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    Senior Accountant | Rethink

    Employment:

    Full Time

    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.Key Responsibilities:• Monthly accounting and reporting services for clients, including on boarding, proposals and client relationship mgmt.• Act as DFSA & FSRA Authorised Individual for financial control / budgeting & reporting and compliance support for clients.• Act as DFSA & FSRA Authorised Individual for submission of quarterly and annual financial reports as per DFSA or FSRA guidelines.• Maintain statement of capital adequacy for internal and DFSA and FSRA reporting purpose• Perform bank and cash reconciliation, clearing reconciling items, and assisting with process changes to reduce reconciliation issues• Process journal entries and gather supporting documentation for all entities.• Analyze and reconcile accounts related to all assigned entities on a monthly basis.• Analyze account activity to identify corrections and reclassify based on the nature of the account.• Assist in preparation of monthly trial balance reports, income statements, balance sheets and cash flow forecast reports.• Assist in preparation of annual budget• Preparation of accounts for yearly audit and assist auditors• Analyze and report on financial status including income statement variances, communicating financial results to management.• Have a strong understanding of VAT rules and application of those rules on transactions• Ability to do checks on monthly VAT reports and prepare information related to VAT returns• Work with outsourced Finance Managers for month/year end reporting and closing activities

    Essential characteristics:• Strong Accounting skills and team management experience• Relationship management experience• Financial Modelling and advance excel skills• At least 5-8 years of experience in accounting or business advisory.• 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.• Important characteristics• Experienced with system and process implementation.• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of client companies and related parties.• Confident and presentable.• Desire to work in a fast-growing start-up type environment and have their hands in multiple areas of the business.• Culturally aware and sensitive.• International business experience.

    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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    Technology Partner Architect | IBM Middle East

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Introduction The Technology Partner Architect is a senior technical sales leadership role that utilizes deep technical expertise and plays a key contributor role in IBM Partner Ecosystem, a key growth engine for IBM. The Technology Partner Architect creates and maintains the trusted advisor relationships with partners to drive successful outcomes. The Technology Partner Architect participates in strategic technical discussions with partners and helps shape their technical agenda towards IBM’s Growth Offerings. The Technology Partner Architect leads technical efforts and collaborates internally across IBM’s technical experts to identify components and design winning solutions based on IBM Technologies.Your Role and Responsibilities As a Technology Partner Architect, you will: – Develop broad-ranging expertise across the IBM technology portfolio to support your assigned partners, – Own the technical relationship with partners and work to establish a reputation as a deeply trusted technology expert, and shape partner’s technical agenda toward IBM’s Growth offerings, – Drive partners to adopt IBM technology as the basis for solutions and as part of their reference architectures, – Enable partner’s technical capability both pre-sales and delivery to ensure productive use of IBM technology, – Collaborate with IBM technical specialists to identify components and design innovative solutions for partners and clients, – Work closely with the sales team and provide technical expertise to ensure that partner revenue objectives meet regularly.

    Required Technical and Professional Expertise – Architectural Thinking, – Design Thinking, – Developing Architecture, – Consultative Technical Selling, – Architectural Methods (i.e. Modelling Techniques), – Strong Oral and Written Communication, and Presentation Skills, – Leading Strategic Technical Discussions, – Trusted Technical Advisor Relationship Management, – Apply IBM Mission/Vision/Strategy/Organization. Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise – Bachelor’s Degree – At least 10 years of experience in IT Architecture and Enterprise Solution Design, – Solid understanding of IBM Hybrid Cloud, IBM Middleware, IBM Data, AI, and Automation Technologies, – Solid understanding of container technologies (i.e., Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker, and others), – Experience in Technical Sales or equivalent role is an advantage.

    For more than six decades, IBM Middle East & Pakistan has played a vital role in shaping the information technology landscape of the region. Today, IBM is part of the region’s technological fabric, solving real-world business and societal challenges, through its offices in UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and Pakistan, and also a diversity of centers across the region.

    Within the region, IBM currently has groundbreaking initiatives in cloud computing, analytics, mobile, security, as well as nanotechnology, eGovernment, healthcare and many more, collaborating with leading educational institutes and governments. IBM supports hundreds of clients to drive transformation through technology, contributes to regional research & development programs and has an active Corporate Service Corps (CSC) program.

    Reinvention is a keyword in the company’s history and, today, IBM is much more than a “hardware, software, services” company. IBM is now emerging as a cognitive solutions and cloud platform company. More

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    Senior Accountant (Omani National) | Global Business Network (GlobNet)

    Employment:

    Full Time

    • Responsible for Correct accounting practice• Maintaining Book of Accounts• Maintaining Cash Book & Petty Cash.• Arranging payments for Third Party• Payroll for all Employee in co-ordination with HR.• Cash flow management• Preparation of monthly financial statements• Monthly Statement of accounts for customers• Responsible for activities all that are related to Accounts• Preparation of Company Yearly Budgeting• Focusing on Financial Yearly Auditing• Responsible with Commercial Banker• Preparation for Taxes & IFSR rules

    • Bachelor in Commerce / Degree in Management• 5-9 years’ work experience in similar field preferred• Good knowledge of accounting software’s or related software’s. MS Office, including Word and Outlook.• A good command of oral and written English or Bilingual

    Globnet is a respected privately owned management consultancy that has been operating in Oman for several years and has built a strong network of contacts in the country at various levels in the public services sector. More

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    IP Network & Security Engineer | Ooredoo Group

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Roles Summary: IP Network & Security Engineer is responsible for the operation and maintenance of network firewalls and security devices in addition to that he will be responsible to follow up information security projects according to the plan.Duties & Responsibilities: – Verify that the network is properly protected against internal/external threats and continuously improve Network security controls. – Maintain the Privileged Access Management (PAM) and the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions. – Investigate, analyse and resolve reported information security incidents. – Maintain Network Firewalls and security devices of various vendors, and make sure security policies and configurations best practices are in place. – Execute internal/external vulnerability scanning and penetration testing. Identifies security risks, threats and vulnerabilities of networks, systems, and applications. – Implement security projects according to plans. Ensure security requirements are being identified early in other projects lifecycle. – Maintain routers, switches and troubleshooting of complex Network related problems. – Network & security daily operations and follow up. – Respond immediately to network and security incidents, on-call 24/7/365.

    Work Experience & Qualifications:- Bachelor’s degree in related field such as: Computer Engineering or equivalent. – Holder of valid Network & security certificates such as: CCNACCNP, CEH. – 2-3 years of experience in Network and Security domain. – Experience in web applications security and vulnerabilities such as the OWASP Top Ten. – Deep understanding of network attacks, DDoS, Phishing, email protection, encryption, authentication, and log analysis. – Deep understanding of TCP/IP model and popular network protocols. – Very good knowledge in Microsoft and Linux systems. – Good knowledge in scripting and automation using languages such as Python and Perl. – Team player with the ability to work under pressure – Excellent verbal and written communications skills. – Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. – Self-learner, Self-motivated and self-directed. – Detail-oriented, multi-task person. Note: you will be required to attach the following: – Resume / cv- Professional Personal Photo

    We are a leading international communications company delivering mobile, fixed, broadband internet, and corporate managed services tailored to the needs of consumers and businesses across markets in the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia. As a community-focused company, we are guided by our vision of enriching peoples lives and our belief that we can stimulate human growth by leveraging communications to help people achieve their full potential.

    Formerly known as Qtel Group, we have a customer base of 92.9 million and reported revenues of USD 9.3 billion in 2012. More

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    IBM Automation / Integration Architect – Presales | IBM Middle East

    Employment:

    Full Time

    IntroductionAt IBM, work is more than a job – it’s a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you’ve never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world’s most challenging problems? If so, lets talk.Your Role and Responsibilities• This role defines a high level enterprise-wide IT Architecture leader focusing on the mapping of I/T integration capabilities to business needs.• The focus is on defining the relationships, flows and implementation of business (processes/activities/functions, information), applications, data and technology in the enterprise and the transitional process necessary for implementing technology in response to changing business needs. • The employee guides functional objectives or technologies with a focus on innovation and the client’s transformative journey.• Have a detailed understanding of Orchestration, Automation and integration.• Help clients understand the differentiated capabilities of cloud solutions in the context of fitness for purpose to solve key client challenges –and guide them to these solutions where right answer.

    Skills: • Provide a holistic view of enterprise solutions, including a sound appreciation of operational costs, security, performance engineering, application development and systems management. These skills should be aligned to Hybrid Cloud within the enterprise.• Hybrid Cloud include but is not limited to Traditional IT & Cloud services such as IBM Cloud and AWS along with the following technologies: Containers , Hypervisors , SaaS offerings , PaaS offerings, external & internal integrations, IT Monitoring, DevOps, and Business Automation ,Environment:• Professional knowledge related to incumbent’s function/business unit and its processes.Communication/Negotiation:• Advise other professionals and CX-Levels. • Effectively utilize group dynamics. Negotiate to define approaches and goals.Problem Solving:• Recognize complex problems related to functional objectives. • Analyze situations and implement solutions, or develop new system elements, procedures or processes. • Creativity and judgment applied to developmental work on different projects within the business environment.Contribution/Leadership:• Provides ongoing technical /operational guidance to lead professional work teams, conducts special projects, or manages department(s) (national or international). • Understand department/ functional mission and vision. • Defines and decides objectives within specified business concept or project and may have responsibility for tools and assigned resources. • Utilizes expertise to directly influence people outside department or function. Sometimes no precedent exists.Impact on Business/Scope:• Accountable for business unit results and for activities and involving multi-functional teams. Activities are subject to business measurements, and impact customer satisfaction.Required Technical and Professional Expertise• Minimum 10 years’ experience in a technical job role.• Minimum 5 years Technical architect skills including expertise in applying tools and methods.• Knowledge in any of the evolving technologies (Cloud, Hybrid Cloud, Integration, BPM, Business Automation, IT Monitoring, DevOps) mandatory.• Knowledge (certification preferred) in Enterprise Architecture Frameworks (Togaf, Zachman etc)• Deep knowledge of how solutions portfolios fit into client’s overall enterprise architecture.

    For more than six decades, IBM Middle East & Pakistan has played a vital role in shaping the information technology landscape of the region. Today, IBM is part of the region’s technological fabric, solving real-world business and societal challenges, through its offices in UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and Pakistan, and also a diversity of centers across the region.

    Within the region, IBM currently has groundbreaking initiatives in cloud computing, analytics, mobile, security, as well as nanotechnology, eGovernment, healthcare and many more, collaborating with leading educational institutes and governments. IBM supports hundreds of clients to drive transformation through technology, contributes to regional research & development programs and has an active Corporate Service Corps (CSC) program.

    Reinvention is a keyword in the company’s history and, today, IBM is much more than a “hardware, software, services” company. IBM is now emerging as a cognitive solutions and cloud platform company. More

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    UX Designer, Technology Consulting | Ernst & Young

    Employment:

    Full Time

    In recent years, industries have been disrupted and transformed by digital technology. As a design and innovation consulting professional, you will collaborate with different teams to help businesses define their digital strategy and aspirations, design digital products and experiences and solve their digital and innovation challenges. As part of a high-performing team, you’ll deliver exceptional client service to create engaging, intuitive solutions for our key digital transformation programs. As organizations look to leverage the advantage that technology offers, we are committed to helping you develop the right skills that you’ll need in today’s environment. Working on programs that cross borders and sectors, the experiences you gain here will be more valuable than anywhere else. So, whenever you join, however long you stay, the outstanding EY experience lasts a lifetime. The Opportunity: We’re looking for ‘User Experience (UX) Designers’ (Senior Consultant/Assistant Manager/Manager level) to join our team in our Dubai (UAE) office. This is a hands-on role in which you will be responsible for design centric workstreams of programs, shaping outcomes, managing client relationships and helping grow the design practice. In this role, you will participate throughout the entire design process-from inspiration and research to building prototypes, communicating a vision, bringing to life integrated digital-physical experiences through products and services. If you’ve been part of multi-disciplinary projects, have collaborated with a broad range of stakeholders, interacted with clients, mentored and supported designers, designed impactful experiences and contributed towards the design community, then this role is for you. Your Key Responsibilities: – Design and deliver mockups, prototypes and iterations optimized for a wide range of devices and interfaces – Leverage data analysis, user research, benchmarking, and content audits to facilitate/inform UX recommendations / UI development – Define product requirements based on user and stakeholder research – Structure ambiguous problems and define tasks needed to bring clarity – Present, defend and articulate end-to-end experiences, interaction models and design solutions with colleagues and stakeholders – Navigate multiple stakeholder groups and influence others to ensure that an end-product design meets the core business goals – Develop and administer quantitative research methodologies to gather user feedback and test user reaction and perceptions – Support technical teams through the development process specific to design considerations and user experience. – Be a part of content authoring, localization and translation, including UX copywriting and editing for assistive and descriptive content – Run and facilitate design thinking workshops – Support user testing to validate or continually reiterate and deliver a strong user experience

    Skills and Attributes for Success: – Create wireframes, prototypes, user interfaces and rapidly iterate scenarios – Develop personas, user journey maps & flows, service blueprints and visual design – Organize and facilitate co-creation and ideation workshops – Manage design project delivery team To qualify for the role, you must have: – Approximately 3-6 years of recent relevant work experience, working collaboratively across engineering, product management and user research teams – BA/BS degree in service design, graphic design, human-computer interaction, or a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience – A strong portfolio that demonstrates outstanding design skills, deep systems thinking, and a passion business design that solves challenges – Expert level proficiency with common design software, in particular, Sketch, Figma, Invision and Adobe Creative Suite – Prototyping skills across a variety of mediums and needs: low and high fidelity, InVision, and/or other digital tools – Ability to communicate effectively in writing, and walk-through ideas effectively with passion and integrity Ideally, you’ll also have: – A high proficiency in verbal and written Arabic – A dedication to teamwork and integrity within a professional environment – Experience within the government and public sector – Experience in a Scrum-based production process – Experience defining or working with a design system What we Look for A highly motivated person who is open-minded with the ability to run engagements, embrace ambiguity and accept feedback and constructive criticism to realize the optimal user experience. A confident leader equipped with strong people management skills and a genuine passion to make things happen in a dynamic organization. The right candidate demonstrates propensity to learn and share knowledge with the team, fosters an innovative and inclusive team-oriented work environment and plays a role in nurturing and mentoring juniors within the organization. What we offer We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. Plus, we offer: – Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next. – Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way. – Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs. – Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs. If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible. The exceptional EY experience. It’s yours to build. EY Building a better working world EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets. Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate. Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.

    EY is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. The insights and quality services we deliver help build trust and confidence in the capital markets and in economies the world over. We develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all of our stakeholders. In so doing, we play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities.

    EY refers to the global organization, and may refer to one or more, of the member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited, each of which is a separate legal entity. Ernst & Young Global Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, does not provide services to clients. Information about how EY collects and uses personal data and a description of the rights individuals have under data protection legislation are available on our site.

    The MENA practice of EY has been operating in the region since 1923. For over 95 years, we have grown to over 7,500 people united across 21 offices and 16 countries, sharing the same values and an unwavering commitment to quality. As an organization, we continue to develop outstanding leaders who deliver exceptional services to our clients and who contribute to our communities. We are proud of our accomplishments over the years, reaffirming our position as the largest and most established professional services organization in the region More

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    Data Architect Supply Chain | Chalhoub Group

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Who we are Chalhoub is the leading luxury retailer in the Middle East. With more than 600 stores, 300 brands, and over 65 years of experience in the region, we are the premiere destination for luxury goods. To fuel the next stage of the organisation’s growth we are looking to build a world class team. From physical retail through to supply chain and customer loyalty, we aim to use technology and data to continuously improve every aspect of our operations. We are looking for top talent to join us on this journey.As a Data Architect Supply Chain, you will play a critical role in ensuring that we not only have a comprehensive understanding of our data, but that we use this to build high quality data products using integrated data. What you’ll be doing – Cataloguing and organising data sources across the business by domain- Modelling the data domains to clarify what data we have and what it means- Exploring data sources to understand whether they can add value to products- Mapping the data product vision to the required data models and sources- Defining best practices and patterns for data ingestion and transformation- Working with the data engineers to ingest, transform, and provision new data- Championing a Data-as-an-Asset mindset across the group; training the team- Promoting a good understanding of the quality and consent of our data assets- Establishing data partnerships with third parties to enrich our data assets- Keeping your technical knowledge up to date via trainings and other methods

    What you’ll need to succeed – Demonstrated team player who genuinely enjoys working with other people- Strong SQL skills, with prior experience in ingesting, organizing, and serving data- Proven ability to work with non-technical stakeholders to architect their data- Good understanding of cloud technologies, preferably Google Cloud Platform- A hunger to deliver true transformational change. This role is not for the timid! What we can offer you We will help shape your journey with us through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities and exposure to different assignments within your role or through internal mobility. Our Group offers the opportunity to support careers that may span different teams, different job roles, different categories and even different countries. We offer diverse career paths for those who show drive and passion as well as the desire to learn and grow.Amazing benefits We recognise the value that you bring, and we strive to provide a competitive benefits package which includes health care, life insurance, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies as well as exclusive employee discounts.

    The Chalhoub Group is the leading partner for luxury across the Middle East since 1955. As an expert in retail, distribution and marketing services based in Dubai, the group has become a major player in the fashion, beauty and gift sectors regionally.

    By blending its Middle East expertise and intimate knowledge of luxury, Chalhoub Group is building brands in the region, by offering service excellence to all its partners and a unique experience to its customers through its passionate teams.

    With a growing workforce of more than 9,000 people, implemented in 14 countries, as well as the operating of over 470 retail outlets, the group’s success is attributed to its most valued asset of highly skilled and dedicated teams. Professionalism and passion are what fuel the Chalhoub Group’s competitive edge in today’s market.

    By being committed to implementing sustainable practices into their business, the Chalhoub Group has been awarded in 2013 the CSR Label from the Dubai Chamber of Commerce. More

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    Service Desk Engineer | Air Arabia

    Employment:

    Full Time

    • Drives the technical support team to carry out customer support properly and promptly, monitors servers and systems, takes ownership of reported issues, responds to enquiries, provides information and feedback ensuring problems are being recorded and tracked throughout the entire process. • Maintains positive customer/working relationships with stakeholders, business users, suppliers, vendors and other technical teams to ensure improvements in the products and services provided to ISA clients and to resolve any issues related to maintenance.• Provides technical/non-technical support to clients, conducts analysis, diagnosis and troubleshoots systems, network, hardware/software faults and bugs to resolve problems considering system capacity, limitations, etc.; applies metrics to monitor performance and measure key project criteria.• Identifies resolutions to technical problems, carries out bug fixes for minor issues and applying patches channels unresolved issues in the right direction as necessary; responds within agreed time limits to call-outs.• Assists with the development and implementation of processes and service level agreements of incidents management and service request management.• Assists technical experts in planning, evaluating, testing, and implementing new technology such as systems and platforms. • Participates in different projects as required.• Contributes to the creation of support knowledge base by developing and communicating IT support manuals, technical notes and articles to clients in line with SLAs.• Utilizes different communication channels to support or guide end users on the different enquiries and problems raised, these channels include: personal visits, telephone calls, e-mails, web, chat etc. • Ensures proper recording and closure of all claims; generates timely reports of different nature to capture support services activities.• Installs, configures, monitors and maintains computer hardware operating systems, applications and networks, replaces parts and upgrades existing ones when and as needed in line with agreed SLAs.• Supports the roll-out of new applications (where applicable); sets up new users’ accounts, profiles and passwords. • Supports the clients during CR implementation (UAT and Training).• Assists in establishing and maintaining a complete and accurate record of all IT assets within ISA. • Establishes and maintains security, integrity, and business continuity controls and documents.• Responds positively to operational needs by being on-call available for critical systems 24×7 support.• Actively monitors application/IT performance using monitoring and controlling tools to ensure 24×7 availability• Should be open to work on shifts based on team requirements. • Should be open to work as Primary and/or Secondary supports based on roster

    • Bachelor Degree in Computer Engineering/Computer Science/Information Technology.• ITIL Certified. (Not mandatory)• CCNP/ CCIE• Fluent in English Language.• 5-6 years in IT Infrastructure support, service desk, 24×7 critical operations preferably in aviation.• This job requires occasional duty travel for training and implementation purposes.• Proven record in implementing and monitoring infrastructure projects.• Holistic IT Knowledge in heterogeneous technology environments – experience with different types of end-to-end technology stacks.• Experienced in managing operations and technology platforms – both internally and externally hosted.• Proven skills in analyzing data, identifying pitfalls and recommending solutions.• Possesses effective persuasive, negotiation, problem solving and decision-making skills.• Employs technical expertise and interpersonal skills to execute new initiatives and achieve company’s objectives.• Demonstrates the ability to contribute and successfully deliver against business strategy and set KPIs.

    Air Arabia (PJSC), listed on the Dubai Financial Market, is the Middle East and North Africa’s first and leading low-cost carrier flying to over 100 destinations across the world. Air Arabia was the first airline to introduce the low-cost carrier concept in the region and is on a mission to serve all Arab countries and beyond, constantly undergoing aggressive route expansion, taking advantage of its ideally located hubs in the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Egypt and Jordan. Over the past thirteen years, Air Arabia, through continuous market research and customer feedback, provides a range of value added services to millions of passengers who chose to fly with Air Arabia’s fleet of A320 aircraft. The airline commenced operations in October 2003 and achieved financial break-even from its very first year of services and has been profitable ever since. More