Quality & Risk Management - Manager - MENA (Qatar/KSA)

About This Role

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• Candidates to be based in one of the following office locations: Doha (Qatar), Riyadh / Al Khobar / Jeddah (KSA).

About MENA Tax Quality (TQ) The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region includes 14 countries.

MENA TQ’s primary focus and responsibility is to support our client teams with provision of timely, quality advice and guidance to enable them to deliver high quality work, manage risk effectively, innovate, develop business, maintain market presence, and remain in compliance with regulatory, legislative, and internal EY requirements continuously and consistently.

Another of our priorities is to work closely with Global Tax Quality and other MENA business functions such as Risk Management, General Counsel’s Office, Operations, and the wider EY network in delivering and supporting a variety of global and local priorities and initiatives.

We support client teams throughout the entire engagement lifecycle as necessary, provide them with tailored training, communicate messages of importance and act as a vital part of consultation network between client teams and other business units.

In addition to defined core TQ responsibilities, we get involved in specialized projects, assist with development and updates of policies and guidance as part of global and local efforts, and support the MENA Tax and Law practice in the execution of different strategies and developments.

The opportunity An opportunity has arisen to join the MENA Tax Quality team as a Manager. As a key member of a small, but highly experienced team, you will have ample opportunities to utilize and acquire a variety of skills and experiences while supporting different projects and initiatives. You will have responsibilities across a diverse quality and risk management-related project portfolio and will provide timely and practical support on diverse business matters. You will be working closely with the entire TQ team with the General Counsel’s Office and Risk Management teams.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Provide timely and accurate advice to client teams in response to procedural, policy or other quality, compliance or risk-management related matters
• Review Client and Engagement acceptance assessments and collaborate with client-serving teams towards approvals
• Conduct periodic policy and guidance reviews and produce guidance on matters of concern
• Create and develop processes and protocols governing quality and risk-management matters
• Curate and deliver training to the business
• Conduct contract reviews from a risk identification perspective and participate in related negotiation efforts
• Lead on and manage ongoing short and long-term projects on demand
• Support change management initiatives and leading constituents through significant change
• Regularly pursue efficiencies in process design or re-design whilst leveraging technology and AI
• Develop and maintain productive and working relationships with variety of internal stakeholders.

Skills And Attributes For Success To qualify for the role, you must have:

• University degree and/or professional qualifications in Legal and Risk Management -related disciplines
• 7+ years prior and related work experience preferably in Quality, Legal, Compliance, Risk Management or Internal Audit functions
• Good command of English (written and spoken)
• 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
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills with ability to make sound observations and recommendations
• An eye for detail and oriented towards continuous improvement and risk management in an enabling manner
• 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
• Demonstrated ability to achieve results, solution oriented, and an ability to lead colleagues through and manage complex and high-risk situations.

Ideally, you’d also have

• A good command of Arabic (written and spoken)
• Experience working with Power BI or other analytics platforms
• 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 a deep understanding of the consultative approach towards internal clients and stakeholders with proven ability to influence others and build strong relationships, thrives working in a dynamic, global, multi-cultural organization and is able to think creatively.
• The candidate should be comfortable working on several initiatives simultaneously with different members of and outside the TQ team.
• Experience/awareness of regulatory environment and requirements

What We Offer You At EY, we’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We’ll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn more.

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