Solution Expert - Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Al-Futtaim

Al-Futtaim
Al-Futtaim
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates

1 month ago

Ahmed Al-Mansouri

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Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United A"rab Emirates.

Structured into five operating divisions; automotive, financial services, real estate, retail and healthcare; employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the world's most admired and innovative brands.

Al-Futtaim Group's entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organisation to continue to grow and expand; responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate.


By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration and integrity; Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day.


Overview of the Role


Solution Experts are responsible for providing direction and guidance to support and deliver business solutions in their domain expertise aligned with IT strategy.


It is also expected from solution experts to collaborate with other stakeholders to find the right fit and build consensus to support business case and benefits realisation.


The SAP Treasury Specialist is responsible for leading the implementation of treasury and treasury related systems across relevant Al Futtaim entities.

The role will work closely with AFG Treasury and Finance professionals in implementing SAP Treasury and risk management solutions to satisfy their requirements.

There will be a strong emphasis on translating business requirements into functional requirements using technology as a key enabler. Although the primary focus of the role will be on treasury solutions there is an expectation that the SAP Treasury Specialist will identify integration points with the wider finance and business function to ensure that interdependencies are identified and considered when developing and implementing treasury solutions


What you will do

Solution Management

  • Lead in designing, specifying and selecting information system solutions, considering functionality, data, security, integration, infrastructure and performance.
  • Lead the organisation in exploiting technology and use knowledge of IT solutions to drive organisational change and support business process design improvements.
  • Drive adoption of standard solutions across companies and geographies and minimise bespoke developments.
  • Understand and support to software architecture design and support development team in developing solutions.
  • Ensure compliance with IT Policies, Security Standards and strengthen internal controls. Identify and manage key risks in your solution domain.
  • Participate in RFI & RFP processes for sourcing software services and solutions for the business.
  • Support in building TCO and business cases for IT solutions, considering infrastructure, licenses, development and support

Leadership & Team Management

  • Build a lean, skilled and fully engaged team; working with them to plan and prioritise their workloads.
  • Develop team in line with target competencies.
  • Motivate team members to maintain excellence in service delivery and have opportunities for professional development.
  • Promote and fasttrack your talent within EIT

Other Key Responsibilities

  • To liaise with relevant managers and stakeholders in IT to ensure full collaboration and understanding on critical topics and avoid any escalations.
  • Contribute to the improvement of the solution demand & delivery practices, procedures, methodologies and tools through identification of and participation in improvement initiatives.
  • Maintains and upgrades professional knowledge, management skills and domain expertise by using continuous learning & development tools

Required skills to be successful

  • Experience in end to end implementations of SAP Treasury Solution and integrate the same with SAP Finance ERP
  • Indepth working knowledge in Green field implementation, Rollouts, Upgrades, Data Migration related to SAP Treasury Solutions mentioned above
  • Understand the business requirements and translate it into functional and technical specifications
  • Experience in designing and deploying Transaction Manager (incl. Money Market, Facilities and Loans, FX, Derivatives, Trade Finance Letters of Credit, Bank Guarantees), Risk Analyser (Credit Risk Analyser and Market Risk Analyser), Exposure Management and Hedge Management
  • Experience in designing and deploying Cash Pooling and Netting Solution and Central Payment Factory
  • Experience in designing and deploying solutions for various payments channels such as SWIFT and Host to Host Payments
  • Experience in designing and deploying reporting solution in Treasury function for limit utilisation reporting, facility utilisation reporting and exposure reporting
  • Strong business process knowledge in Treasury function where the functiona
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