Specialist- Governance & Change Management (Emiratised Role)

Join the UAE’s largest bank and one of the world’s largest and safest financial institutions. Our focus is to create value for our employees, customers, shareholders and communities to grow through differentiation, agility and innovation. 

We are looking for top talent and your success is our success. Accelerate your growth as you help us reach our goals and advance your career. Be ready to make your mark a top company, in an exciting and dynamic industry.  

• The Candidate will be working as Specialist, Governance & Change Management in Finance Transformation & Business strategy team under group finance.
• He/she will be responsible for managing Group Finance Chart of Accounts & Projects, while ensuring adherence to the Governance and Change Management policies & framework

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Generic Accountability

• Support Financial, Regulatory & MI project requirements across all Group Finance & Treasury units

Job Specific Accountabilities

• Manage Chart of Accounts approval & execution process, covering Products, GLs, Profit Centers, Segments, Cost Centers, etc.
• Understand Financial and MI Reporting processes such as allocation, budget/forecasting, regulatory reporting
• Perform data analysis on financial data using multiple sources such as Trial balance, and non-financial sources
• Ensure adherence to Governance and Change Management framework to support the execution of activities related to New Initiatives, BAU Requests, and Change Requests across all units in Group Finance & Treasury
• Independently manage Book of Work for specific units within Finance and Treasury
• Ensure adherence to Risk and Issue Management policies by highlighting Risks/Issues, maintaining mitigation plans and appropriate escalation to all stakeholders
• Independently manage scope, timeline, budget, capacity and communication plan for specific Finance Projects
• Manage the UAT process within various Finance functions, ensuring coverage, timely execution and manage the end-to-end sign-off process.

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Minimum Qualification

• Must have Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting degree/diploma. If any other degree, then relevant experience in a Finance function
• Desirable:
  • Project Management certification (e.g. PMP)
  • Finance/Accounting certifications (ACCA or CA)

Minimum Experience

• 2 years relevant experience in banking/finance sector, or in a Finance function

• Desirable:
  • Experience using ERP / General Ledger systems such as Oracle, SAP, Wolters Kluwer and banking systems like Temenos, Intellect, etc.