs Programme and Project Management team, interacting with industry professionals and experts whom will help you build and deploy the strong project management skills required to manage large-scale nationwide transformation initiatives. You will be exposed to the PwC proprietary methodologies and tools built from experiences from numerous prior engagements and leading practices, to enable you to efficiently and effectively deliver to our clients in a timely and reliable manner.Responsibilities: • Manage and run a wide variety of projects including but not limited to: Transformation Projects, IT Implementations, Business Process Re-engineering, Feasibility Studies etc. • Risk, issue and change management – maintain mechanisms to manage change control, risks and issues within specific projects • Identify project objectives, policies, procedures and performance standards • Document any business requirements for specific initiatives/projects • Organize the activities of specific program/project areas • Monitor project budgets and prepare regular status reports • Evaluate project outcomes in terms of quality, consistency, accuracy, overall value, completion dates and provider performance • Ensure that recording and maintaining a project database containing all related information, (data, documents, reports etc.) takes place • Lead knowledge building and sharing, using knowledge management methodologies, techniques, and processes • Coordinate with others to utilize learning and development tools and techniques to analyze, identify and communicate requirements for change

    Requirements • The ideal candidate will have the ability to manage multiple projects and leadership skills to engage with diverse stakeholders • 2+ years of experience in a similar role. • Familiarity with best practices in PMO structures and operating models • Be passionate about client service • Self-motivated, confident – a strong work ethic • Successful performance within team environments, enjoy being part of a team • Excellent organizational skills, having the ability to prioritize workload whilst being resilient and being able to cope well under pressure and meeting tight deadlines • Experience in overseeing and reporting progress of large-scale programs • Knowledge/understanding of the Middle East Government and Public Sector including a deep understanding of global trends in the Government and Public Sector • Experience of driving large-scale change • Sector exposure and experience of different labor reforms. • Planning and reporting tools, including Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, and Primavera P6 • Excellent communication skills in English and Arabic (verbal and written)

    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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    Application Developer – Cognitive Process Automation (Internship) | IBM Middle East

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Introduction As an Application Developer, you will lead IBM into the future by translating system requirements into the design and development of customized systems in an agile environment. The success of IBM is in your hands as you transform vital business needs into code and drive innovation. Your work will power IBM and its clients globally, collaborating and integrating code into enterprise systems. You will have access to the latest education, tools and technology, and a limitless career path with the world’s technology leader. Come to IBM and make a global impact!Your Role and Responsibilities Develops automation use cases into a Cognitive Automation solution that can optimize the service delivery. Engages with clients, Automation Project Managers and RPA Architects to provide an end to end solution. Teamwork and client services skills are also important for the specialty.

    Required Technical and Professional Expertise Bachelor’s degree in relevant field.

    For more than six decades, IBM Middle East & Pakistan has played a vital role in shaping the information technology landscape of the region. Today, IBM is part of the region’s technological fabric, solving real-world business and societal challenges, through its offices in UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and Pakistan, and also a diversity of centers across the region.

    Within the region, IBM currently has groundbreaking initiatives in cloud computing, analytics, mobile, security, as well as nanotechnology, eGovernment, healthcare and many more, collaborating with leading educational institutes and governments. IBM supports hundreds of clients to drive transformation through technology, contributes to regional research & development programs and has an active Corporate Service Corps (CSC) program.

    Reinvention is a keyword in the company’s history and, today, IBM is much more than a “hardware, software, services” company. IBM is now emerging as a cognitive solutions and cloud platform company. More

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    EYP-TRS – Executive | Ernst & Young

    Employment:

    Full Time

    EYP-TRS – Executive (Cairo)Competitive business today is all about making intelligent, informed decisions. As a Turnaround & Restructuring Strategy (TRS) Executive, you will help make that happen by being an important part of our diversely talented, highly experienced team working at the forefront of high-profile transactions. Our team of strategic advisors sits at the heart of a global team of restructuring specialists who deliver high quality advice to our clients. The opportunity Our global network of Turnaround & Restructuring Strategy professionals helps clients develop financial and operational strategies to improve liquidity, credit availability and shareholder return. Our team is fully integrated both within our wider Strategy and Transactions practice, and our firm as a whole, allowing our clients to reap the benefits of this broad range of knowledge, skills and experience. We develop long-term relationships with our clients by ensuring that our teams work closely with them to understand their short and long-term goals and working with them at every stage to identify problems, recommend, and implement solutions that deliver measurable results. Your key responsibilities As an Executive, you will help clients evaluate capital options, capture greater transaction value and achieve strategic objectives – whether they are buying or selling a distressed asset, restructuring a business, dealing with underperformance, or looking to improve cash management. You will support the preparation of comprehensive financial reviews of the client’s operations, attend legal proceedings, engage in judicial management, support liquidation processes, and advise clients on corporate risk management issues. Skills and attributes for success As a turnaround and restructuring professional, you should be able to: – Be part of project teams comprising colleagues from across the strategy and transactions sub service lines. – Have the business and commercial drive to work in a fast-paced, exciting environment to drive value for our clients. – Assist in in engaging pursuits and pitches, including presentations and client meetings. – Contribute to our practice development initiatives, supporting the continued focus on our team and firm as a great place to work. – Learn and develop your technical and personal skills to support the achievement of your project and career goals, through a blend of structured learning, coaching and experiences. – Build strong working relationships with clients, including the ability to influence, advise and support key decision makers.

    To qualify for the role you must have – As a minimum, a bachelor’s degree in business or economics with at least 3-4 years of relevant work experience in finance involving corporate restructuring. – Excellent quantitative and qualitative analysis capabilities and the ability to synthesize findings and link them to client issues. – Demonstrated competency in numerical skills, with evidence of financial modelling skills and proficiency in detailed financial analysis. – Strong finance and accounting skills along with good knowledge of capital markets. – Excellent analytical, project management, multi-tasking, communication, teamwork and interpersonal skills – The ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic working environment. – Strong written and verbal communication, presentation and report writing skills in English with ability to effectively communicate with a diverse group of clients. – Flexibility to travel in the region; approximately 25% to 50% of the time. Ideally, you’ll also have – Previous experience in Oil and Gas industry – Fluency in Arabic both written and spoken. – Knowledge of Islamic Finance. – Client facing experience from a professional services background. – Knowledge of the MENA region and funding environment. What we look for We are interested in talented professionals with the ability to visualize our clients’ goals and think creatively to facilitate them – often in politically charged environments. We are looking for an energetic, lateral thinker with an enquiring mind, and someone who can display a high level of commercial acumen. If you have an entrepreneurial spirit, and a genuine passion for taking on new challenges, this role is for you. 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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    Senior Application Developer – Mobile | IBM Middle East

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Introduction As an Application Developer, you will lead IBM into the future by translating system requirements into the design and development of customized systems in an agile environment. The success of IBM is in your hands as you transform vital business needs into code and drive innovation. Your work will power IBM and its clients globally, collaborating and integrating code into enterprise systems. You will have access to the latest education, tools and technology, and a limitless career path with the world’s technology leader. Come to IBM and make a global impact!Your Role and Responsibilities – Designs, develops and supports application solutions. – This specialty would be able to design, develop and/or re-engineer highly complex mobility applications, and integrate software packages, programs and reusable assets.

    Required Technical and Professional Expertise – Hybrid developer (3-5 years of experience) – React – Flutter – Ionic – Agile – NodeJS is a plus

    For more than six decades, IBM Middle East & Pakistan has played a vital role in shaping the information technology landscape of the region. Today, IBM is part of the region’s technological fabric, solving real-world business and societal challenges, through its offices in UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and Pakistan, and also a diversity of centers across the region.

    Within the region, IBM currently has groundbreaking initiatives in cloud computing, analytics, mobile, security, as well as nanotechnology, eGovernment, healthcare and many more, collaborating with leading educational institutes and governments. IBM supports hundreds of clients to drive transformation through technology, contributes to regional research & development programs and has an active Corporate Service Corps (CSC) program.

    Reinvention is a keyword in the company’s history and, today, IBM is much more than a “hardware, software, services” company. IBM is now emerging as a cognitive solutions and cloud platform company. More

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    Product Owner, PBG Channels | Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD)

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Design and deliver new digital products and services in line with the digital roadmap strategy of the PBG Retail Business. Enhance the customer journeys and functions for digital channels and manage the prioritization with focus on Mobile channels.Responsibilities will include but not be limited to• Gathers, manages, and prioritizes the product backlog in collaboration with the Business Product owner • Ensures user stories are “ready” for development to start work• Ensures user stories have defined and correct acceptance criteria• Defines customer needs and the associated features to meet those needs• Works on existing and new initiatives based on digital roadmap• Ensures close collaboration with the development team• Oversees the development and testing activities• Prioritizes defect or bug resolution• Tracks progress towards the release of a digital product• Ensured good agile/scrum governance and practices are followed • Works with a cross-functional team in planning the digital product release• Coordinates between other project stakeholders which are mainly products, operations , 3rd parties, IT, controls groups, (IT risk, Operational risk, Fraud and Risk, Shared service department, Compliance, Audit, Quality control)• Works with User experience teams for UI and UX design creation• Works closely with business, adoption and marketing teams for go to market strategy• Contributes to the work of the Business Owner as they define a product differentiation strategy• Creates the product vision and roadmap which accomplishes the goal of the vision• Identifies opportunities (internal and external) to support the Bank innovation roadmap• Identifies process and service improvement areas (e.g. streamlining existing user journeys, introduction of new user journeys)

    Requirements• University BA or post graduate degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business or Management or UX, UI design schools• Certified agile product owner• Minimum 5 years’ experience of working in a Product owner role • Proven experience of digital channels and ecosystem• Banking background and specifically Digital Channel experience mandatory • Business oriented person with a deep technical background.• Good judgmental skills to identify customer needs and solutions• Minimum 2 years work experience in an agile environment • Outstanding written and verbal presentation skills• Good business analysis skills• Strong Analytical and creative thinking• Excellent team player• Tech savvy and always up to date about latest market and global trends and technologies

    In 1969, when we at Commercial Bank of Dubai started out little did we know that sheer grit and determination would get us where we are today. An Emiri Decree issued by His Highness the Late Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, the founder of modern Dubai, laid the cornerstone of Commercial Bank of Dubai. We started out as a joint venture of Commerzbank, Chase Manhattan Bank and Commercial Bank of Kuwait. A minority stake was held by a few UAE businessmen.

    By 1982, little more than a decade later, we evolved into a National Public Shareholding company. A feat complimented by an exponential increase in the capital base and mammoth restructuring of our operations. The feather in the cap came when the Government of Dubai became a key shareholder.

    Over the decades, we have transformed ourselves into a progressive and modern banking institution. We are supported by a sturdy financial base and reigned by a strong and stable management. The proof of which lies with our customers who have stood by us over the years. More

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    ETIC, SAP Solution Architect – Senior Manager | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Line of ServiceAdvisoryIndustry/SectorTechnologySpecialismAdvisory – OtherManagement LevelSenior ManagerJob Description & SummaryAbout the rolePwC is opening a new Technology & Innovation Center in Cairo that will deliver high quality technology solutions to consulting Clients across the globe. The Centre will provide a broad suite of skills and services to our clients, ranging from Packaged Applications such as SAP & Oracle, to Cloud services utilising AWS, Azure and Google, as well as expanding our existing Managed Services capabilities.  The center is looking to expand rapidly and we are looking for enthusiastic self-starters with a passion for technology and client delivery to help shape and form this new venture.  We are seeking to recruit a SAP Solution Architect to join our team in Cairo.  The successful candidate will have a minimum of 8 years experience in scoping, designing and overseeing the delivery of complex SAP (ECC and S/4HANA) centred, high value solutions. They will be a recognised expert in their field within the local SAP market; providing valued thought leadership and opinion.  They will carry a well established professional network, and have strong alliances into the SAP ecosystem.   You will report to the SAP Service Delivery Director and will be an integral part of the team based in Cairo, as well as those delivering client transformation programmes across the PwC Global Network, including the UK, Germany and Middle East As an SAP Solution Architect, you will play a key role in the following areas:- Support the leadership and management of the new SAP Practice by taking an active role in the SAP Senior Leadership Team  – Responsibility for coaching and developing more junior team members  – Delivering exceptional client service and solutions  – Work with a global mindset with teams based in the UK, Germany and other Middle Eastern Countries – Leading delivery teams to deliver solutions that are on scope, time, quality and budget

    Role Requirements:- Min 8-10 years experience in architecting complex E2E SAP transformative solutions – Demonstrable experience in overseeing the alignment to the solution design throughout the delivery cycle  – Experienced and comfortable in working as part of a global team; co creating solutions with architects located outside of Egypt – Strong working knowledge of the SAP Activate delivery methodology – Knowledge of external architecture frameworks / principles eg TOGAF, SAF)  – Leading expertise in a functional domain e.g. finance / logistics / supply chain / integration – Define end state solution and design end to end processes – Provide GAP resolutions – Counterpart to senior functional leaders at onsite and ability to participate in design discussions with client and PwC functional team lead – Support the functional stream lead with technical evaluation of the solution scenarios (e.g. cost-based vs. account based CO-PA)  – Overseeing solutioning and respective functional specification in the overall transformation context – Identification of dependencies across solutions going down to RICEFW objects  – Managing the overall solution deliverables – Accountable / responsible for overall data migration and cutover topics for the stream – Accountable / responsible for overall issue resolution post go-live and transition to 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