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    Cloud Adoption Director | Oracle

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Job Summary Cloud Adoption is a newly formed organization within EMEA TCE, having the mission to increase customer consumption growth by driving fast activation , nurturing an optimal ramp up and removing technical barriers . Aligned to a territory and working together with Sales and ACEs, the Cloud Adoption Manager will primary focus on the post-booking side of our customer’s lifecycle, ensuring a successful and sustainable cloud consumption growth. Role and Responsibilities The Cloud Adoption Director will lead a team of Cloud Adoption reps and Managers. The Cloud Adoption Director should show leadership skills including: – Developing long-lasting client relationships, you will act as a trusted advisor who our clients can depend on. – Developing and coaching the people around you to excel in their role, achieving great things for the career, our business, and our clients. – She/he will have the opportunity to shape our team, playing an active role in recruiting, people development, and programs we run to engage and develop our people. – Collaborating with colleagues to create thought leadership and to improve the way we deliver in the market. – The Cloud Adoption team will liaise, as needed, with the relevant TCE teams to agree on specific activities and/or deliverables required in each of the accounts the team is managing. – The ultimate goal is to maximize usage and usage growth of Oracle Cloud while also creating a robust customer experience across the entire cloud adoption lifecycle. Typical activities of the Cloud Adoption rep/manager:- Conduct 24h customer activation – Strong focus on Activation for new cloud customers and/or workloads, minimizing time to first value and accelerating consumption growth – Provide best practice guidance on the Landing Zone in alignment with our WLA activities – Equip the customer with the relevant knowledge for early usage – Manage the customer’s Adoption Plan – Continuously monitor and review Adoption Plan with the customer to guarantee the progress according to their expectations, facilitating the value realization – Monitor and predict consumption fluctuations , define and execute corrective actions – Pro-actively monitor burn rates and provide consumption forecast – Assess churn risk (customer or service) and formulate mitigation plan – Detect and flag potential new workloads (to ACEs) or new implementation opportunities (to LIFT) – Activate Go Live Assurance to guarantee success in this Critical Milestone for the customer – Provide “Longer Term” customer assistance on environment already in Production through Operations Monitoring and Optimization Advisory – Energize Customers interest by sharing information and facilitate connection with relevant Oracle activities – Share and/or recommend customer/ industry specific best practices & content Remove barriers – Assure progress and prompt resolution of SRs and escalations by engaging relevant teams and advocating for customers – Identify structural issues affecting customer use of Oracle Cloud and initiate conversations with relevant teams (Cloud Ops, PM, Sales…) to formulate a resolution plan – Resolve billing issues – Act as a customer advocate for product features and requirements

    Skills and Profile – To fulfill the role of a CAM we are looking for individuals matching the following profile:- Relevant experience in TCE roles with a track record of successful customer engagements. – Passionate about Technology with Breadth and Depth knowledge – Certified on OCI (or equivalent certifications from competition) – minimum OCI Foundations Associate level – Solid understanding of the competitive landscape – hands-on experience with AWS, GCP or Azure is a plus – IT Market Literacy – able to advise on technology best practices by understanding the Cloud market trends and their impact on various industries – High Energy and social skills Focus on Customer Centricity- Always looking to anticipate customer needs and offer the most relevant advice, education or best practice. Enjoys customer success Communication – Excellent communication and presentation skills with high degree of comfort speaking across all levels of management and IT roles – Project Management – It is knowledgeable of the most common PM methodologies and tools (ie. Prince2) – Result-oriented to improve problem resolution & escalation management – Possesses strong listening and coordination skills to comprehend customer’s issues, and work to resolve them. If necessary, engage other teams to ensure successful and speedy resolution – Analytical thinker with keen problem-solving abilities, strong task planning and delegation skills. Is Pro-active and demonstrates lateral thinking – Ability to identify and manage escalations Customer Lifecycle awareness – Able to understand the customers’ existing IT landscape, business requirements and their definition of success. – Position Oracle as a business partner by delivering value to functional through executive levels Commercial business understanding – Partners with Sales, ACE, DS, WLA and LIFT teams to ensure customer success and predictable and sustainable consumption growth increasing forecast accuracy Collaboration skills – Team player with great networking abilities – Ability to work in (virtual) teams. To get a specific job done often requires working across various regions, cultures and LoBs. – Strong understanding of the entire TCE ecosystem (and beyond) and how each team contributes to the customer success – Agent of Change , driving creative and new customer engagements to convert our customers on the best cloud advocates

    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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    FP&A Manager | NTS Group

    Employment:

    Full Time

    NTS Group is working exclusively with an education management organization located in KSA to recruit an FP&A Manager. This role is to support strategy execution by delivering meaningful, accurate and timely reporting & analysis on business performance, thereby supporting relevant stakeholders to make fact-based sound business decisions.ResponsibilitiesReliability, timeliness and accuracy of the standard deliverables defined in the delivery catalogue.Ensuring quality, accuracy and integrity of information stored in our systems, enabling a single source of truth.Participating in project meetings and keeping track of project status and UAT.Providing guidance to financial and non-financial stakeholders on Finance work stream related matters and providing training on new reports, analytics, reporting/ planning instructions, tools, changes, etc.Reporting on project execution performance & highlighting potential risks or delays to implementation timeline.Performing potential problem analysis and foreseeing areas where swift intervention or escalation is required.Building an internal network with market functions & global process experts to facilitate smooth project execution.Developing E2E understanding of new FP&A landscape, understanding business impacts and advising on process gaps along with relevant counter measures.

    Salary:
    SAR
    25,000
    per month inclusive of fixed allowances.

    Education, Skills & Experience Bachelor or Master’s degree in a Business Economics, Finance and/or Accounting orientated study. CA/CPA/ICWAI/MBA Finance preferred. 5 years of working experience with financial control, management reporting and business analyses.Advanced technical skills in Excel, ERP (SAP preferred) and PowerPoint Experience with reporting & analytical tools, like SPSS, Business-Intelligence environments, SQL, etc Strong affinity with LEAN processes and tools.Rapid problem solving skills and the ability to effectively prioritize tasks considering the impact on project execution/timeline.

    NTS Group is a leading specialist recruitment firm and experts at recruiting skilled, qualified and professional people in the Middle East.

    Our promise is simple. To provide our clients and candidates an expert, professional and bespoke service whilst maintaining the highest levels of integrity and honesty.

    NTS Group specialise within contingency, retained and search based recruitment campaigns across the following sectors;

    Finance & Accountancy
    Professional Office Support
    Sales & Marketing
    Operations

    To our clients, we understand people are your biggest asset and the future of your business. This is why we focus on understanding not only your technical requirements, but your culture, values and vision in order to find the right people for your business first time.

    To our candidates, we believe in honesty, integrity and supporting you throughout the entire process. We listen to what you want and proactively go to market to assist you in finding your dream job. More

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    Talent Acquisition Specialist / Recruiter – KSA National | Michael Page

    Employment:

    Full Time

    There is a huge demand for experienced Saudi National Talent Acquisition and Recruitment Specialists in the Kingdom. Drop us your CV today to be considered for any of the roles we are hiring for.Client DetailsWe are working with global multinationals for recruiters for their KSA teams as well as Vision 2030 projects.Description* Support the recruitment team on sourcing, screening and placing candidates * Attract and approach relevant candidates through social media, applications and network referrals* Take detailed job briefs from line managers* Screen and interview candidates* Prepare and present shortlists to line managers* Update data on applicant tracking systems and data management systems* Manage offers to candidates and collect compliance documentation* Work towards KPIs such as time to hire, CV to interview ratios and interview to hire ratiosJob OfferSalaries range from SAR 18,000 – SAR 30,000 plus performance bonus There are positions across the Kingdom, so please specify on your CV which locations you are interested in

    * Must have 3-5 years experience in a recruitment or talent acquisition role * Degree educated* Strong communicator, able to interpret job briefs and approach all levels of candidates* Experience in using social media, jobs board and other digital attraction methods to source and attract candidates

    Michael Page is one of the world’s leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.

    The Group has operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. In the Middle East we focus on the areas of:

    Finance & Accounting
    Banking & Financial Services
    Procurement
    Property & Construction
    Engineering & Supply Chain
    Oil & Gas Technical and Engineering
    Human Resources
    Sales
    Marketing
    Technology
    Secretarial
    Executive Search
    Legal

    The Group operates through 161 offices in 33 countries and employs over 5,000 employees worldwide. More

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    Cash Collection Manager | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Line of ServiceTaxSpecialismGeneral Tax ConsultingManagement LevelManagerJob Description & Summary• Support the Tax & Legal Services Finance lead and take ownership of the managing billing and collection according to the billing and collection terms, focusing on outstanding invoices while enforcing company policy. • Maintain controls over billing to clients and interoffice, credit notes, write offs, and take ownership to get disputes sorted by the respective teams.• Maintain records of Letter of Guarantees issues in TLS, keep records of the status of each, ensure it is collected once the projects are completed.• Lead self and others to achieve the healthy working capital and meet the TLS targets, build a lead team as required with clear roles, responsibilities and KPIs, and provide the required guidance and coaching to the team membersManage, coach, and guide team membersFinancial • A good understanding of billing and collection process & terminology. • Analyse receivables and debt ageing on a regular basis by Market/Network & Partner and have the required discussions with the respective teams to bring days to the agreed target. • Focus on all long outstanding invoices highlighting exposure early to avoid provision charges. • Regular review and follow up to collect and clear all balances in provision. • Review of debts on a regular basis and in line with the firm’s policy. Any write offs are communicated to the TLS Finance Lead/Market Leads on a regular basis. Customer• Interface across all levels on an engagement project (partners and managers). • Work closeley with TLS Cluster & Central finance and act as a single point of contact • Ensure a high quality, timely, consistent delivery of service. • Build a strong business relationship with Client facing, Finance and Operation teams across ME Internal Process • Confident in using systems & tools • Lead in discussions with Engagement Teams • Agree targets and communication • Liaise with business leaders and central finance Collections and AR Management• Build and maintain records of debtors’ billing and collection terms, and channels of raising and communicating the bills to clients to ensure no delay caused by following a wrong process or communication channels. • Build and maintain billing schedules and follow up with respective teams to ensure billing on time, and prepare monthly billing and collection plans. • Analysis of debt aging by Market, Client and Industry, monitor the days of receivables and have the required discussions with the respective teams to bring days to the agreed target. • Responsible to follow up with all parties (client engagement team, operations support, other LoS, interoffice, clients) to ensure timely collections of receivables before being overdue & hit the monthly target, summarise any issues and follow up to ensure all actions are taken on time. • Responsible for managing and controlling all interoffice bills, ensuring all are settled in accordance with the firm’s policy, ensure adequate actions taken to clear any disputes and escalate any overdue balances that are not settled. • Responsible for building and maintaining strong relationships with key clients with the support of the engagement teams, to ensure smooth and ease follow up and collection process. • Control write off process, ensure firm policy is applied, ensure agreed recovery efforts taken before taking any write off. • Maintain all data related to cash collection and meet with the respective teams on a regular basis to update the data and prepare cash flow projection, and forecast the impact on the provisions and revenues. • Monthly review of CN, investigate the reasons behind it, and summarise the impact of it, analyse the CN by client, Partner, etc, and agree the required controls to reduce its volume. • Ensure all received comments are updated on iPower through AR note by coordination with the responsible FinTech team. • Maintain records of all back to back agreements within PwC, ensure billing raised when approved from the other side and collected accordingly. And monitor cash collections for back to back agreements to confirm when we should bill our share • Prepare a monthly report for cash collection performance, challenges, achievements and focus areas. • Prepare historical analysis on clients that are not paying or time or have regular write offs. • Maintain records of any post-dated cheques with the date of settlement to ensure it is cleared on time. • Review of all Bank Guarantee Letters and ensure proper process is placed cancelling or extending guarantees on engagement and coordinating with the firms treasury team as required. Monthly Reporting• Prepare monthly cash flow projection, forecast the impact on the provisions and revenues • Provide an in depth analysis and commentary on the expected provision impact and cash collection • Prepare a monthly report for cash collection performance, challenges, and focus areas • Review historical habits of clients analysing slow or non paying clients or those with regular write offs • Ad hoc reporting Learning & Growth• Act as a key resource and liaison to other areas of the business, building cross-team relationships as needed • Keep connection with other LoS Finance & Operations team, as well as cash collection teams

    Education• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance Banking, treasury, or related field required Language• Fluency in spoken and written English and Arabic Overall Experience• At least 3+ years of experience in a similar managerial role with proven experience managing a cash collection team. Specific Experience• Demonstrated experience with cash collection and accounts receivable background • Experience in enforcing cash collection process across a region • Experience in collection of old debts using different techniques Technical Skills• Strong financial, analytical and accounting skills • Advanced Microsoft Excel skills • In depth knowledge of financial operations and processes, including cash collection and AR reporting would be advantageous. Soft Skills• Communication with impact • Task oriented & ability to set priorities in line with the strategy • Good organisation, project management, and time management skills to ensure coverage of workload • Thoroughness, accuracy, eye for detail, and proactivity. • Skilled in maintaining relationships with external and internal parties at different levels in different locations and roles • Excellent people management skills • Excellent negotiation skills • Excellent customer service skills • Strong decision making skills • High commitment, punctuality and respect of deadline • Strong work ethic Ethical 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

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    Assurance Core Assurance – Senior Associate | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Line of ServiceAssuranceSpecialismAssuranceManagement LevelSenior AssociateJob Description & SummaryA career in our Non Financial Services Audit practice, within External Audit services, will provide you with the opportunity to provide a range of Assurance services and business advice to a variety of clients from small, fast growing clients to large entities. Our clients are often well known brands and many have broad international reach. We focus on using the latest technology to reduce the level of manual testing ensuring you’ll focus on the most valuable areas of client service and on enhancing corporate governance and the reliability of our clients’ information.Our team helps organisations navigate regulatory complexity while strengthening trust and transparency in their business. While many of the rules of business have changed, the fundamentals haven’t. You’ll work alongside senior members of the client’s management team in planning the audit process from beginning to end, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and fair presentation of our client’s information.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

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    Relationship Manager | Virtuzone

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Job Overview:Relationship Managers are responsible for assisting in all processes of the Relationship Management Department, mainly license renewal and working towards revenue target. This involves client interaction, proof reading, cross checking, training and communicating between various departments to ensure seamless document processing and excellent service provision. Targets, individual and/or department, must be met. Responsibilities:• Consult clients on license renewal, amendment, cancellation, visa applications and other transactions (Immigration Cards, NOCs, Salary Certificates etc.) and communicate time frames, fees, processes, regulations and encourage cross sales and up sales to maximise revenue per customer.• Interact with Salesforce, Virtuzone’s CRM system to ensure payments are received and update license & visa progress fields• Communicate with the Group Support Executives and branch offices for all progress, applications and issuance of documentation.• Check all applications for inconsistencies, typing errors, dates and handover to or work with Visa Specialists & GSEs• Respond to internal and external calls and emails within 24 working hours• Communicate with clients once the license/visa/other is issued regarding the collection of documents• Maintain excellent relationships with clients and all other relevant parties • Provide to and fill out templates for clients and give support with the online applications website• Liaise with the relevant teams for PRO / Driver / all other support• Maintain accurate Salesforce and account information, including updating client contact details, transaction progress and posting via chatter any updates / queries to relevant parties• Ensure from start to finish that the client has provided all requirements, payments & documents.• Ensure that your Pod/team members and colleagues have completed their tasks and monitor / follow up on your team’s transactions• Stay up to date on all Government and regulatory updates with regards to licensing, visas and any other relevant information• Strategically direct customers to supporting services & marketing campaigns – upsell, cross sell & propose new revenue streams• Study & learn marketing strategies & execute with a view to enhancing the customer experience• Attain & exceed objectives for current account revenue and up sell more opportunities from new services and products• Work with the relevant departments & teams to formulate solutions to respond to identified requirements/opportunities for the client & the company. • Research other free zones and jurisdictions to learn processes and be able to provide services to each of these clients/leads.

    Desired Skills & Experience:• Strong desire for self-improvement & growth• Excellent organisational skills• Critical thinking with the ability to identify issues & implement changes that will result in company savings in time, man power & finances• Experience with Salesforce is preferable• Microsoft Office skills • Highest standards of accuracy and precision • Excellent analytical skills and solution-driven approach• Proactive with foresight to avoid any potential delays/rejections/issues• Articulate with excellent verbal and written communication skills• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines• Ability to think creatively, highly-driven, and self-motivated• Ability to work as part of a team as well as independently, taking the lead when required & appropriate• Flexible and capable of working in dynamic, fast-paced work environment• Excellent interpersonal skills necessary for managing a portfolio of clients• Innovative and creative• Hard-working, diligent and willing to work extra-office hours to meet personal and company targets

    Founded in 2009, Virtuzone’s mission is to remove the complexities of company setup in the UAE so that our clients can focus 100% on running their businesses. Whether you are a startup, a small business, or an individual simply requiring your own trade licence, with Virtuzone you won’t have to lose even a night’s sleep worrying about the red tape involved with the UAE free zone and mainland company setup process.

    That’s because we do all the heavy lifting for you. While the technical, administrative, and financial aspects of setting up a business in the UAE can seem challenging, with the right support the process is far more straightforward and affordable than you might think.

    Virtuzone provides just that type of support, and it’s what has led us to become the leading company setup specialists in Dubai and the UAE. More than 15,000 entrepreneurs have trusted us to set up their companies, and almost 90% of our clients renew their trade licence with us every year going forward. More

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    Assurance – ACE Associate | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Line of ServiceAssuranceSpecialismAssuranceManagement LevelAssociateJob Description & SummaryACE Core – AssociatePwC Global OverviewWith offices in 155 countries and more than 284,000 people, we are among the leading professional services networks in the world. We help organisations and individuals create the value they are looking for, by delivering quality in Assurance, Tax and Advisory services. PwC Middle East OverviewEstablished in the region for 40 years, PwC has more than 6,100 people in 12 countries across the region: Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, the Palestinian territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.Our regional team operates across the Middle East bringing international experience delivered within the context of the region and its culture. We can bring the collective knowledge and experience of more than 276,000 people across the entire global PwC network in advisory, assurance and tax to help you find the value you are looking for.Assurance Center of Excellence (ACE) OverviewDue to the rapid growth of our regional Assurance Centre of Excellence (ACE) in ME Region, we currently have opportunities for ambitious and motivated graduates who are able to communicate comfortably in English and Arabic as part of virtual teams. Specialists support the mainstream core Assurance (Audit) departments and work on a huge range of clients across the region. In this regional business unit that operates in Multiple locations in the ME region, we perform specific audit and administrative activities. Our digital services are developed with a process-driven approach with corresponding training and technology. Financial statements are a core deliverable within this process, they have to be drafted, checked and reviewed against a reporting framework checklist and finally translated. Your knowledge in accounting and reporting standards will grow through this experience. New services are constantly developed in this growing area of the Assurance practice.What you’ll create and do:As an 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:  – You will be required to possess strong project and time management skills to execute the process work flow from the beginning to its final review stage, thereby working with people of different levels of experience in the business area. – Develop yourself personally, taking a keen interest in the services and learning the skills needed to execute them to a high level of quality in an efficient way. – The role also requires that the candidate is able to collaborate with colleagues across different countries in the region on the standardised services to ensure they are being conducted in accordance with the user guide.  – Based on request requirements the candidates will provide the service against agreed deadlines and monitor the time spent which is recorded on a timesheet system daily. – Working with colleagues in all Middle Eastern offices on client work and internal initiatives and,  – Keeping up to date with current trends from the region and from across the world in PwC’s service delivery centres. – As an associate in the ACE team, the role includes wider practice communication responsibilities which relate to the execution of the individual work request. – The role sits within a rapidly growing part of PwC’s Assurance Centre of Excellence. You will be an integral part of the team responsible for the delivery of our services to the Middle Eastern Assurance practice. – You will have access to all of the latest training and development tools and the support of the wider PwC network.

    What you’ll bring to this role:- The candidate will be achievement oriented with the ability to be flexible and adaptive on a daily basis. They will be able to work independently and as part of a team with a fast pace and a high energy that will translate into a high quality output. – Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in relevant subject areas such as Accounting, Business Administration, Finance, Management or IMS. – Growing into this position or the wider Assurance practice requires applying for mandatory qualifications such as CPA and ACCA. – Ability to learn in a culture where one takes responsibility for their personal growth and development. – Able to work under pressure and meet multiple deadlines a day while maintaining a positive attitude and exemplary customer service. – Strong interest and passion for attention to detail in a multicultural working environment. – Excellent organisational skills, having the ability to prioritise workload whilst being resilient and being able to cope well under pressure and meeting tight deadlines. – Proven IT skills in the following programmes MS Office: word, excel and powerpoint. – An interest in upskilling for a digital world and technology trends, an openness to learning new tools and adapting how you work. – Bilingual proficiency in Arabic and English. – Excellent communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills that allow you to thrive in a team environment. – The ability and willingness to travel within the Middle East where the project dictates might be required.

    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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    Internal Audit Manager | Quest Search & Selection

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Quest is working in partnership with a well-known Finance company who are looking for Manager- Internal Audit role to be based in Dubai, UAE. You will be working alongside a very qualified and professional team and will have several opportunities to learn and grow. Job Purpose: • The Internal Audit Manager is responsible for assisting the Chief Audit Executive in setting the company’s internal audit strategy and developing leading practices, and maintaining audit programs and advisory services across the Group.Job ResponsibilitiesInternal Audit:• Lead and coordinate an annual risk assessment to support the development of the annual audit plan.• As appropriate, update the risk assessment and audit plan during the year in response to business or industry/market developments. Identify resources to accomplish the audit plan and preparing the audit plan presentation for the approval of the audit committee.• Oversee financial, operations, technology audits and compliance reviews.• Ensure overall audit quality of Internal Audit activities and that the Internal Audit team complies with the Internal Audit policy and manual and communication protocols.• Provide timely and accurate reporting on control gaps and the status and remediation of audit findings. • Influence the strengthening of the control environment, governance processes, and risk management practices through audit recommendations and validation of management’s agreed to actions.• Commitment to engagement risk management and ensuring adequate consideration of the risks and review of the working papers throughout the assignment.• Ensure the issuance of audit reports is done in collaboration with and agreement from process owners on the facts of the audit findings, the risk severity and impact, and timing of remediation.• Provide strategic and technical support for audit activities to ensure towards the fulfilment of Audit• Committee’s responsibilities. Preparing and finalizing the presentations and other reports on periodic basis for the Audit Committee on the results of all audit activity and presenting wherever required.• Contribute to the personal development of engagement team members through the counselling process.• Provide guidance to Assistant Manager and Team Leaders in conducting audits and other audit related issues.Business Advisory• Actively participate in Compliance management and loss prevention activities.• Provide compliance advise to business and represent Compliance function with principles for compliance management.• Plan, present and promote appropriate risk management awareness and risk mitigation plan.• Build a successful relationship with business leadership to provide value-added consultation to influence and strengthen operational efficiencies and effectiveness and promote best practices; provide opportunities for cost savings, standardization and globalization of processes.• Drive strategic thinking and decision making to ensure that the Group is proactively addressing and anticipating issues.• Lead the investigations and presenting the outcome to the Executive Management/ Audit committee or equivalent.• Ensure the overall quality and fact-driven insights of the consulting or business advisory engagements performed by the Internal Audit function.• Actively support a “culture” of transformation and anticipate the changes required in control processes and risk management practices to match business models. Data Analytics• Promote and ensure the adoption of the use of data analytics in the Internal Audit function.• Collaborate with Finance and the Information Technology departments to leverage and align with data analytics infrastructure to support this endeavour.• Promote a “culture” of data-driven audit findings and recommendations.

    Qualifications / Experience / Competencies: (Consider Education / Experience type and minimum level;Special skills; Certifications and licenses etc.)• Qualification such as CIA, CFE, CA, ACCA, CPA or other qualification relevant to Internal Audit• Experience with data visualization tools, Power BI, SSRS or Tableau.• Good background in ERP applications and ACL.• Minimum 9 years of retail and distribution relevant experienceMandatory Requirements:• Minimum 9 years of work experience.• Candidates with ACCA/CA/CIA/FCCA/CIMA accreditations or other qualification relevant to Internal Audit are preferred.• Experience with data visualization tools, Power BI, SSRS or Tableau.We request that candidates send their CV as a Microsoft Word document where possible.Quest Search and Selection is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

    Quest Search & Selection is a specialist recruitment consultancy with over 20 years’ experience in sourcing the world’s best candidates for the global Retail, FMCG and Hospitality sectors.

    With offices in the UK & Dubai, we have an international presence and a global reach. Our recruiters place candidates locally and internationally for a wide variety of roles focusing on the following areas:

    Retail Buying & Merchandising, E-commerce & Digital, Food & Beverage, Hotels, Hospitality & Operations, Retail Stores & Operations, HR & Recruitment, Procurement, Supply Chain & Logistics, Sales & Marketing, Technical and New Product Development.

    We work in partnership with our clients who range from famous international brands within the Retail, Restaurant, Hotel and Consumer products space. Our reputation is built on our in-depth understanding of the industry and our consultants’ skill, knowledge and passion for their sectors. More