Specialist- Governance & Change Management

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• 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)
• Emirati with a family book. 

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.
  • Demonstrate experience in reporting platforms - Data Warehouse, Power BI, Excel or alternates
  • Experience working and analyzing data using Excel, Macros, SQL