Quality & Risk - Senior Associate - MENA

Technical elements:

• Assist with consultations, responding to quality and compliance related queries from the business
• Support various project initiatives, tracking events through resolution
• Participate in policy and guidance research, review and drafting
• Support the delivery of TQ training to Client teams
• Provide ad-hoc cover on some projects during holidays

Administrative elements

• Support the broader team with administrative and operational needs
• Scheduling and coordination of meetings prepare and circulate calendar invitations, assist in finalizing meeting documentation and presentations
• Occasional support with organizing business travel and itineraries
• Maintain the TQ Sharepoint sites (uploading documents and information, managing access and issues if and when any arise)

Skills and attributes for success

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• Undergraduate/University degree
• 3+ years prior, related work experience preferably in Compliance, Quality, Internal Audit, Legal or Risk Management functions or in other fast-paced international organization.
• Good command of English (written and spoken)
• Proficiency in working with Outlook and all Microsoft Office products. IT literate, savvy in working with technology in general, ability to promptly learn to work with new systems and tools, detect issues and able to initiate their resolution
• Excellent organizational, prioritization, problem-solving and time-keeping abilities. Previous EA/PA experience is a plus
• An eye for detail and oriented towards continuous improvement
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to effectively partner and collaborate with other functions on various initiatives
• Able to balance the need to be approachable and supportive with the requirement to be resolute and resilient in challenging situations
• High degree of flexibility, professionalism and integrity

Ideally, you d also have

• A good command of Arabic (written and spoken)
• Experience working with Power BI or other analytics platforms
• The ability to be future-focused and able to consider and adapt to new and developing areas of the business.

What we look for

Someone who has proven skills, thrives working in a dynamic, global, multi-cultural organization and is able to think creatively. The candidate should be comfortable to work on several initiatives simultaneously with different members of and outside the TQ team. Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills along with written and verbal communication skills.