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    Techno Functional Consultant – Senior Associate (12 Months Fixed Term) | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Line of ServiceInternal Firm ServicesSpecialismIFS – FinanceManagement LevelSenior AssociateJob Description & SummaryA career in Finance, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to help PwC in all aspects of our Finance internal function including financial planning and reporting, data analysis, and assisting leadership with overall strategy. You’ll focus on recording and analysing financial transactions, paying and receiving invoices, maintaining financial statement ledger accounts, and preparing analysis and reconciliations of bills to detect fraud.Our Financial Analysis and Reporting team is responsible for managing PwC’s financial risk through financial planning and reporting, data analysis, and tactical consulting. As part of the team, you’ll help with budget management, cost benefit analysis, forecasting, shared services and financing.Functional Support: • To perform the SAGE X3 functional support for the finance functions in the areas of Accounts Payables, Receivables, Fixed Assets, Purchasing and General Ledger. • The eligible candidate would bring in SAGE X3 best practices, utilizing the system modules, reviewing, modifying and finalizing configuration to deliver optimum results • Experience in configuring and setup the Finance, Purchasing and Payment modules to cover. • Exposure in Sales & Planning modules is a definite advantage. • Strong functional knowledge on business intelligence and analytic tools/ features of Sage X3. Technical Support: • The potential candidate would require deep Technical knowledge of Sage X3 software along with the Database experience (PL/SQL, SQL Server) • Experience in developing new Sage APIs and fixing the existing APIs integrated with various other financial systems. • Expertise in development of custom code to meet the internal finance requirements. • This includes the integrations between Sage X3 and other systems, imports, new forms, tables, and fields, custom modifications and enhancements for specific customer requirements, custom reports and scripting. Testing and Mitigation Plans: • Perform Unit Testing & System Integration Testing including managing communications with Business, defects root cause analysis and defects resolution. Risk monitoring and development of mitigation plans. • Ability to meet deadlines and support SLAs independently.

    Project activities: • Participate in system and process enhancement of SAGE X3 based solutions through business requirement analysis, blue printing, design, specification, configuration, testing, documentation and training, data migration and transition to support. • Have excellent communication skills, verbal as well as written to convey system functionality with business process understanding. • Analytical and creative thinking to provide holistic solutions. • Good documentation skills in building Requirement Specs and Functional Specs. Daily activities: • Maintain the implemented functionality of SAGE X3 modules through end user support of technical problems, business-as-usual requests, and provision of knowledge of that functionality to those users. · • Resolve minor and complex incidents and change service request through level support to deliver timely and quality solutions to end users. · • Develop and Coordinate SAGE X3 End-User Training for business processes. • Actively adhere to and ensure compliance with applicable Quality policies, procedures, processes and systems. • Take an active part in quality improvement processes. • Identify and report any deficiencies to supervisor and obtain authorization for any deviations from standard procedures. • Relevant degree or equivalent in computer science or other relevant discipline. SAGE X3 Certification is plus. • 10+ years’ experience in customer support or consulting in SAGE X3. • Proven track record in successful big to medium project implementations. Business acumen and experience gained (ideally) in a service company environment in a relevant discipline. • Effective communication and leadership qualities.

    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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    System Admin | Quest Search & Selection

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Quest is working in partnership with a leading company in the IT sector, who are looking for System Admin 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. Minimum Requirements:Candidates with 8+ years of experience in the same or similar role.Good knowledge and work experience of 0365 , Windows Servers , Hyper V , Sophos , Azure , Backup, and recovery & scripting ( Bash , PowerShell)Apply quickly through the job link provided Key performance area 1: Business Performance* Install, configure, and maintain hardware such as Servers, clusters, backup library etc.* Install, configure, and maintain applications such as Office 365, Exchange online, SharePoint Online.* Install, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot Sophos End point and server security.* Monitor logs, analyze, notify, and guide company admin on alert resolution.* Participate in security related activities and upgrades.* Provide escalation support for Office 365 , Active Directory and Endpoint Security* Coordinate with the group IT administrators and vendors related to implementation and support.* Complete the assigned tasks independently if required, coordinate with other team members/ vendors/ customers to complete the task.* Support the security administrator in implementing the security policies and procedures within the currently assigned projects.* Daily, weekly, monthly monitoring of logs generated by the servers and cloud applications.* Report security incidents and ensure effective resolution is provided in a timely manner.* Maintain accuracy and regularity of completion of internal process documentation.* Ensure systems are patched and updates are applied in a systemic and consistent manner by using relevant patch management solutions.* Comply with company policies and procedures and maintain up to date documentation of all system configurations, approvals, user manuals etc.* Shall work on newly areas officially designated by the Assistant Manager – Application and System Development or Group Head – IT.Conduct frequent end user training to boost productivity and security awareness within the organization.Key performance area 2: Customers and Partner Relations* To coordinate provision of excellence customer service to all business application users while maintaining professional standards* To coordinate activities to respond promptly to internal customers request for support* To ensure an open and effecting working relationship with the Process Champions within the group companies for the specific Industry* To maintain effective working relationships and interaction with users to ensure alignment of Group IT and Business Objectives* To identify and implement various initiatives to improve user satisfaction and overall usage of SAP throughout the Industry* To collect user feedback to improve service levels and to meet commitments to internal customers* To resolve helpdesk issues as per the SLA’s* To collect end user training requirements from the different companies within the industry and coordinate internal and external training sessionsKey performance area 3: People Development* Should be team orientated, generating a strong sense of team spirit amongst the colleagues and other supporting departments for working towards a shared vision.* Establish and maintain a participative and supportive team culture amongst all team members.* Communicate clear performance objectives and individual performance targets to all team members.* Assist the team in developing measurement tools to give real time information on operational performance.* Contribute to building a positive team spirit by empathizing the team’s commitment to the goals and objectives.* Manage, motivate colleagues, train, develop the knowledge and skills of the team and ensure that procedures related to performance appraisals and employee compliance is followed.* Advise all levels of management on their responsibilities and accountabilities in relation to IT and ERP related topics.Minimum Qualifications:* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology ( or equivalent)* Windows Server and Office 365 Certification Mandatory* CCNA DesirableExperience:* Minimum 8 years’ experience in the same or similar role* Good knowledge and work experience of 0365 , Windows Servers , Hyper V , Sophos , Azure , Backup, and recovery & scripting ( Bash , PowerShell)* Hands on experience with Sophos Endpoint protection.* Excellent trouble shooting and triaging skills.* Industry Specific Implementation Experience is a must* Exposure to SharePoint is a major plusWe 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.

    Minimum Qualifications:* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology ( or equivalent)* Windows Server and Office 365 Certification Mandatory* CCNA DesirableExperience:* Minimum 8 years’ experience in the same or similar role* Good knowledge and work experience of 0365 , Windows Servers , Hyper V , Sophos , Azure , Backup, and recovery & scripting ( Bash , PowerShell)* Hands on experience with Sophos Endpoint protection.* Excellent trouble shooting and triaging skills.* Industry Specific Implementation Experience is a must* Exposure to SharePoint is a major plus

    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

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    Finance Application Support – Senior Associate | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Line of ServiceInternal Firm ServicesSpecialismIFS – FinanceManagement LevelSenior AssociateJob Description & SummaryA career in Finance, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to help PwC in all aspects of our Finance internal function including financial planning and reporting, data analysis, and assisting leadership with overall strategy. You’ll focus on recording and analysing financial transactions, paying and receiving invoices, maintaining financial statement ledger accounts, and preparing analysis and reconciliations of bills to detect fraud.Our Financial Analysis and Reporting team is responsible for managing PwC’s financial risk through financial planning and reporting, data analysis, and tactical consulting. As part of the team, you’ll help with budget management, cost benefit analysis, forecasting, shared services and financing.Primary duties and responsibilities Technical     – Supporting the firms finance systems and ensuring its smooth operation across the finance function and wider business.     – Assist with testing the system during the upgrades and reporting issues to the hosting centres or vendors.     – Ensuring adequate support levels are provided to users and issues raised are resolved in a timely manner with minimal disruption to operations.     – Assist with supporting queries that requires technical assistance in terms of querying data from the systems back end, supporting invoice changes/enhancements that works based on VBA Macro and other reporting requirements.     – Troubleshooting and root cause analysis of various queries and issues related to the finance system     – Ensuring the use of the firm’s systems are for the benefit of the firm and any abuse or misuse is reported to department head in a timely manner. Customer   – Provide level 2-3 support for end users experiencing local technical issues, working closely with colleagues in technology function to understand critical issues     – Link in with global COEs for iPower, leveraging for complex technical challenges or end user issues     – Support global improvement activities for all systems, acting as local project support for localisation activities Internal Process     – Resolve any problems with the finance system with urgency as they arise     – Support system and upgrade testing and problem resolution     – Run standardized reports as designed and understanding the logic to assist with user queries Learning and Growth     – Liaise with Global to understand system improvement initiatives     – Adhere to policies and procedures     – Act as a key resource and liaison to other functional areas of the business, building cross-functional relationships as needed

    Knowledge, skills, and abilities Education    – Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Engineering, or Information Science Fluency in written and spoken English – 3+ years of experience in financial systems support – Previous experience with systems preferred    – Understanding of different finance business processes and knowledge of financial aspects of an ERP solution is preferred. – Strong analytical, consultative, and communication skills; as well as the ability to make good judgment and work with both technical and business personnel    – Experience in Microsoft Technologies (SQL Server, VBA)

    At PwC Middle East, we’ve set out an ambitious purpose and strive to live it everyday: to solve important problems and build trust in society.

    We’re a community of solvers that come together in unexpected ways to build trust and create sustained outcomes. We solve important problems, support one another as we grow, develop and build fulfilling careers.

    PwC provides industry-focused services for public and private clients across Assurance and Audit, Deals, Consulting, Tax and Legal. We draw on our development legacy that brings together the collective experience of over 7,000 people in our region with offices across 12 countries to solve for tomorrow.

    We’re striving to consistently deliver innovative work that builds trust and delivers sustained outcomes. And we’re proud of the strength that comes from all our different backgrounds and experiences and we value everyone’s uniqueness. We thrive in uncertainty, operate with integrity and leverage the diverse perspectives of our teams.

    If you’re looking for a place that fuels your ambition to make a difference, that matches your curiosity with continuous learning opportunities and reimagines ways of working to enable you to lead a more balanced life, then you’re a future PwCer. More

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    Senior Mobility Specialist for an International Professional Services Firm | RecruitMe FZE

    Employment:

    Full Time

    As part of the ME People Functions, you will be part of the Staffing, CD & Mobility team. You will be the driving force behind Mobility for the Middle East and delivering global mobility programs across the system. You will also be the lead point of contact, representing the Middle East across local, regional and global platforms for Covid Remote Work Arrangement (CRWA) and Mobility. You will also support the Staffing team with their daily operations and projects.Responsibilities:• Collaborate across teams to facilitate the end to end process for transfers in and out of the ME system and will be the key contact for local mobility queries for existing and potential transfers.• Provide guidance and support to transferring employees throughout their transfer experience to ensure that our employees are affiliating successfully to their new office and the transfer is successful• Be the first point of escalation for all transfer and mobility related topics and queries (including Global Mobility programs, secondments, track changes)• Manage the ME Mobility Committee and present all ME inbound / outbound transfer requests to the committee with recommendations. This will involve:• Preparing the candidate application information and reviewing CD information• Completing the full due diligence on each request and situation before presenting it to the committee• Facilitate meaningful assessment and discussion• Update key stakeholders on committee outcomes, pipeline transfer activity and impact on local capacity planning• Be the owner for all Mobility capacity, updating RPT – closely working with the People Strategy and Analytics function• Take an active role in driving localization, working closely with BMD, HR, Recruiting to support on transfers into Priority Locations• Be the main point of contact for Covid Remote Work Arrangements (CRWA), working closely with the Safety and Security Analyst. This will involve• Managing all remote work requests within the CRWA framework and ensuring all requests go through the necessary compliance checks• Liaise with global mobility services and global mobility tax teams to ensure fair and correct outcomes are delivered• Tracking and manage all requests and their dates – updating Pinpoint and local tracker – ensuring reporting is given to region on timely basis• Build strong links with local office People teams and Global Mobility communities to represent systemYou’re Good At:• You have strong written and verbal communication skills and you are experienced in working with multiple dispersed stakeholders of varying seniority. Must have the ability to deliver clear and succinct messages• You have strong attention to detail• You have exemplary judgment with a successful track record of complex problem solving• You have solid analytical skills, the ability to navigate details and a willingness to look at data in different ways.• You have a positive attitude and the ability to maintain absolute confidentiality• You are autonomous, able to tolerate ambiguity and self-motivated. You have strong self-starter skills and like to “get things done”• You like working with virtual teams, and ambiguity and have the ability to multi-task on different projects under tight timeframes• You feel comfortable in both working in detail and understanding the big picture

    Qualifications:• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 4-5 years of professional experience in a relevant field• Experience with mobility and / or staffing preferably in a large, complex organisation• Strong verbal and written communication skills, fluency in English, fluency in Arabic is a plus• Advanced level computer skills; Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook• Ability to perform successfully in a fast-paced, intellectually intense and service-oriented environment• Resourcefulness, high attention to detail and strong problem-solving capabilities• You are at ease with digital collaboration tools (Trello, Slack, Egnyte)

    RecruitME are a specialized recruitment consultancy supplying top tier business support staff to Dubais leading multinational organizations. We carefully source, screen and select only the very best candidates to assist our clients in making easier recruitment decisions faster.

    Differentiating ourselves from standard recruitment agencies our consultants have been carefully chosen for their backgrounds in business support for leading multinational organizations. Having been both the client and the candidate previously, we have an insiders understanding of the recruitment process and our clients needs.

    What we do:

    Specializing in business support positions we can assist in introducing a small selection of experienced administration, finance and human resource candidates with the relevant experience to benefit your business. Our careful screening process ensures that we have met with and can give a concise overview of each candidates skills and current situation before you meet them.

    We pride ourselves on sending our clients only the very best available candidates in the market to ensure a simplified, hassle free and timely recruitment experience for all involved. More

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    Data Scientist | A Government Entity in the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah

    Employment:

    Full Time

    • The Data Scientist is responsible for modeling business processes and problems and for discovering actionable insights through descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics. • The Data Scientist will use Statistical, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Data Visualization, and other analytics and AI techniques to gain understanding of the business processes and problems, and develop analytics solutions. • The Data Scientist will contribute to building and developing data infrastructure for company and its portfolio companies and will support data exploration, preparation, collection, integration, and operationalization of data architectures and pipelines. • The Data Scientist will be a data and analytics evangelist and an expert, and will promote the use of data and analytics capabilities and benefits to leaders of company portfolio companies and educate them in leveraging these capabilities in achieving their business goals.• The Data Scientist will support the leadership with insights gained from data analyses and analytics, management reports, and analyses for decision-making processesCORE RESPONSIBILITIES:Program Analysis:• Understand the decision-making process, workflows, and business and information needs of the users in company portfolio companies. • Translates business needs into analytics requirements to support decision processes and workflows with required information. • Works with the users to identify data-driven ML/AI/BI business opportunities and investigate solutions. • Prioritize, scope, and manage Data Science projects and develop the corresponding KPIs to ensure project tracking and progress. Data Integration and Exploratory Data Analysis:• Develop access to databases and other data sources for exploratory data analysis. • Work with domain experts to understand the business mechanics that generates the data.• Identify data pipelines for efficient and repeatable data science projects that may span multiple divisions within a company or multiple companies under the Organization. • Use data analysis and visualization techniques for studying data sets and develop insights while working with the business users • Generate hypotheses about the underlying mechanics of the business process and test the hypotheses using quantitative methods. • Perform large-scale data exploration to identify hidden or unknown relationships between variables in datasets, and validate or invalidate the new or existing hypotheses.Analytics: • Implement ML and other AI techniques to perform regression, classification, prediction, etc. as appropriate. This includes setting up, trialing, and testing hypotheses till a solution is identified while ensuring that the domain knowledge is effectively used and the business users are involved. • Perform model testing in a structured manner ensuring validation of biases/fairness in the model. • Research and implement state-of-the-art techniques and tools in machine learning, deep learning, and artificial intelligence to ensure that systems created are efficient and effective. • Ensure that the data sources have sufficient data while selecting a model for production • Determine and ensure availability and feasibility of data and data infrastructure requirements that will be needed to train, evolve, and operationalize models and algorithms. • Visualize information and develop reports on the results of data analysis using data visualization tools and develop dashboards where a BI/descriptive analytics solution is appropriate.Substantive Expertise: • Be ready to continue to change course if hypotheses during model development are not supported by data analysis while keeping the objectives of the initiative in perspective. • Make sure that common biases including confirmation bias, loss aversion, and anchoring bias, are kept in check during model selection and development. • Use judgement to form conclusions that may challenge existing and conventional judgement and established ideas and thought, and focus on the goals of the initiative to identify high-leverage intervention points and strategies. • Seek to understand business needs and get results that have a clear, positive, and direct impact on business performance.• Apply multiple strategies including social and data-driven methods to convince others to change their opinions or plans and ensure that proposals or arguments are supported by effective logic and a business case while relevant factors are comprehensively addressed.• Consider the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one for selection, and operationalization of the proposed model. • Be ready to learn, re-learn, and unlearn the problems while working simultaneously on multiple business units and portfolio companies. • Rapidly acquire new knowledge and learn new skills as needed.Data Pipeline Operationalization:• Work with Data Engineering and IT to evaluate, select, and implement analytics deployment. • Develop and help integrate model performance assessment and validation tools, and continuous monitoring in the deployed solution. • Collaborate with Data Engineering to establish best practices for analytics production pipelines. Miscellaneous:• Train peers in company and portfolio companies on Data Science principles and techniques. • Help inspire the organizations about the business potential of Artificial Intelligence and other Data Science techniques • Develop network of Data Science enthusiasts and professionals in the Organization Universe• Keep abreast of evolving tools, technologies, and skills through self-learning, conferences, publications, courses, local academia and meetups.

    Educational and Professional Qualifications:• A Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Operations Research, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or a related field. Education in equivalent areas when complemented by suitable experience will be considered. • A specialization in ML, AI, Analytics, or Data Science is a plus. • A doctorate is a plus. • Analytics experience in multiple domains is a plus.• The candidate should have 4 to 6 years of relevant experience

    A government entity in the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah. More

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    Manager – Digital Strategy (FS/TMT/ Public Sector) – Global Firm | Michael Page

    Employment:

    Full Time

    As a Manager in the firm’s digital portfolio’s customer strategy division, you will lead several interesting and exciting strategy and advisory engagements across the Middle East.Client DetailsInternational consulting firm with a variety of very well-established and successful practices, undergoing exciting growth plans across the Middle East.Description* Prepare project plans to meet objectives within established budget and timelines.* Develop budget, scope and staffing recommendations based on understanding of client budget and project economics.* Foster a team environment that builds accountability for and commitment to meeting engagement objectives.* Interpret and synthesise data, challenge data, and identify meaningful insights to develop recommendations that most effectively support a client’s business objectives.* Assess the financial aspects of business opportunities, while identifying and quantifying financial and non-financial benefits of proposed solutions.* Develop high-performing people and teams through challenging and meaningful opportunities* Influence clients, teams, and individuals positively, leading by example and establishing confident relationships with increasingly senior peopleJob Offer* Attractive, tax-free salary* Opportunity to work for a leading, global organisation in the Middle East.* Extensive business travel and generous travel benefits* Structured and measurable progression and growth opportunities* Opportunity to work with inspiring, engaging, and driven leadership.

    * An undergraduate degree from a top-tier university, preferably in the fields of economics, business administration, public policy, finance, or industrial engineering.* An MBA or relevant master’s degree is strongly beneficial but not required* 6 – 8 years’ experience in tech/digital strategy consulting within a top consulting firm / mix of consulting and relevant industry experience* Strong experience of leading consulting engagement teams* Proven ability to solve business problems, manage implementation for prescribed solutions, and forecast the impact of recommended changes* Strong command of written and spoken English; Arabic language skills are strongly preferred* Demonstrated ability to propose, pitch and sell additional services to clients* Willingness to travel

    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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    Senior Manager – Digital Strategy (FS/TMT/Public Sector) – Global Firm | Michael Page

    Employment:

    Full Time

    As a Senior Manager in the firm’s digital portfolio’s customer strategy division, you will define engagements and lead interesting and exciting strategy and advisory projects across the Middle EastClient DetailsInternational consulting firm with a variety of very well-established and successful practices, undergoing exciting growth plans across the Middle East.Description* Lead projects and provide strategic direction across the account to deliver a superior client experience* Build deep sector expertise and manage engagements across accounts within chosen industry/sector* Focus client on value-generating initiatives to accelerate the pace of change; identify metrics to monitor and analyse performance against corporate goals* Manage and advance relationships with clients beyond immediate engagement needs and serve as a trusted advisor, setting aside personal agenda to strengthen interactions with clients* Anticipate challenges to strategy implementation and proactively develop plans to mitigate risks* Leverage industry trends to advise clients on how to create sustainable sources of advantage and differentiate their value proposition for future business growth, positioning them for long term competitiveness* Stay current on emerging technologies and translate digital trends for the client and internal teams; drive innovative solutions based on client’s desired functionalityJob Offer* Tax-free salary* Opportunity to work for a leading, global organisation in the Middle East* Extensive business travel and generous travel benefits* Structured and measurable progression and growth opportunities* Opportunity to work with inspiring, engaging and driven leadership

    * An undergraduate degree from a top-tier university, preferably in the fields of economics, business administration, public policy, finance, or engineering.* An MBA or relevant master’s degree is strongly beneficial but not essential.* Must have 10 years’ experience in strategy consulting within a top firm/ mix of strategy consulting and relevant industry experience.* Ability to lead the analysis of organisational problems, direct implementation for prescribed solutions, and manage clients’ expectations on the impact of recommended changes* Demonstrated ability to propose, pitch and sell additional services to clients* Strong command of written and spoken English; Arabic language skills are strongly preferred* Ability to travel extensively, and on a weekly basis, is required

    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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    Paralegal | Rethink

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Key Responsibilities*• Monitor regulatory changes in the UAE mainland and free zones and draft internal and external updates• Update and monitor controlled documents for the delivery of services by the CSS team to ensure they meet the jurisdictional requirements• Draft and maintain a precedent database of minutes of meeting tailored to meet the needs of the different jurisdictions in the UAE• Draft complex resolutions and ad hoc documentary requests• Support the Head of Corporate Governance in drafting structuring advice and monitoring client questions• Work with team members to provide legal support and an understanding of the rationale for the key services within the CSS scope• Conduct legal research and maintain internal knowledge base for the team• Distill complex and detailed regulatory requirements into actionable, practical steps and processes • Liaise with other teams to combine regulatory information with practical knowledge to provide quality services.

    Experience & Qualifications• At least 2 – 4 years’ experience in a as a paralegal with experience working in a private family office, private client law firm or in consulting sector• Graduate of law or business administration with a focus on compliance and law.Other expertise • Proficient in MS Office (MS word & MS excel etc.)

    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