Financial MIS Specialist

Job description / Role

Shareholder & Financial:
- Assist the Head of GFS & MIS to create long-term financial strategies to maximize shareholder value whilst pursuing prudent policies.
- Provide management with regular reports on progress towards targets, flagging variations and performing initial checks on reasons for under/over achievement.
- Ensure that relevant MIS reports are prepared and presented to the management/the Board on time to enable them to monitor business performance closely and taking timely corrective actions.

Customer (Internal & External):
- Build and maintain strong and effective relationship with all other related departments and units to achieve the Group’s goals/ objectives.
- Liaise with the Group’s IT Department to ensure reporting needs of the Group’s business lines are timely resolved/attended to, to the extent these are dependent on required system enhancements.
- Provide timely and accurate information to the external and internal auditors and the Compliance function as and when required.

Internal (Processes, Products, Regulatory):
- Oversee analysis and deployment of the latest reporting tools.
- Develop/enhance reporting techniques and maintain reporting standards for the domestic and international businesses.
- Liaise with IT Department to develop/ design MIS reporting pack for reporting purposes and submit the same to the Group’s executive management on timely basis.
- Enhance the quality and consistency of the MIS produced for funds transfer pricing reporting related issue.
- Identify requirements for updating the MIS system and lead on the implementation.

Learning & Knowledge:
- Possess a superior knowledge of business support services and maintain an understanding of all pertinent regulations as well as best practices pertaining to business support services.
- Responsible for developing and training the team in the appropriate skills to ensure an effective and informative MIS.
- Hold meetings with direct reports and assess their performance. Also take decisive action to ensure speedy resolution of unresolved grievances or conflicts amongst personnel.

Other:
- Ensure high standards of confidentiality and ethics to safeguard commercially sensitive information.

Requirements

- Bachelor/ Masters degree preferably in finance, accountancy or related subjects.
- Professional certification such as CPA, CA, CMA, CFA etc. is a plus .
- Minimum of 6 years experience in a major bank of which at least 4 years in bank in a managerial capacity in the MIS function.

Required Special Skills:
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Arabic (preferred).
- Knowledge of financial reporting processes and related pronouncements, including but not limited to IFRS, IAS etc.
- Proficiency in MIS tools/techniques including budgetary and transfer pricing mechanism.

About the Company

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