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• إدارة مشاريع و تكنولوجيا المعلومات

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17-Dec-2024

Zain is the pioneer of mobile telecommunications in the Middle East. We began life in 1983 in Kuwait as the region’s first mobile operator, and since the initiation of our expansion strategy in 2003, we have expanded rapidly. Read more here: Zain Overview

This role will be part of Zain Bahrain's Subsidiary Fintech Company - "Bede". Bede, the fintech arm of Zain Bahrain, is a dynamic startup revolutionizing personal finance through Bahrain’s first Shariah-compliant Islamic financing app. Licensed and regulated by the Central Bank of Bahrain, Bede is committed to creating an inclusive platform that offers practical solutions tailored to real customer needs.

With a focus on customer centricity, strategic partnerships, and digital innovation, Bede aims to guide individuals toward growth and success by leveling the playing field for all.

The Digital Operations Project Manager (PMO) at Bede will serve as the key coordinator and point of contact for mobile app development efforts within the company, focusing on digital-only microfinancing solutions. This role will oversee the progress of app development sprints, manage requirement collection, coordinate designs, and optimize the app’s user journey. The PMO will facilitate communication between business stakeholders and the technical development team, ensuring alignment with business objectives and timelines. This person will also work closely with business heads, customer care, finance, compliance, and risk heads to ensure a seamless integration of app functionalities with various business needs and regulatory requirements.

1. Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Project Management, Information Technology, or a relevant field. Agile certifications (e.g., Certified ScrumMaster, PMI-ACP) are a plus.
2. Experience: 8+ years of experience in project management, with a focus on mobile app development or digital product management. Experience in fintech or microfinancing is a strong advantage.
3. Skills & Knowledge:
   • Project Management Skills: Expertise in managing projects using agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban), with the ability to coordinate across multiple teams and stakeholders.
   • Communication Skills: Strong communication skills to act as a bridge between business and technical teams, facilitating effective collaboration.
   • Analytical Skills: Ability to track and analyze development metrics to make data-driven decisions.
   • Problem-Solving: Experience in risk management and issue resolution, ensuring projects stay on track.
   • Familiarity with app development tools like Jira, Trello, Confluence, or similar project management platforms.

1. Project Planning & Coordination: Coordinate the app development lifecycle at Bede, from initial planning to launch, ensuring that all project objectives and milestones are clearly defined and met.
2. Point of Contact for Technical Teams: Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders (including business heads, customer care, finance, compliance, and risk) and the technical development team, facilitating clear communication and understanding of project requirements.
3. Requirements Gathering & Analysis: Work closely with business heads and other stakeholders to collect and document app requirements, including functional requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
4. User Journey & Design Coordination: Collaborate with UX/UI designers, product owners, and business heads to refine the app’s user journey, ensuring it delivers a seamless and intuitive experience for microfinance customers.
5. Sprint Management & Progress Reporting: Oversee sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives, ensuring that the technical team follows agile practices and stays on track.
6. Performance Monitoring & Quality Assurance: Ensure that all app features and updates meet quality standards, coordinating user acceptance testing (UAT) and addressing any feedback from the compliance and risk teams.
7. Stakeholder Engagement & Communication: Provide regular updates to the Business Director and key stakeholders, including business heads, customer care, finance, compliance, and risk teams on project status, challenges, and next steps.

If you meet the criteria and you are enthusiastic about the role, we would welcome your application. To complete the application, you would need the following document(s):

Overview

We have an urgent requirement for Oracle FCCS Project Implementation Manager with 2+ full-cycle Oracle FCCS projects for a company in Bahrain. Oracle FCCS Expertise is THE MANDATORY TO APPLY FOR THIS ROLE.

• Strong experience in leading end-to-end FCCS implementation including planning, migration, testing, and deployment is a MUST.
• Strong experience in Oracle EPM implementations with 2+ full-cycle FCCS projects is REQUIRED.
• Strong experience in Oracle FCCS architecture, metadata, and reporting setup is MUST.
• Strong experience in financial consolidation, intercompany eliminations, and GAAP/IFRS is a MUST.
• Experience migrating from Oracle HFM to FCCS is preferred.

This role is critical to our finance transformation journey as we migrate from our current Oracle HFM environment to a modern, cloud-based consolidation and close platform. The ideal candidate will possess deep domain knowledge in financial close processes, cloud EPM systems, consolidation requirements for large groups with international presence and strong project management capabilities to drive delivery excellence.

• Manage and lead end-to-end Oracle FCCS implementation projects, including planning, data migration, testing, deployment, and stabilization phases.
• Define project scope, deliverables, timelines, and resource plans in collaboration with Group finance and IT teams.
• Partner with business stakeholders to gather and analyze requirements related to consolidation, close, and reporting processes.
• Collaborate with the Finance teams to identify functional and process gaps in the existing Oracle HFM system and drive SI for resolution through the design and implementation of the upgraded Oracle FCCS module.
• Translate business needs into functional and technical specifications for FCCS configuration.
• Oversee system design and configuration, including metadata setup, data integrations, data migration, consolidation rules, and reporting structures.
• Ensure seamless integration with upstream systems (ERP, data warehouse) and downstream reporting tools.
• Lead user acceptance testing (UAT), training, and change management to ensure user adoption and satisfaction.
• Secure sign-offs on deliverables from SI and users and take responsibility for full scope documentation.
• Proactively manage project risks, issues, and dependencies to ensure on-time and within-budget delivery.
• Serve as the primary point of contact between internal stakeholders and external implementation partners and Oracle consultants.
• Periodically update the project steering committee and highlight potential delays, challenges and resolutions.

Skills: oracle, fccs, project

Zain is the pioneer of mobile telecommunications in the Middle East. We began life in 1983 in Kuwait as the region’s first mobile operator, and since the initiation of our expansion strategy in 2003, we have expanded rapidly. Read more here: Zain Overview

The Strategy and PMO Specialist is responsible for the strategy and business planning process including the operational and board performance process, studying the global market trends, competitive forces, and emerging technologies to manage Zain Bahrain key strategic projects and perform market analysis and sizing.

Strategy and Business Planning:

1. Assist in the Strategy Implementation and Business Planning process: including Zain Bahrain strategy and strategic initiatives, build up Zain Business Plan and business targets in coordination with the key stakeholders in the organization, verify and validate business plan targets and trends and ensure successful completion of the strategy and business plan process as per Zain Group and Zain Bahrain process cycle requirements and timeframe.
2. Build a solid understanding of the business: through learning the different aspects of the business and operations including financials, commercial, regulatory, technical, and other areas which will be key to lead the organization’s performance.
3. Perform market analysis and sizing: review the market reports (including TRA, authorities in Bahrain, competitors reports, and available research) to assess Zain Bahrain market share and identify opportunities.
4. Evolving Strategy: Uncover trending topics and reactions towards key posts within the telecom industry trend. Study the global market trends, competitive forces, and emerging technologies. Conduct thorough environmental, operational performance, enterprise risk, and market analysis to deliver compelling insights to identify competitive and strategic positioning and to transform them into business opportunities.

PMO:

1. Manage Zain Bahrain major projects: manage major cross-functional and critical projects to ensure on-time delivery, within budget and as per business requirements.
2. Lead project planning sessions: coordinating staff and internal resources, overseeing project documentation, managing project progress, conducting project reviews by designing risk mitigation plans and creating detailed reports for executive management while keeping in mind optimization and improvement of overall approaches.
3. Building up quarterly comprehensive presentations: (Key achievements, market moves, major units updates, challenges, financial performance, etc.) for operational review and board packs.
4. Investigate and analyze data pertaining to all digital and conventional channels.
5. Present an executive pack to management showcasing monthly performance.
6. Identifying key drivers of growth in terms of digital strategy.
7. Track all digital initiatives and projects internally and ensure quality and progress are maintained.
8. Develop business research understanding through analyzing the business performance, trends, and business/market potentials.
9. Discuss with key stakeholders the key drivers of revenue growth and cost effectiveness.
10. Uncover trending topics and reactions towards key posts within the telecom industry and deliver customer satisfaction and brand health reports to internal owners.

Bachelor’s degree in management or any relevant field of study.

Minimum 5 years working experience in Strategy and PMO preferably in the telecom field.

1. Excellent computer skills and knowledge of data analysis.
2. Strong background in Mobile technology and industry, preferably technical background.
3. Financial knowledge/training along with a highly developed understanding of operations and project processes and tools.
4. Highly developed communication and reporting skills (verbal and written) in both Arabic & English.
5. Excellent research capabilities and statistical analysis knowledge.
6. Ability to work independently in a deadline-driven work environment.
7. Demonstrated presence - able to develop rapport with all levels of the organization and lead where appropriate.
8. Concern for Standards/Efficiency.
9. Able to work collaboratively with colleagues, across teams and with partners.

If you meet the criteria and you are enthusiastic about the role, we would welcome your application. To complete the application you would need the following document(s):