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    Senior Siebel Architect | Oracle

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Senior Siebel Architect – Oracle Advanced Customer Services (ACS) Preferred Qualifications Oracle Advanced Customer Services (ACS) is looking for Advanced Support Engineers (ASEs) to deliver proactive and reactive technical support to customers as Siebel Architect. The Advanced Customer Services is a unit within Oracle’s Customer Service Organization that enables long term advanced support relationships with many of Oracle’s largest customers. The ACS Advanced Support Engineering (ASE) organization consists of a diverse, highly skilled, and specialized team of ASEs who bring deep technical expertise in the entire Oracle Product and technology set. As integral part of a global Organization, the Architect will be working within an international environment and contribute to global technology driven initiatives or innovation programs for continuous service improvements. Regular training is available and required to maintain an up to date knowledge of latest developments of Oracle products and services. As a Senior Architect will be part of the ACS Global Expertise Centers in Egypt. Application Expert Services work with customers, integrators, to ensure the proper design and implementation of Oracle Applications. AES focus on helping customers via various reviews and via Expert Assist programs. As experts in these areas, we provide a variety of billable services to Oracle Applications customers, as well as knowledge transfer across other lines of Business. Siebel Architecture Specialist is a customer facing job with the aim of providing support to the customers for Siebel production and non-production systems in the following areas: Production support, go-live/Production Rollout, upgrades, migrations, releases, change management etc The job responsibility includes: – Application monitoring/operations – System administration – Database administration performance analysis/tuning – Installations, upgrades, security, technical architecture, networks, RDBMS, reviews etc. For this position, we look for an experienced, talented and self-motivated Advanced Services Engineers to work onsite or remotely from customer premises globally. RESPONSIBILITIES: As a member of the ACS organization, your focus is to deliver post-sales support and solutions to the Oracle customer base while serving as an advocate for customer needs. This involves resolving post-sales non-technical customer inquiries via phone and electronic means, as well as, technical questions regarding the use of and troubleshooting for our Electronic Support Services. diverse customer situations and escalated issues.As a Senior Engineer, you will interface with the customer*s IT staff on a regular basis. Either at the client*s site or from a remote location, you will be responsible for resolution of moderately complex technical problems related to the installation, recommended maintenance and use and repair/workarounds for Oracle products. You should be highly experienced in some Oracle products and several platforms that are being supported. JOB REQUIREMENTS: – Technical background in IT and/or Computer Science with preferably a postgraduate degree – Good level of knowledge of different Operating systems. – Strong interpersonal, presentation, and communication skills are required. Successful candidate must also excel at presenting technical findings directly to Oracle customers, at all levels of the organization. – Strong analytical, diagnostic, and troubleshooting skills are required. – Can demonstrate operational administration skills for an Oracle application – Can demonstrate advanced product knowledge by building and showcasing best practices – Knowledge of any other Application is a plus. This may include eBusiness Suite, PeopleSoft, JDEdwards, Hyperion, SAP etc – An understanding of the three tiers of an Application architecture (Web, Application and Database tier) is desirable. – Understanding of Order Management or Marketing Server or OBIEE is a plus. – Knowledge of technologies in one of the following areas is a plus: Weblogic, SOA, AIA etc. – Cloud & SaaS exposure is a plus – Siebel Certification is a preferred – Ability to travel – Good verbal/written skills in English and German – Experience with Oracle*s core products, applications, and tools is important.

    PERSONAL COMPETENCIES: – Excellent analytical skills and systematic practical orientation – Self-motivated and resourceful, self-education attitude – Distinct receptiveness to technical innovations – Strong communication skills in English verbal and in writing – Good presentation and documentation skills – Work as a team-player and demonstrate own initiative – Ability to work unperturbed under pressure in escalated situations – Effective communication with appropriate hierarchy levels – Demonstrate ownership of complex (escalated) issues or problems – Ability to travel – Ability to work in Standby basis (24×7), or scheduled out of hours operations PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: – University Degree or comparable education/professional experience – Previous work experience in a Support, Consulting, IT Operations or Administration organization would be ideal – Oracle Certified for Siebel & Associate and/or Professional qualification will be an advantage, such as Certified on Oracle Cloud Architect, Foundation & professional also Autonomous database.

    Oracle offers an integrated array of applications, databases, servers, storage, and cloud technologies to empower modern business. For most companies, flexibility is critical. Oracle provides a wide choice of software, systems, and cloud deployment models – including public, on-premises, and hybrid clouds – to ensure that technology flexes to the unique needs of a business.

    Oracle Cloud is a complete, integrated stack of platform, infrastructure, and application services. With advanced scalability and security, Oracle Cloud enables technical agility across the enterprise, connects people to information for clearer insights, and fosters efficiency through simplified workflows.

    More than 420,000 customers across 145 countries have harnessed Oracle technology to accelerate their digital transformation. More

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    Cloud Solution Engineer 3 | Oracle

    Employment:

    Full Time

    MySQL has a long history of being the most popular database in the world. Helping our customers leverage MySQL in the most secure cloud environment, is what we aim for:The MySQL Business Unit is looking for another Cloud Solution Consultant, that helps our customers understand and use the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Focus is on MySQL Database Service, including the analytics engine “HeatWave”. We are looking for an expert in building modern open source based architectures. If you are familiar with typical solutions like MySQL, other databases, including NoSQL databases, if you understand developer needs, are familiar with Kubernetes, Docker, deployment frameworks like Ansible or Terraform, if you feel home in public cloud environments like OCI, AWS, GCP, Azure, if Cloud Native means more to you than just running VMs on a public cloud and/or you have good knowledge on analytics application design and requirements, you should consider leveraging all this by helping some of the biggest companies in EMEA in adopting MySQL and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

    Join our team, contribute to growing our business and benefit from growing your profile. English and Arabic language skills are mandatory, additional languages preferred.

    Oracle offers an integrated array of applications, databases, servers, storage, and cloud technologies to empower modern business. For most companies, flexibility is critical. Oracle provides a wide choice of software, systems, and cloud deployment models – including public, on-premises, and hybrid clouds – to ensure that technology flexes to the unique needs of a business.

    Oracle Cloud is a complete, integrated stack of platform, infrastructure, and application services. With advanced scalability and security, Oracle Cloud enables technical agility across the enterprise, connects people to information for clearer insights, and fosters efficiency through simplified workflows.

    More than 420,000 customers across 145 countries have harnessed Oracle technology to accelerate their digital transformation. More

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    Principal Systems Support Engineer | Oracle

    Employment:

    Full Time

    ACS is looking for Systems Engineers skilled and with real experience on Operating System, mainly on Solaris and Linux. The engineer will join the EMEA Expertise Center, a team which centrally delivers proactive and reactive services for any country across EMEA. Advanced Customer Support (ACS) is an organization providing tailored mission critical support services for the full Oracle Product Stack. Advanced Customer Support understands the customer’s needs and helps them to increase availability, improve performance, mitigate risk and save cost. Our competent ACS Engineers have the mission: – To develop and manage the technical relationship with a designated account(s) in order to maximize the value of Advanced Customer Support to the customer,- To develop and maintain trusted relationships with the other Oracle contacts within designated account(s) and relevant third parties, – To act as the technical primary point of contact for Oracle Support and- To safeguard customer satisfaction, and renewal, through quality delivery and added value. RESPONSIBILITIES: – Delivering high quality technical results to ACS Customers; – Ensuring adherence to internal methodology, tools and quality standards; – Identifying required/recommended actions on Customer systems as main output of service delivery, based on own knowledge and experience; – Understanding customer requirements and based on own skills and experience, being able to design the proper architecture using the most appropriate products and design a technical plan to integrate them and implement the technical solution. – Analyzing, troubleshooting and solving whenever feasible, the issues the customer may face using Oracle products. – Escalating at the right time customer issues to Technical Account Manager where relevant; – Active participation on Services development; – Active collaboration with other engineers in the team or in other teams, to share knowledge, experiences and others, which can benefit ACS Business results. TECHNICAL SKILLS: – Solaris Server – Solaris Cluster – Solaris Logical Domains (Architecture and Design) Zones – Oracle Enterprise Linux – ZFS – Valuable skills on Exadata and SuperCluster

    REQUIREMENTS: – University Degree; – Fluent English (French; Spanish or German will be also valued) – Availability to travel and work onsite at customers – Availability to work 24×7 PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES – Adapting to Change – Building Relationships – Business Ethics – Communication – Customer Focus – Personal Drive – Planning & Organising – Problem Solving – Quality Results Orientation – Teamwork – Working Globally – Customer Needs Analysis – Professional &Technical Depth and Credibility – Resource Utilization & Development – Technical Problem Recognition & Resolution

    Oracle offers an integrated array of applications, databases, servers, storage, and cloud technologies to empower modern business. For most companies, flexibility is critical. Oracle provides a wide choice of software, systems, and cloud deployment models – including public, on-premises, and hybrid clouds – to ensure that technology flexes to the unique needs of a business.

    Oracle Cloud is a complete, integrated stack of platform, infrastructure, and application services. With advanced scalability and security, Oracle Cloud enables technical agility across the enterprise, connects people to information for clearer insights, and fosters efficiency through simplified workflows.

    More than 420,000 customers across 145 countries have harnessed Oracle technology to accelerate their digital transformation. More

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    Business Consulting Manager – Finance Transformation | Ernst & Young

    Employment:

    Full Time

    As markets rapidly change and develop, finance functions must demonstrate real added value to their business. As a finance consultant, you’ll use your experience and knowledge to help deliver greater insight – delivering functional efficiencies as well as transforming the role of finance in our clients’ businesses. You’ll be developing innovative, sustainable ways to improve the management of people, processes and systems, working alongside other finance professionals in high-performing teams. Your key responsibilities – You will work in multi-disciplinary teams for some of the biggest, and most recognised corporate brands in the MENA region.- You will help drive their business by identifying and delivering improvements in efficiency and effectiveness of finance work force. – You will be expected to build relationships at senior levels within client organisations: working with them to understand their business problems and priorities, consulting with your EY peers to evaluate solution options that you will be expected to design and deliver, motivating and managing your team, often across borders and always from a diverse set of backgrounds.

    Skills and attributes for success – Project Management – be part of project teams comprising colleagues from across different service lines – Business and Commercially Driven – working in a fast-paced, exciting environment with strong business acumen to drive value to our clients – Business Development – assist in aspects of pursuits, including presentations and client meetings. Contribute to our practice development initiatives, supporting the continued focus on our team as a great place to work – Learning – Learn and develop technical and personal skills to support achievement of career goals, through a blend of structured learning, coaching and experiences – Building Relationships – Strong working relationships with senior clients, including influence, advice and support to key decision makers To qualify for the role, you must have – Bachelor’s degree in finance or MBA finance with CMA/CIMA/ACCA qualifications – Approximately 5-6 years of recent relevant work experience in a leading business consulting organization or accounting organization, MENA experience desirable – Demonstrated experience in project-based engagements in any or the combination of the following areas: Finance transformation, Digital Finance, Shared Services, Agile Finance S4/Hana – Advanced written and verbal communication skills – Strong interpersonal skills and able to interact effectively with both management and clients – Experience in work finance transformation – Willingness to travel extensively across the region What we look for Highly motivated individuals with excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to prioritize shifting workloads in a rapidly changing industry. An effective communicator, you’ll be a confident leader equipped with strong people management skills and a genuine passion to make things happen in a dynamic organization. If you’re ready to take on a wide range of responsibilities and are committed to seeking out new ways to make a difference, 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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    Finance Intern | Rethink

    Employment:

    Internship

    • Maintain and upgrade system for all CRM tasks • Other ad-hoc duties as assigned by the team • Assist with financial modelling • Provide general accounting support • Assist with accounts receivable management • Provide support for annual budgeting process • Assist with statistical analysis and other special projects • Present data-driven recommendations to the finance team • Prepare monthly/quarterly financial analysis packets for management

    • Must be on sponsored visa• Excellent written and verbal communication skills• Passionate about service and service excellence, with a ‘will do, can do’ attitude• Flexible and dynamic with an enthusiastic approach – with a positive and upbeat attitude.• Highly organized, efficient and professional with a sense of urgency and good time management.• Takes initiative, is pro-active and flexible with great problem resolution skills – sound decision making and judgement.

    Re/think is a boutique accounting, regulatory and compliance, VAT advisory, audit, HR consultancy, recruitment and business advisory firm. We specialize in assisting SME clients with cost-effective, high quality services and solutions. We create value by investing in highly qualified and motivated people and working closely with leading industry partners to provide our clients a one stop shop for all of their business support.

    This support ranges from our core services to CFO and board level advisory for the sectors and markets we serve. Our ability to add value reaches across business size, as our offering can be adopted to start ups through to large complex firms. More

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    Tax Intern | Rethink

    Employment:

    Internship

    • Assisting in the preparation of proposals and Engagement Letters for Tax• Track emails for proposals and quotes including follow-ups/acceptance of quotes etc. • Support VAT registration for clients and support the engagement with timely communication of status/completion of registration etc. • Upload relevant client information and files to FTA for the registration• Prepare VAT returns for the clients assigned and submit returns on the portal.• Arranging meetings: liaising with all parties to find mutually agreeable times, dates, and locations, booking transport and meeting rooms• Assisting the VAT team with clerical functions: to include scanning, printing, copying, converting documents to pdfs, filing, power point presentations• Assisting the VAT team with the development of departmental and VAT policies and procedures• Maintaining client files on the server• Assisting with preparation of client training materials• Any other VAT/administrative ad hoc tasks as directed

    • Must be on sponsored visa• Excellent written and verbal communication skills• Passionate about service and service excellence, with a ‘will do, can do’ attitude• Flexible and dynamic with an enthusiastic approach – with a positive and upbeat attitude.• Highly organized, efficient and professional with a sense of urgency and good time management.• Takes initiative, is pro-active and flexible with great problem resolution skills – sound decision making and judgement.

    Re/think is a boutique accounting, regulatory and compliance, VAT advisory, audit, HR consultancy, recruitment and business advisory firm. We specialize in assisting SME clients with cost-effective, high quality services and solutions. We create value by investing in highly qualified and motivated people and working closely with leading industry partners to provide our clients a one stop shop for all of their business support.

    This support ranges from our core services to CFO and board level advisory for the sectors and markets we serve. Our ability to add value reaches across business size, as our offering can be adopted to start ups through to large complex firms. More

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    Human Resource Intern | Rethink

    Employment:

    Internship

    • Assist HR consultant with the on-boarding process• Post-selection process – conduct reference check of new joiners• Update employee records on HRMS• Assist in test corrections and assessments given to candidates• Assist in coordination with department heads to schedule inductions• Assist for preparation of cash advance and liquidation for visa-related tasks• Assist the HR team to prepare leave plan report• Coordinating with the departments to apply and approve leaves on HRMS• Apply insurance for new joiners and cancellation for leavers• Preparing and maintaining reports/trackers such as insurance, leave and induction• Assist HR consultant on a day-to-day activity

    • Must be on sponsored visa• Excellent written and verbal communication skills• Passionate about service and service excellence, with a ‘will do, can do’ attitude• Flexible and dynamic with an enthusiastic approach – with a positive and upbeat attitude.• Highly organized, efficient and professional with a sense of urgency and good time management.• Takes initiative, is pro-active and flexible with great problem resolution skills – sound decision making and judgement.

    Re/think is a boutique accounting, regulatory and compliance, VAT advisory, audit, HR consultancy, recruitment and business advisory firm. We specialize in assisting SME clients with cost-effective, high quality services and solutions. We create value by investing in highly qualified and motivated people and working closely with leading industry partners to provide our clients a one stop shop for all of their business support.

    This support ranges from our core services to CFO and board level advisory for the sectors and markets we serve. Our ability to add value reaches across business size, as our offering can be adopted to start ups through to large complex firms. More

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    Senior Associate – TLS – Indirect Tax Services | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Line of ServiceTaxSpecialismVAT/GSTManagement LevelSenior AssociateJob Description & SummaryA career in our Indirect Tax practice, within Tax services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients meet and manage their tax obligations across unique but ever changing tax specialties. You’ll advise clients on their local and overseas tax affairs, while acting as a strategic consultant related to business analysis, managing indirect taxes, dispute resolution, and global enterprise tax solutions.Our team helps our clients optimise cash flow and reduce risk by managing challenges related to indirect taxes. You’ll support our clients with all aspects of indirect taxation related to global, regional and domestic projects as well as comprehensive restructuring and reporting value added tax projects.To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

    As a Senior Associate, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:- Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.- Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.- Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.- Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.- Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.- Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.- Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.- Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.- Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.- Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct.

    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