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    Senior Solutions Advisor | Kershaw Leonard

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Job Purpose• Work collaboratively with clients and prospective clients to understand and achieve their End Game by curating tailored solutions from the clients portfolio of world class content. Generate sales in accordance with personal targets through acquisition of profitable new clients and account management of existing clients. Targets • Build a sales pipeline & achieve sales targets – to be agreed with line manager• Business Development • Participate in and support the consistent participation in Team BD Session and Solutions Advisory Team Meeting, prioritizing this over all other activity.• Ensure clarity of your personal lead generation strategy, including required activity levels to drive lead generation and maintain a healthy pipeline (calls, meetings, opportunity value and conversion ratios)• Support other team members in mapping out lead generation strategy both in and outside of Team BD sessions• Proactively generate new business opportunities by independently targeting new clients across the Middle East• Follow up on leads generated through marketing activities• Coordinate closed business deals from negotiation of contract through to integrating contract requirements with business operations, supporting the Customer Success Cycle• Ensure complete written and verbal handover to relevant Operations / Implementation TeamStrategic Objectives• Build and execute an individual sales strategy and present to team each quarter• Actively participate in strategy sessions• Understand the company’s Digital, Learning, Teambuilding and Transforming products and concepts in order to present and propose appropriate solutions to clients in a confident mannerQuarterly Objectives & Rocks• Consistently achieve quarterly objectives• Lead (or play a leading role) in the execution of a Quarter Rock or Team Priority

    Account Management & Growth• Demonstrate the ability to grow accounts and win repeat business• Manage and maintain existing accounts ensuring a continuous profitable relationship by proposing new products and services to enhance existing relationships• Maintain up to 15 Key Accounts and 35 Developing Accounts within your portfolio• Have 3 or more AED 500k+ revenue accounts in this portfolioSystems• Maintain detailed client records and projects through Salesforce, and comply with timely sales administration and support requirements• Use systems as per company guidelines• Set the example for system utilization, that other colleagues can use as a benchmarkValues• Consistently live the company’s values with evidence and validation from peers• Support People’s Personal Growth by offering support & guidance to other team members Collaborate • Lead and contribute to Deal and Account storms

    Kershaw Leonard is committed to finding First Class people for its World Class Clients. Since our inauguration in September 1999, We have become well-respected specialists for all aspects of Human Resource Consultancy and Recruitment, and bring a standard of professional conduct (through the Recruitment Employment Confederation UK) to the industry here in the Middle East. Our qualified Consultants deliver a unique quality of service that is designed to meet the individual needs of both Candidates and Clients.

    Our specialist recruitment divisions cover permanent, temporary and contract staff, and Executive Search, in the following sectors:

    Senior Executives and Directors; Design; Engineering and Construction; Finance and Banking; Human Resources and Training; IT and Telecoms; Legal; Logistics and Supply Chain Management; Media; Office Management; Retail; Sales and Marketing and Secretarial and Business Support. More

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    IT Support Analyst | Robert Half

    Employment:

    Full Time

    IT Support Analyst (Front Arena)The CompanyFor one of our leading clients in the financial services industry, we are currently recruiting a Senior IT Support Analyst to join the IT teamThe Role* You will be responsible for monitoring and supporting their production trading systems. In this role, you will work on handling production issues to driving forward long term projects such as automation initiatives and platform changes.* You will work closely with different teams within the organisation as well as with external vendors.

    The Candidate* Experience in First Information Technology (FIT) trading system and FIS Front Arena will be required* Must have a solid understanding and experience working in the brokerage industry supporting algorithmic trading and institutional desk systems* Knowledge of regulations of DFM, ADX, Nasdaq Dubai, SCA and DFSA* Strong hands-on experience in configuring, troubleshooting, SQL scripting and monitoring Data bases like Oracle 11g+/ SQL Server 2012+ is required* Experience in multiple OS platforms with strong emphasis on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows systems* Strong hands-on experience in Market Data Feed technologies, FIX protocol, Refinitiv AUTEX and Bloomberg EMSX is required* Experience in maintaining integration layer using standard enterprise service bus concept for upstream/downstream systems.* Ability to make sound decisions in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.* Highly collaborative team player with the ability to build relationships with multiple teams.* Available to join an on-call rotation and work outside of core business hours or on weekends.Salary and Benefits* Up to 30,000AED

    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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    Enterprise Data Architect – Greenfield Project | Michael Page

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Enterprise Data Architect – Saudi Arabia – Greenfield ProjectAs a Enterprise Data Architect you will lead the design of a new Energy data architecture. Your role will be to lead the data management policies & procedures and data governance setup enabling the software development teams to deliver quality services, through architecting and building highly available and resilient (big) data platforms.Client DetailsEnterprise Data Architect required within the Utility sector for a Huge Project based In Saudi Arabia being built from Scratch. This is a large brand new greenfield project.DescriptionEnterprise Data Architect – Saudi Arabia – TubukAs a Enterprise Data Architect you will lead the design of a new Energy data architecture. Your role will be to lead the data management policies & procedures and data governance setup enabling the software development teams to deliver quality services, through architecting and building highly available and resilient (big) data platforms.This is a vital position as a The Enterprise Data Architect who will Lead from the front in designing the digital strategy for the energy sector. You will be designing large scale analytics, decision making and reporting solutions, based on big data technology (preferably AWS and/or Azure).This is a Permanent role, Based in Tubuk, Saudi Arabia, Paying Competitively & Housing and Benefits This is a unique role for an Enterprise Data Architect to Lead from the front to:* Determine the strategic data requirements, its principles and data management standards, data management policies and procedures including risk mitigation.* As a Enterprise Data Architect you will be in charge of Determine, design, develop and managing how data will be collected, transmitted, stored, managed, accessed, used and shared within the organisation.* Create the model blueprints to ensure right level of overall data integration* The data architecture and the implementation road-map of the data management capabilitiesYour role will be to promote data integration and ensure solutions meet end-users needs which could be real time, offline and batch processing. This will include Coordinate all data related projects.

    Skills and Experience* 8 -10 Years experience in data architecture* Latest data model & data governance techniques.* Translating business process flows into supporting data models with clear master data & system definitions and corresponding governance structure.* Proven track record in defining & implementing data strategies; data architecture, data design/modelling, data management / governance* Different solution delivery methods (eg prince2, Agile, etc) and tools (eg. dev/ops, CI/CD, etc).Nice to have * Experience as a solution architect designing large scale analytics, decision making and reporting solutions, based on big data technology (preferably AWS and/or Azure).* Understanding of high availability concepts using cloudera, Horton Works, MapR, etc.* Understanding of structured and unstructured data which includes key-value stores, column stores, document stores and graph databases.* AWS & Azure (big) data architecture platforms.* Data applications/platforms such as ElasticSearch* Service-oriented architecture / solution design patterns* Designing batch/stream processing with Spark or Samza* Experience in working with OT data instrumentation & automation (such as Smart meters, PLC,* Knowledge of containerized architectures including Docker and basics of microservices* Scada, etcJob OfferCompetitive salary Health care you and dependentsSchool Fees paid for Housing Provided

    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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    Digital Transformation Lead | Robert Half

    Employment:

    Full Time

    The CompanyFor one of our leading clients we are currently recruiting a Digital Transformation Lead to join the team.The RoleThis role serves as the organization lead for taking charge of implementing the corporate digital strategy of projects and initiatives to digitalize the operations and processes as well as increasing the users adoption across the enterprise of modern digital technologies and methodologies in both internal operations and customer-facing ones.You will* Create digital initiatives and projects involving business units to support the company digitalization* Communicate the digital transformation related changes and priorities to all key stakeholders and users* Support the strategy alignment with the business partners across all business lines* Oversee the implementation roadmap of the digital strategy of defined initiatives and projects* Lead partnerships with the technology vendors required to implement the strategic digital solutions

    The Candidate* Bachelor in IT or Business Admin Degree* 8-10 years of work experience in similar roles* Ability to deliver quality work in fast-paced environments* Strong leadership skills and effective time management skills* Strong analytical and problem solving skillsSalary and Benefits* Market rate

    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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    Project Manager – Saudi National | Michael Page

    Employment:

    Full Time

    • Identify resources and assign responsibilities.• Manage day-to-day operational aspects of the project(s).• Competent in required project methodology.Client Details• A multinational company.DescriptionIdentify resources and assign responsibilities.• Manage day-to-day operational aspects of the project(s).• Competent in required project methodology.• Ensures project documents are complete, current, and appropriately stored.• Works closely with relevant stakeholders to ensure effective and efficient implementation of the project(s).• Understands basic revenue models and P/L to meet financial objectives by forecasting requirements, preparing an annual budget’ scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances and initiating corrective actions.• Works with developers and designers to define and document questions, liaise with business via email, IM or phone to get new requirements and explain feasibility.• Submits project status reports to stakeholders; reviews bugs; plans software releases; anticipates and reacts to change.Job Offer• Competitive package and benefits.

    • 5+ years of experience in Project Management• Saudi Nationals• Must come from Manufacturing Background

    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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    CEO – New Fintech Venture | Michael Page

    Employment:

    Full Time

    As the CEO, you will be responsible for guiding and overseeing the strategy and business functions of the company. You will work closely with the Board to build strategic partnerships and steer the organisation to its next stage of growth and development.Client DetailsThis is an up-and-coming fintech start-up in the UAE, looking to utilise innovative technologies to offer a simplified one-stop shop for all payments needs.The company’s mission is to provide fair and transparent financial access to every business in the world, regardless of how small or large they may be. The Company is building its own ecosystem as a complete Banking/Payment-As-A-Service solution that integrates and partners with banks, other payments platforms, P2P lending platforms, Insurance providers, trust companies, and other solution providers.The advantages come from the agility and focus on strong technology and the company believes in creating financial solutions using scalable and flexible technology, rather than heavily manual and people-intensive methods. This allows the company to evolve and adapt to business needs and react fast to changes and opportunities.Description* The position to have real impact on the business strategy and the broader community.* Lead the development of high calibre business plans in accordance with the company’s vision.* Oversee smooth running of operations, sales and marketing ensuring adherence to legal guidelines and compliance.* Evaluate company performance metrics and examine financial/non-financial reports to provide recommendations for improvement.* Utilise insights from performance metric assessments to devise strategic plan of action for the future.* Keep abreast of changes in the fintech markets and maintain close relationships with internal and external stakeholders.Job Offer* A competitive attractive package to match the scale of the business and your performance.* Opportunity to play a critical role in the establishment, growth and success of an exciting new business.

    * We are looking for an entrepreneur mindset. * Direct access to proven operators in the technology, financial, banking and venture capital sectors.* Strong experience as CEO in the start-up space or leadership experience within strategy consulting with strong exposure to fintech sector engagements.* Proven record of successfully developing and implementing commercial strategies.* High level of proficiency in financial analysis, risk management with the ability to liaise with key stakeholders.* Strong understanding of tech/digital business growth and best-practice platform builds.

    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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    Quality Assurance Engineer | Amazon.ae

    Employment:

    Full Time

    DescriptionWho You Are• You are a sharp, experienced software quality engineer with strong problem-solving skills, a solid software testing foundation.• You are a talented, detail, oriented and enthusiastic tester who is passionate about quality and is enthusiastic about the new cutting edge technology offered to consumers.• You will design, plan, execute and automate tests for software across a variety of n-tier architectures and cutting-edge technologies.Who We AreThe Souq Integration Team is building a team to help expand Amazon’s footprint in Jordan. Our QA/SDET team will play a pivotal role in this program, with the mission to build and execute a streamlined QA process for the new business initiative. This is a rare opportunity to be part of a team that is responsible for building a successful, sustainable and strategic business for Amazon, from the ground up.Responsibilities• At a strategic level, our QA team will help drive the software development process towards quality-centric methodologies. • The QA team will also drive efficiencies in the QA process and invest appropriately in process changes, automation, tools etc to reduce the overall QA effort for the product. • The goal of our QA team is to build a comprehensive test suite that will be utilized to validate the solution in a scalable and repeatable manner. • The QA team identifies use cases and creates test plans, defines test strategies and creates test cases to validate software design via manual and automated tests.• The QAE is responsible for conducting functional regression testing, integration testing and automation, and identify scaling and security issues for distributed, service oriented software systems using Java/ C++/C#, SQL, Perl, Python, JavaScript, as well as user-level automation using tools such as Selenium. • Find opportunities for improvements in systems, tools and processes, as well as drive these improvements across the development groups. • Work closely with the development groups that enhance and maintain the applications that make up the product and the underlying services that drive them. • Write automated tests with Scripting tools and/or user-level automated tools. • Responsible for understanding the domain and the product in detail and coming up with the test strategy/planning, developing test cases, driving the test case sign-off processes with the stakeholders, and test execution and reporting.Responsibilities• Create and document test plans for end to end user scenarios• Deploy services through test and production stages• Execute periodic manual and automated test cases• Investigate and reproduce bugs and drive fixes through test and production stages• Develop manual and automated UI tests• Implement test runner scripts in Perl or Shell• Prepare datasets in test and production databases• Improve end to end testing of legacy services• Identify and debug test automation failures• Coordinate testing across disciplines and teams

    Basic Qualifications• Bachelor’s in CS or related field +2 years of experience or Master’s and 2 years of experience in software quality assurance• Proficiency in at least one modern object-oriented programming language such as Java, C++, or C#• Proven familiarity with automation testing tools• Excellent QA aptitude and ability to drive process improvements• Strong knowledge of QA methodology and tools• Ability to write test plans and test strategy documents• Ability to understand functional/technical specifications and analyze data• Excellent oral and written communication skills• Is innovative, can simplify, and has relentlessly high standards• Can juggle testing of multiple releases with multiple dependenciesPreferred Qualifications• Experience working in a UNIX/Linux environment utilizing virtual machines• Knowledge of industry standard test automation tools and experience developing product test harnesses• Experience with open source tools and resources• Creativity and the initiative to improve product test coverage and effectiveness• Comfortable communicating cross-functionally and across management levels in formal and informal settings• Responsible for creation/modification of appropriate test tools that can be used for data verification.

    Amazon.ae, formerly Souq.com, is an English-Arabic language e-commerce platform, owned by Amazon, Inc. It is the largest e-commerce platform in the Arab world. On March 28, 2017, Amazon.com Inc. confirmed it would be acquiring Souq.com for $580 million. On May 1, 2019, Souq.com became known as Amazon.ae. More

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    Audit Manager – FS | PricewaterhouseCoopers

    Employment:

    Full Time

    Line of ServiceIndustry/SectorSpecialismManagement LevelManagerJob Description & SummaryA career in our Financial Services Audit practice, within External Audit services, will provide you with the opportunity to provide a range of Assurance services and business advice to a variety of clients from small, fast growing clients to large entities. Our clients are often well known brands and many have broad international reach. We focus on using the latest technology to reduce the level of manual testing ensuring you’ll focus on the most valuable areas of client service and on enhancing corporate governance and the reliability of our clients’ information.Our team helps financial organisations navigate regulatory complexity while strengthening trust and transparency in their business. Our clients cover industries within banking and capital markets, private equity, insurance, and consumer finance. While many of the rules of business have changed, the fundamentals haven’t. You’ll work alongside senior members of the client’s management team in planning the audit process from beginning to end, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and fair presentation of our client’s information.To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

    As a Manager, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:- Develop new skills outside of comfort zone.- Act to resolve issues which prevent the team working effectively.- Coach others, recognise their strengths, and encourage them to take ownership of their personal development.- Analyse complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations.- Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations.- Address sub-standard work or work that does not meet firm’s/client’s expectations.- Use data and insights to inform conclusions and support decision-making.- Develop a point of view on key global trends, and how they impact clients.- Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties.- Simplify complex messages, highlighting and summarising key points.- Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct.

    PwC firms help organizations and individuals to create the value they’re looking for.

    We’re a network of firms in 158 countries with close to 169,000 people who are committed to delivering quality in assurance, tax and advisory services. PwC is the brand under which member firms of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited (PwCIL) operate and provide services. Together, these firms form the global PwC network.

    In our 3 key areas of business or Lines of Service Assurance, Tax, and Advisory we work with our clients from business start ups to the worlds leading organizations to measure, protect and enhance the things that matter most to them.

    We help our own people to learn, discover, develop and make a real difference all the way through their working lives. And we have big ambitions to grow.

    PwC Middle East Region is part of what we call the Central Cluster and includes the UK, Europe and Africa as well as the Middle East. The region consists of 12 markets – UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Libya, Iraq and Palestine.

    PwC has been established in the region for over 40 years, we already employ over 4500 people and we are on course to become the Middle East number one professional service firm. More