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    Head of PR & Events – Finance Sector | Irwin & Dow

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Head of PR & Events – Finance Sector (with global travel)This role will extend your profile beyond the Middle East Region into a truly global Events Manger position. You will travel extensively to the USA, UK and Africa to develop a deep understanding of branding, PR and event vision strategies for client events, which will be attended by VIPs and high net worth disruptors within the business, finances and investment sector. You will be an exceptionally dynamic individual with a strong entrepreneurial spirit, able to navigate your way through complex event requirements and therefore you will be heavily client facing and knowledgeable within the financial and investments sector. Accustomed to managing corporate events in an ever evolving and adaptable business as the world develops advanced technologies and fintech capabilities, the successful Events Manager will have a great deal of business acumen and current knowledge of the global economy. You will constantly strive to seek out the latest industry and worldwide business innovations. Communicating directly with clients to discuss sophisticated and corporate international conferences, roadshows, teach-ins and round table events you will manage highly influential delegations globally to plan, oversee and execute. Additionally, the Events Manager will also research and retain knowledge of the target audience, investor profiles, fundraising capabilities and create agendas, all marketing materials and manage the complete public exposure of each event. Budget management and liaison with all vendors and suppliers to ensure excellent quality of goods and services at all times is also a key part of this unique role. On the day of the event, you will be on hand to ensure a seamless activity for all involved, so a very high attention to detail, leaving nothing to chance is expected. Post event a full evaluation analysis will also be performed to increase participation in the future and create a constant environment of continuous improvement.

    An exceptionally talented finance sector Events Manager, we require those who will be highly successful in this role. You will possess high levels of integrity, wisdom and sound judgement and be able to manage all stakeholder and senior clients with ease to influence the decision-making process and be viewed as the industry expert by all. With excellent communication skills (in particular Arabic and French languages are viewed as highly advantageous), you will be interacting with policymakers, innovators and academics on complex issues. Taking a hands-on approach and remaining a consummate professional at all times is required.

    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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    Data Analytics Manager | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Line of ServiceInternal Firm ServicesSpecialismIFS – Information Technology (IT)Management LevelManagerJob Description & SummaryA career in our Information Strategy, Architecture, and Governance practice will provide you with the opportunity to help organisations uncover enterprise insights and drive business results using smarter data analytics. We focus on a collection of organisational technology capabilities, including business intelligence, data management, and data assurance that help our clients drive innovation, growth, and change within their organisations in order to keep up with the changing nature of customers and technology. You’ll make impactful decisions by mixing mind and machine to leverage data, understand and navigate risk, and help our clients gain a competitive edge.Our team focuses on helping clients understand, plan for, and realise the strategic business opportunities presented by information technology. In joining, you’ll help us to bridge the gaps between business units and the Information Technology departments and unite them around a shared vision that powers the business by aligning Information Technology Strategy to business strategy, goals and strategic priorities.Job Description SummaryA career in our Analytics Technology practice, within Data and Analytics Technology services, will provide you with the opportunity to help organizations uncover enterprise insights and drive business results using smarter data analytics. We focus on a collection of organizational technology capabilities, including business intelligence, data management, and data assurance that help our clients drive innovation, growth, and change within their organizations in order to keep up with the changing nature of customers and technology.You’ll make impactful decisions by mixing mind and machine to leverage data, understand and navigate risk, and help our stakeholders gain a competitive edge.Our team helps clients navigate various analytics applications to get the most value out of their technology investment and foster confidence in their business intelligence. As part of our team, you’ll help is implement enterprise data products and data management applications that improve operational effectiveness and provide actionable data analytics and insights.As the Lead Data Scientist your responsibilities will include:•    Lead implementation of data products for the Middle East Firm.•    Provide data architecture and technical delivery guidance to the Data Analytics team.  •    Implement enhancements to a central Data warehouse solution for the firm. •    Lead an agile DevOps software team to create innovative applications.•    Lead a team in data-science and machine-learning efforts in support of PwC clients.•    Oversee exploratory data analysis of sample data sets to advise the Data Lab leads on the incorporation of AI into their labs and applications.•    Analyze requirements, estimate production time, design solutions, code solutions, test solutions, and document work.•    Assist in the definition of application architecture.•    Mentor team of data scientists and provides algorithmic recommendations depending on the data set, acting as SME.•    Ensure adherence to best practices, management processes, and technical constraints.•    Design and conduct training on AI/ML, NPL techniques.•    Assist in the drafting of business cases, project plans, test reports, risk assessments, and other project specific documentation.•    Acts as client liaison in the development of application functional documentation, including technical specs document, technical data sheets, operational manuals, and training materials.•    Must be functional in a coach/player role.

    To be successful in this role, your background must include the following:•    Bachelors degree in Mathematics, Computer Science or similar engineering discipline.•    Minimum 5+ years of relevant work experience in agile/scrum software development, data science settings with a focus on developing projects using Data warehousing and cloud environments (e.g. Azure, Google Cloud, Digital Ocean)•    Strong Experience in Microsoft Development Toolkit (SSIS, SSAS, Azure Data Factory, Visual Studio)•    Experience with Databricks•    Experience with NoSQL, Relational, Multimodal and Graph databases.•    Experience in designing and implementing User Interfaces at an Enterprise Level. •    Strong system architecture and design experience to include deploying production enterprise applications in cloud environments that use AI/ML.•    Experience with scripting and programming languages in Python, R and Java.•    Experience in Design Thinking workshops and all related activities, designing solutions that balance user needs, commercial interests, and technological constraints, and including design strategy, service design, design research.•    Experience planning and executing customer design projects through holistic understanding of problem areas, iterative solution design, executive stakeholder management, and integration of business and technical experts.•    Experience conducting qualitative and quantitative research and synthesizing to provide insights, identify opportunities, and generate conceptual frameworks.Following skills are nice to have:•    Strong experience with Machine Learning algorithms, techniques and tools.•    Experience with Jira, Confluence, Visio, MS DevOps, and MS Project.•    Experience with Amazon Web Services deployments.•    Master’s degree in Data Science•    Experience with opensource development tools (GitHub, GitLab, etc.).

    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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    Operations Executive | Irwin & Dow

    Employment:

    Full Time

    We are currently seeking suitable candidates to join our client, a large consulting conglomerate with clients in the private and public sectors, across all continents. The company has extensive assets and corporate offices in Europe, Middle East, and USA. They are an entrepreneurial incubator, working with strategic investment groups, family offices, research and non-profit advocacy and global companies. They work on strategy and development, ensuring continued growth and opportunity for their clients. Working in this fast-paced and exceptionally busy environment you will liaise with all departments including investments, finance, HR, and administration to bring together project timelines and expectations to enable all involved to progress efficiently. Supporting the Project Managers, you will assist with all RFP’s, research, pitches, slide decks and all client management. Therefore, a strong attention to detail and an analytical approach is required to track project development, finances, resources required, project milestones and final outcomes. You will provide up to the minute reports via MS Excel, PowerPoint presentations, internal and external communication and often go above and beyond expectations in order to be exceptionally forward thinking and anticipate the needs of the business and any potential issues before they arise. Additionally extensive CRM knowledge is required.This role is both hands on and strategic to ensure complete business continuity, minimal risk in all areas and that planned resources are in place and each project is within the budget constraints. You will also provide administrative support to the COO and General Counsel on all compliance matters. You will possess excellent relationship and communication skills to understand all aspects of the business and provide proactive solutions. The team here is exceptionally focused and hardworking and all can multitask with exemplary time management and this role will be no exception.

    Strong inter-personal skills including social competency and high energy levels, with the ability to be engaged both inside and outside of normal business hours on occasion are required to be successful. Applicants must also have a strong proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook) and high attention to detail with the motivation to produce a collaborative team approach. It is expected that you will be a university graduate and it is essential that you have a professional services background in a similar highly operational position. Our client is seeking candidates who have professional services project management / consultancy backgrounds.

    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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    Group Finance Manager | Al Ahmadani Medical Center

    Employment:

    Full Time

    A group of privately owned family businesses operating within Healthcare, Real Estate, Education, Pharma, Medical Services among others; is looking for a Finance Manager to lead the Group. Should have a strong background in Finance, Financial Planning & Budgeting, Business Development (Strategic), and an understanding of local businesses practices and commercial trends. He/She should develop effective financial strategies, guide efforts towards financial stability, monitor all financial activities, promote revenue growth, ensure compliance with accounting regulations, and maintain good relationships with investors.

    Fluent in English & Arabic.Age:35 to 45 years oldNationality: OpenGender: MaleQualification: Master Degree in FinanceLocally available candidates with a NOC to transfer sponsorship is the requirement.The incumbent must have at least 8 years of Managerial experience with strong analytical skills, good strategic thinking, excellent communication skills, exceptional numerical proficiency, excellent leadership and team management skills. Should have a strong background in Finance, Financial Planning & Budgeting, Business Development (Strategic), and an understanding of local businesses practices and commercial trends. He/She should develop effective financial strategies, guide efforts towards financial stability, monitor all financial activities, promote revenue growth, ensure compliance with accounting regulations, and maintain good relationships with investors.Responsibilities include but not limited too:-Directing financial planning and strategy.Analyzing and reporting on financial performance.Overseeing audit and tax functions.Developing and implementing accounting policies.Preparing forecasts and comprehensive budgets.Training accounting staff.Reviewing departmental budgets.Assessing, managing, and minimizing risk.Analyzing complex financial data.Managing internal controls.

    Established in 1995 as Alahmadani Dental Clinic and recently relocated and expanded into Alahmadani Medical Center now including a Dental Laboratory, Pharmacy, Plastic surgery, Paediatrics, Physiotherapy & Chiropractic. We strive to provide the best standard of care to our patients and to the society. Our vision is to provide the best health care that is affordable and readily accessible to our community. We take this further by providing education on nutrition, lifestyle and complimentary health therapies to all people living in our community. More

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    Interior Designer | Square Yards

    Employment:

    Full Time

    We are hiring for Interior designer and Sr. Interior Designer for our Dubai verticalCandidates should have strong experience in AutoCAD, Sketchup, 3D Visualisation.Minimum 1-2 Years experience in above skills will be preferredCandidate should have great communication skillsShould be good with client handling Candidate will have to give presentations and prepare BOQs for the business in hand.

    We are hiring for Interior designer and Sr. Interior Designer for our Dubai verticalCandidates should have strong experience in AutoCAD, Sketchup, 3D Visualisation.Minimum 1-2 Years experience in above skills will be preferredCandidate should have great communication skillsShould be good with client handling Candidate will have to give presentations and prepare BOQs for the business in hand.

    Square Yards is a technology-enabled O2O transaction and aggregator platform for Global real estate. It offers a comprehensive, integrated menu of global property & asset portfolio by using technology, data, research and diversified presence to make global real estate investments decision making more research led and driven by risk/reward perspective. Square Yards has achieved a significant scale in facilitating real estate investments to satisfied customers worldwide through its direct presence of more than 2000 employees in 30 cities in 10 countries including India, UAE, Qatar, Oman, Singapore, UK, Hong Kong, Australia and Canada. Square Yards has presence in Abu Dhabi, Doha, Dubai, Kuwait, Sharjah, Muscat, Bahrain in the GCC region. More

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    IT Program / Project Manager – French Speaker | Oracle

    Employment:

    Full Time

    As a recognized authority and leading contributor, this project management professional, provides consistent innovative and high quality solution leadership. Responsible for guiding the successful implementation of non-routine and complex business solutions ensuring high quality and timely delivery within budget to the customer’s satisfaction.Analyzes business needs to help ensure Oracle’s solution meets the customer’s objectives by combining industry best practices and product knowledge. Effectively applies Oracle’s methodologies and policies while adhering to contractual obligations, thereby minimizing Oracle’s risk and exposure. Exercises judgment and business acumen in selecting methods and techniques for effective project delivery on small to medium engagements. Provides direction and mentoring to project team. Effectively influences decisions at the management level of customer organizations. Ensures deliverables are acceptable and works closely with the customer to understand and manage project expectations. Supports business development efforts by pursuing new opportunities and extensions. Collaborates with the consulting sales team by providing domain credibility. Manages the scope of medium sized projects including the recovery of remedial projects.

    8-10 years of experience relevant to this position. Prior project team leadership or management experience. Demonstrated ability to follow solid project management principles. Comfortable working in a matrix management environment. Strong communication skills to deal with internal stakeholders, customers, and vendors. Product, technology or industry expertise relevant to the portfolio focus. Selling skills preferred. Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience. Ability to travel as needed.As part of Oracle’s employment process candidates will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment screening process. This will involve identity and employment verification, professional references, education verification and professional qualifications and memberships (if applicable).

    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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    ACS Principal Support Engineer – SCM (eBS & Fusion) Expert | Oracle

    Employment:

    Full Time

    General Qualifications An experienced functional consultant who has a solid understanding of basic business concepts and practices in the area of Supply Chain Management. The candidate should be able to operate independently to provide quality work products, and perform varied and complex duties and tasks that need independent judgment. Responsibilities – Works with the client to understand requirements, functionality and business processes – Translate customer requirements into deliverable products and services – Provide functional assessment of implemented solutions, with recommendations for enhanced processes, best usage of Oracle applications features and better performance results- Develops test plans, procedures and running the tests accordingly – Support Oracle SCM products and services in line with the contractual agreement – Works with support to resolve Customers SRs. – Conduct knowledge transfer sessions both within the Oracle team and to end users. – Work closely with the technical team and delivery leaders to provide engagements work estimates and drive excellence in functional work. – Ensures that new services are appropriately captured and put in ACS corporate repository – Proactively maintains knowledge of Oracle’s current and future products/solutions offerings for the specified SCM area.

    Technical Qualifications – 5-7+ years implementation experience of Supply Chain Management solutions – Experience with multiple SCM applications is a plus – especially Oracle EBS and Oracle SaaS – At least 2 years in implementing SCM SaaS applications – At least (1) full life cycle implementation of Oracle’s Cloud SCM solutions – Strong functional knowledge of Order to Cash and Procure to Pay business processes – Hands-on experience with CX applications is a plus – Previous consulting experience – Business analysis, requirements gathering, and workshop leadership skills – Oracle Cloud Certification is a plus Other Qualifications: – Excellent Analytical skills – Strong English written/verbal communications – Self-motivated individual who works well in a team environment – Willing to travel to customer sites on a regular basis – Experience in working as part of Global/ Matrixed/ Remote teams – Self-driven, ability to work under minimal supervision Experience: – 5-7+ years of overall experience in relevant functional roles. Travel: – Yes, 50+ % of the Time

    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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    Client Technical Specialist – Data & AI | IBM Middle East

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Introduction Client Technical Specialists (CTP) are the technical experts and advisors to clients, IBM sales teams and/or IBM Business Partners. As a CTP you understand the client’s business requirements, technical requirements and/or competitive landscape. You apply your business insights, build and maintain client relationships, incorporate hardware, software and services into client-valued solutions and ensure client readiness for the implementation of technical solutions. This is an opportunity to shape the future for both IBM and its clients. Start your journey now!Your Role and Responsibilities IBM is looking for an experienced OEM focused IA Client Technical Professional to represent IBM Data and AI software in a pre-sales role. An IA CTP is responsible for providing pre-sales technical support and assistance for customers. They will work to understand the customer’s business needs and technical challenges. They deliver high quality solution presentations and demonstrations to clients in response to varying business requirements by utilizing product, technology, industry and business skills. The IA CTP has an understanding of products, offerings and services within their specialty. Additional ResponsibilitiesAn IA CTP will actively seek and identify new sales opportunities. They provide technical sales support which may include : collaboration with IBM sales teams to define, design, and detail the technical aspects and feasibility of proposed solutions; lead and deliver Proof of Concepts; develop and deliver customized demonstrations; support critical situations; and answer technical questions. As a member of the sales team, they will be engaged in customer facing activities, be responsible for the technical accuracy of the proposed solution and lead the technical aspects of the sale. Key Attributes- Proven communication and interpersonal skills. – Demonstrated negotiation, problem solving and presentation skills. – Customer focused. – Proven high level of responsibility for given tasks. – Ability to prioritize and work with deadlines. – Ability to be flexible. – Ability to work in both a team environment and independently. – Ability to learn and share knowledge and information.

    Candidate Qualifications – Programming and scripting experience a plus. – Application installation and system administration experience. – Previous experience with Packaged Software and Software Engineering tools. – Proven record of ability to learn new products and technologies. – Ability to articulate the IA solution in relation to the customer’s situation. – Knowledge of the key IA competitors, their strengths and weaknesses, and ability to differentiate IA products. Required Technical and Professional Expertise – You will have at least 2-4 years of hands on & architectural experience including POC/MVPs in one or more of the following areas – IBM Databases – Cloud Pak for Data – Watson Studio, Watson Discovery – Planning Analytics, Cognos Analytics – Big Data Technologies such as Hadoop, Hive, Spark, NiFi etc. mainly on Cloudera Clusters – NoSQL Technologies such as MongoDB, Apache Cassandra (DataStax) – RDBMSs such as PostgreSQL, Enterprise DB

    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