Our business landscape

We're an award-winning global communications company operating in nine countries across the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Asia. Our strategy is to become the region's leading digital infrastructure provider. Ooredoo Group's strategic vision is guided by five key pillars:

• Value-Focused Portfolio:  Boosting asset returns by focusing on telco operations, towers, data centres, the sea
  cable business and fintech.

• Strengthen the Core: Optimally using deployed capital and maintain an appropriate cost structure.

• Evolve the Core: Monetising opportunities to generate new revenue streams via programmes focusing on analytics, digitalisation of operations, and partnerships with digital service providers.

• People: Building an engaged and empowered workforce through integrated learning programs and coaching and mentoring.

• Excellence in Customer Experience: Creating superior customer experiences.

From day one, every employee who joins our team becomes an integral part of our success journey. We offer you the chance to enhance your skills, advance your career, and maintain a healthy work-life balance. Empowering you to catapult your personal and professional growth. If you're looking to challenge your growth potential, Ooredoo is the employer for you.

Job overview

ERP Systems Management:

• Leading all aspects of the company's Finance ERP system, including integrations with other critical systems.

Process Optimization:

• Designing and implementing efficient financial processes that drive business success.

Compliance & Controls:

• Maintaining robust system controls to safeguard financial data and ensure adherence to regulations.

Subject Matter Expertise:

• Serving as a senior expert on the functional and solution requirements of the financial systems.

Collaboration:

• Fostering strong working relationships with IT and finance teams across all operational companies (opcos) for seamless system management.

Your impact on our goals

This role focuses on driving financial transformation and optimizing group finance through an effective ESS strategy.

ESS Strategy:

• Develop and implement a comprehensive ESS strategy for group finance.

• Provide program management and guidance for successful ESS implementation across the finance function.

Process Optimization & Transformation:

• Offer financial business process redesign support to group and its operating entities.

Policy & Reporting Enhancement:

• Prepare, propose, and review financial policies and procedures aligned with ESS capabilities for all group entities.

• Coordinate the implementation and enhancement of new ERP modules impacting finance.

• Develop and enhance group & Opco reporting by leveraging Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics.

Collaboration & System Management:

• Act as the liaison between Group IT, Opco IT, and Opco finance teams to ensure seamless collaboration.

• Serve as the ultimate gatekeeper for defining functional requirements for financial systems.

• Collaborate with IT and users to identify solutions during testing, ensuring clear and concise communication of requirements.

Technology & Implementation:

• Partner with technology teams to select vendors for significant enhancements and new financial systems, ensuring compliance with Ooredoo methodologies and international accounting standards.

Your profile

Experience 

• Minimum 15 years of experience in ERP Implementation & support

• Experience with Group Consolidation & Reporting

• Knowledge of relevant accounting standards and regulations, such as International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)

• Project management experience overseeing financial system implementations or transformations.

• Experience supporting ESS functions for telecom.

• Telco experience a must.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, business management or related discipline

• Accounting & finance Qualification - CA, CMA, CPA, or similar