Specialist Financial Strategy

Job description / Role

Client Details:
A National Bank.


Shareholder & Financial:
- Assist the Head of GFS & MIS to create long-term financial strategies to maximize shareholder value whilst pursuing prudent policies.
- Monitor annual budgets for all divisions/departments/units of the Group in conjunction with the relevant division/department/unit heads in consultation with the Head of GFS & MIS.
- 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 financial goals/ objectives.
- Liaise with the Group's IT Department to ensure budget 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 budgeting preparation techniques and maintain reporting standards for the domestic and international businesses.
- Liaise with IT Department to develop/ design budgetary reports.
- Identify requirements for updating the budgetary 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.

Job Offer:
40 000 - 50 000 QAR

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 financial strategy and budgetary 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

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.