Bond / Treasury Specialist - Riyadh

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Oliver Wyman is now looking to recruit a Bond / Treasury specialist to join our Middle East office and be part of our IMEA (India Middle East Africa) team!

The role will be based out of Riyadh office.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Manage and complete bid and performance bond application for MMC MENA entities.
• Maintain Bond tracker for Business, Finance and Controllers.
• Work closely with Dubai team on Bond status and applications.
• Main liaison between MMC Treasury & Business on Bond application process.
• Take a hands-on approach to problem-solving actual and anticipated liquidity shortfalls.
• Drive and improve banking relationships, in support of MENA bond process.
• Support robust controls related to Bond matters across the Group.
• Establish and maintain relationships with Treasury Management, LCPA, FP&A, Group Finance Control, and other departments.
• Act as an agent for change, efficiency, and improvement Bond process.
  
  

Key Responsibilities:

• Role location is Riyadh, KSA in MMC office. Required to be in office 4/5 days and sit with KSA Controller.
• Ultimate reporting into UAE Controller in Dubai who will require frequent updates on bond status and escalation point.
• Arabic is essential.
• Relationship management with external banks such as HSBC & Deutsche.
• Confident Controller who can manage demanding stakeholders that will often demand an immediate response.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in a senior role in a centralised corporate or banking treasury function.
• Experience working with colleagues across MENA.
• Strong knowledge of KYC and AML protocols to follow with Bonds.
• Ability to prioritize and manage time effectively for self and team.
• Experience in a regulated environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills to collaborate across finance and with the business.
• Excellent data skills using, Power BI and Excel.
• Experience with Oracle, PeopleSoft and ERP systems.
• Previous exposure to banking platforms such as HSBC & Citibank.
  
  

Why join us at Oliver Wyman?

At Oliver Wyman, we lead with heart - we love what we do and have fun while we do it! We also strive for breakthroughs by questioning, seeking diverse perspectives, and finding powerful and sustainable solutions. If you share these values and want to work as one and own our impact at the same time, be brave and achieve the amazing with us!

• We’re individuals who are self-starting, motivated, energetic, entrepreneurial about what we do
• We have the common aspiration to have an impact, leave a legacy and change the world. We have no interest in running a steady-state business. We want to build, grow and shape the environment around us
• We value an environment where every member of Oliver Wyman is encouraged and expected to voice his or her opinion
• We believe that to create a true meritocracy we need to remove artificial barriers to opportunity
• We value people whose lives balance work and non-work activities because we believe they are both more interesting colleagues and are able to make better contributions to the Firm.
• We push ourselves hard to deliver excellence, but we also work to extract the maximum benefit from the flexibility of a project-based business. We provide the ability to take career breaks for personal or family reasons. We fundamentally value each other’s time and are sensitive to how it is used. We are an output not input-based culture, have respect for people’s personal decisions, and believe that one's workload must be sustainable. We seek balance for ourselves and our colleagues.
  
  

Oliver Wyman is a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies [NYSE: MMC]. For more information, visit www.oliverwyman.com. Follow Oliver Wyman on Twitter @OliverWyman.

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