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    Data Scientist – Tech Startup | Right Calibre Executive Search

    Employment:

    Full Time

    This data science role is AI-centric and will focus on the application of machine learning to solve business problems: creating innovative solutions, building models and systems to generate actionable insights, and ensuring excellence in execution. Principal and senior roles will take a larger and more proactive role in stakeholder management and in shaping the future of our growing organization.Responsibilities:• Create, develop and enable data & AI opportunities with the digital organization and business lines across products and solutions.• Validate requirements, execute projects and ensure the adoption of best practices.• Design, build, test, evaluate and improve machine learning models and AI systems.• Create and develop algorithms for data & AI initiatives while consulting with a broad and diverse set of stakeholders.• Ensure useful, high-quality and efficient execution in machine learning.• Bring capabilities to sustainable life.• Innovate and create with cross-functional teams to drive data & AI vision and broad adoption.• Remain accountable for quality, development, integration, impact, and benefit realization of AI-driven solutions.

    • 3 to 5 years experience in data mining, predictive modeling, time series analysis, machine learning, Big Data methodologies, transformation and cleaning of both structured and unstructured data.• Bachelor’s Degree in a quantitative discipline such as Physics, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering or Computer Science(Advanced degree preferred)• Strong problem solving and coding skills.• Fluency in English along with excellent oral and written communication skills.• Proficiency and demonstrated experience in at least 3 of the following: Python, R, SQL, Spark, Hive.• Demonstrated experience with database technologies (e.g. Hadoop, BigQuery, Amazon EMR, Hive, Oracle, SAP, DB2, Teradata, MS SQL Server, MySQL) is a plus.• Demonstrated experience with business intelligence and visualization tools (Tableau, MicroStrategy, ChartIO, Qlik) along with geospatial data processing skills is also a plus.• Knowledge of Agile methodologies.Excellent Salary plus benefits

    Right Calibre Executive Search is your partner in recruitment. We firmly believe that Human Resources is the most important and everlasting asset for any organization. We are a young, vibrant and fast growing company with a Head Quarter in UAE. With the number of years in recruitment we have developed a strong network of top professionals. We provide comprehensive search services for clients and candidates on a regional /local and International level for leading organizations across all industries. At Right Calibre Executive Search, we build partnerships with Clients and Candidates based on Trust, Passion, Innovation and Excellence. Our success is our people and our mission is delivering excellence to individuals, businesses and companies.

    Right Calibre is an agency that understands that great employees are the key to business success. We pride ourselves on sourcing high calibre permanent staff in every industry and being the best recruitment agency in the area. Our dedicated consultants have a wealth of experience in recruitment for most industries and are able to source the right candidate for your business, from entry-level to upper management. Right Calibre Executive Search has fast become the agency of choice for employers and employees seeking only the best. More

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    Sales Associate – Investment Management | Michael Page

    Employment:

    Full Time

    The role involves on-boarding and managing relationships with new and existing clients for the investment management platform. They will also be introducing them to the company’s investment products including DCMs, ECMs, fixed income and public equities to achieve financial and non-financial objectives.Client DetailsThe client is an investment banking and asset management firm that handles high net worth individuals, family offices and institutions throughout the Middle EastDescriptionReporting to the Head of Institutional Sales, the role will involve:* Developing client referral sources and initiate contact with prospects to promote company products and services.* Acquiring new clients and managing, maintaining, and strengthening relationships through the Investment Management platform.* Monitoring client portfolios and communicating trade ideas to achieve client objectives.* Providing and maintaining sales reports, pipeline, and any other records required by the management.* Achieve agreed customer acquisition, AUM and revenue targetsJob OfferExcellent compensation and reputable organisation

    The ideal candidate should have:* A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in commerce/finance/economics /business administration* Strong preference for a CISI qualification* Minimum of 3 years of relationship management/institutional sales/business development experience, with a focus towards UHNWI/HNWI/family offices/institutions* Knowledge of financial markets, and ability to formulate view* Strong communication and presentation skills* Strong preference for Arabic speakers

    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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    Investment Financial Analyst | Robert Half

    Employment:

    Full Time

    The CompanyOur client is a local investment firm based in the Business Bay area in Dubai.The RoleThe Analyst will take primary ownership of financial performance, attribution, guideline and contribution.An overview of the responsibilities would be:* Take ownership of the performance and P&L* Analyse reports for unusual movements or anomalies and liaise with the Investment and Operations Teams to resolve discrepancies* Continually enhance the design & production of reports to improve their analytical use, internal controls and/or efficiency* Prepare all external performance reporting including Board reports, fact sheets etc* Oversight and ensure accuracy of the Investment Dashboard and related monitoring tools* Become an expert on performance analysis* Monitor compliance with the Investment Guidelines and related internal controls* Highlight risk and investigate reasons for the breach.

    The Candidate* The role will best suit a candidate with at least 5 years of similar experience* Detailed knowledge and understanding of performance measurement methods and techniques is required, preferably including private assets* Highly numerate* Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in business, risk, statistics, or a similar discipline;* Excellent knowledge of MS Excel at spreadsheet level including Macros, VBA etc SQL or other useful programming languages/software would be very useful.* Good verbal and written communication skills* Intellectual curiosity and professional inquisitiveness; and* Exceptional attention to detail.Salary and BenefitsSalary 25,000 – 27,000 a month DOEStart date ASAP

    Founded in 1948, Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE symbol: RHI) is the world’s first and largest specialized staffing firm and a member of the S&P 500 index. We are a global leader in professional staffing and consulting services and the parent company of Protiviti, a leading independent internal audit and business and technology risk consulting firm. For 2006, Robert Half International reported revenues of $4 billion and now has staffing and consulting operations in more than 400 locations worldwide. More

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    Junior Accountant | Rethink

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Responsibilities:• Monthly accounting and reporting services for clients, including on boarding, proposals and client relationship management• Assist with the implementation of accounting, inventory, and CRM systems for clients• Assist with adhoc excel report building both internally and for clients• Assist with the accounting operations of Rethink, including internal month end close and reporting on time• Assist in review existing contracts, accounting systems and procedures to advice clients and internal teams on timely invoicing• Consistently keep abreast of latest developments and implication of VAT & IFRS• Assist in VAT compliance function, including performing VAT filings and training outsourced staff• Provide support on VAT returns by reviewing work of outsourced team• Assist and support Finance Managers on business plans and forecasts if necessary• Assist with the implementation of policies and procedures throughout the service offering• Assist in the system implementation, data migration for internal companies

    Essential characteristics;• At least 2-3 years of accounting, financial analysis, valuation, audit, and due diligence experience• Knowledge of IFRS & IAS• Knowledge in IGAP is appreciated• Working towards CA, CPA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent qualification.• Desire to work for dynamic small and medium size businesses.• Perfect written and spoken English.• Excellent technical and systems skill.• High level of communication skills.• Highly discrete and able to uphold the utmost confidentiality.• Self-confident and very proactive.• Prepared to be hands-on to achieve results and maintain deadlines.Re/think is a boutique accounting, compliance consultancy, audit, HR consultancy, VAT Advisory services and business advisory firm with offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, focused on providing entrepreneurial businesses of varying sizes with timely, proactive and customized business solutions from start-up and early development to the latest stages of a business lifecycle.

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

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

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    Program Specialist – CS Operations | GroupL

    Employment:

    Full Time

    • Owns, establishes and upholds program governance mechanisms, frameworks, checklists, documents, internal team trackers, and shared drives that enable the team to deliver at scale. Proactively seeks out ways to improve internal team processes to reduce team effort and improve the quality of program delivery.• Owns tracking of program schedules, milestones and reporting out to leadership on the status of the roadmap and programs.• Assists the program manager in identifying, assessing and tracking programs’ risks and issues. Proactively works with the program manager to mitigate them.• Coordinates and drives program improvements experimentation and testing with the CS Ops teams.• Writes high quality communications and consolidates inputs for program status updates for leadership.• Contributes to or leads project management of small-scale CS Ops projects, with the support of the program manager.

    • Demonstrated 2+ years of experience in project management.• Experience working in complex global organizations. Comfortable working in ambiguous and dynamic programs.• Excellent written and verbal communications skills with an ability to interact with all levels of the organization.• Bar-raising communication and stakeholder management skills. Track record of working with and managing senior program stakeholders.• Ability to take initiative even under unfamiliar or ambiguous circumstances – solid sense of accountability and sound personal judgement.• Advanced skills with MS Word and MS Excel. Experience with project or program management tracking and planning tools.• Previous experience in customer service operations.• Formal program and project management experience and related certification, such as, PMP, Agile, or PRINCE2.• Experience in process improvement or lean methodologies, such as, Six Sigma, Lean, or Kaizen

    Since its inception, our singular focus has been to enable people to earn a better livelihood by bridging the gap between the immense talent from our 32 recruiting countries and placing them in meaningful positions in the thriving markets across Europe and the Middle East.

    Established in 1973, with a legacy now spanning over four decades, GroupL has always maintained the best-in-class standards of training and placement. We started as an ethical workforce recruiter selecting, training, and placing labor for the Middle East. We have expanded over the past 8 years to a 360-degree recruitment agency working across several job roles, sectors, and countries.

    For workforce recruitment, we take special pride in our training modules that are customizable to suit the unique requirements of the sector and the business.

    Our global collaborations with various technical institutes enable us to train and assess the candidates’ technical and language skills before their selection.

    For white-collar talent acquisition, we bring in our decades of experience to map capability to company culture and enable the right fitment of talent to the industry keeping in mind the requirements of the specific organization.

    Our talent recruitment network spans 32 countries including Bhutan, Bangladesh, Cameroon, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Ghana, Philippines, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam. More

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    Service Officer – UAE National | Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD)

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Job Purpose:• Provide effective services to the Corporate, Commercial and Business Banking customers by acting as the key point of contact for enquiries and requests received through emails or from walk-in clients.Principal Accountabilities:Work Management• Establish good liaison with related departments for executing Corporate, Commercial, and Business Banking customer transactions within defined TAT. (Dependency on other depts. to be reduced and maximum queries to be resolved at service desk).• Ensure that all queries received at the Branch Service Desk are attended and handled effectively and efficiently. Provide necessary guidance/ advice to the customer after collecting information from various systems or unit.• Respond to emails received at the Service Support Desk within the agreed SLAs and ensure timelines are adhered to all times. For emails received after the cut-off, the same must be attended to on the next working day.• Comply with the laid down policies & procedures of the bank that includes the bank’s Data Security Framework for information exchange and customer handling.• Act as first point of contact in understanding customer’s requirements/inquiries; provide proper and full information that includes account statements, transaction advices, transaction status and any transaction related reports etc.• Receive original applications/documents from clients and process the requests as per the laid down procedures). • Original docs to be forwarded to the respective teams as per SOP.• Receive transaction requests / trade documents and scan/validate the applications for further processing by respective departments as per Standard Operating Procedures with necessary follow-up till end to end completion of transactions.• Maintain full custody of all original documents, with proper record for easy tracking and delivery of same to clients with proper acknowledgement and file as per procedure.• Providing outstanding statements for Trade and Bank account statements as per SOP based on customer request and authentication.• Work within the SLA and keep Customers informed of expected completion date and status and timelines for exceptions.• Ensure inter branch mail are forwarded using inter branch /Trade Finance mail registers / Empost, obtain acknowledgement and file as per procedure.• Responsible for recording, documentation and closure of queries and requests routed through the Service Desk.• Responsible for delivery of cheque books, safe keeping and physical balancing as per current SOP.• Responsible for delivery of Trade applications/documents, safe keeping and physical balancing as per current SOP.• Responsible for daily reconciliation of requests received with acknowledgement from units to which they have been routed.• Ensure customers are served within set SLA for customer handling.• Ensure timely archival of cheque book, cheque return and other reports.• Where applicable log all complaints received at the Service Desk on CRM for routing to the Complaints Handling Unit.• Remain fully updated on Bank’s policy and procedure, products / services to ensure prompt quality service to clients.People• Take active interest in self-development & competencies to hold higher responsibilities.• Proactively assist other team members and ensure that the day’s tasks are completed prior to the day’s closure.• Identify areas of self-development in line with the Bank’s competency guidelines, prepare and agree action plan in agreement with the supervisor.• Maintain the spirit of CODE by supporting the PBG & WBG teams and Back Office Units as and when required.

    RequirementsEducation and Experience:• Graduate, preferably in commercially oriented discipline or Higher Secondary education with recognized diploma in Banking• 3 – 4 years of experience would be preferred.

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

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

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

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    Head of Digital Partnerships | Michael Page

    Employment:

    Full Time

    The client is looking for a strategic digital partnership head who can further develop their digital partnership ecosystem by creating new long lasting commercial partnerships with relevant vendors that allows for revenue generation across multiple streams.Client DetailsThe client is a financial services institution with a long legacy of success, with ambitious aims to modernize the way they interact with and support their customers and clients alike. They are exploring and launching a series of digital initiatives to enhance the experience of their entire community.Description* Identify the right areas and vendors to establish digital partnerships with.* Develop a strong strategy to establish long term commitments with vendors.* Utilize proof of concept strategies to evaluate and demonstrate the success of digital partnerships to C-level executives.* Spearhead a digital partnerships unit and recruit the right candidates.* Facilitate multiple new channels of revenue for the business across all business units.Job Offer* Excellent compensation package.* Strong sense of ownership of department and strategic initiatives.* Supportive environment with scope of growth.

    * You should have international experience in building strategic digital partnerships.* You have a strategic approach to building a partnership pipeline that will benefit the desired digital ecosystem.* You can demonstrate a strong track record of identifying, engaging with and onboarding new digital partners for tangible mutual benefit.

    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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    VP / Director, Private Equity (Transport Infrastructure) | Michael Page

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Our client is a private equity fund based in Qatar which focuses on African investments; they are bullish on the African continent and are looking to hire a Manager (VP Equivalent) / Director who identifies with their belief of potential on the African continent.Client DetailsOur client is a private equity fund with experienced bulge bracket investment bankers at the helm, who have significant African deal-making experience and have worked in global financial hubs. They place a high degree of importance on numeric ability, initiative, and the willingness & ability to take ownership of work and projects.DescriptionThe role presents an opportunity to join a PE fund in Qatar which has access to capital and is targeted on the underserviced African continent. It offers the opportunity to further deal-making experience and progress within Private Equity. The Manager / Director will take primary ownership of deal-making (support / lead origination, lead execution, keenly involved in portfolio management and strategic exit readiness, along with fund-raising for the next fund) and be secondarily involved in managing the Analysts and thereby lead execution, portfolio management and exit readiness.The ideal candidate will currently be an experienced investment professional – they will have had prior Bulge Bracket Investment Banking experience and would have transitioned to either Private Equity or a Corporate Investments role across Ports/ Airports Infrastructure in recent years. Qualitatively, they will align with their belief and passion for African markets, and will be enthusiastic about a progressive career within the firm. The Manager / Director will:* Analyse investment opportunities against investment criteria and evaluate key drivers and commercial assumptions* Lead diligence on financial modelling of structures & returns for investment opportunities* Lead commercial due diligence on investment opportunities, and assist the team in managing and reviewing the work of third party due diligence (e.g. financial and legal)* Lead preparation of equity syndication & debt financing materials* Lead the preparation of the Investment Memorandum for review by the Investment Committee* Develop business specific knowledge and an understanding of how value is created within a business* Contribute to the sourcing of new investment opportunities* Lead the team in structuring and managing exitsJob OfferExcellent transaction exposure, globally competitive pay, a career, potential carried interest (Director above)

    * Will have a total of 7-15 years’ of relevant work experience – this will be most recently on the buy-side either in PE or in a Corporate Development role with prior Bulge Bracket Investment Banking experience as a plus * Will need to have deal experience within the infrastructure sector particularly within transportation (ports/ airports). Said experience will include investments through to exits.* Will continue to be familiar with financial modelling- DCF, M&A Models, Accretion Dilution Analysis, Comparables Analysis & other forms of valuation along with Waterfall fee structures (implying advanced Excel skills). * Will have an excellent academic track record from top-tier institutions; will be Degree qualified and preferably have an MBA/ CFA * Will preferably be a strong communicator in English; French is a plus (due to exposure to French speaking countries)* Will have excellent communication and presentation skills – an ability to present views clearly and concisely* Will demonstrate critical thinking and problem-solving skills* Will continue to have a passion to work in Private Equity and motivation to progress with the firm* Will have commendable work ethic – the ability to work autonomously and as part of a team

    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