Specialist Strategic Planning and Governance

Completing the development of IT policies and procedures in corporate (Legal Finance Services) investment and portfolio management areas:

1. Setting performance targets and measures
2. Measuring performance progress and assessing related risks
3. Reporting on performance through consolidated health check dashboards
4. Managing and leading internal improvement initiatives (Example: asset tagging, knowledge management, etc.)
5. Helping in representing functional users in the ERP implementation
6. Helping in the rollout of newly developed policies, procedures, processes, and related change management

Functional role in more detail:

Business Performance

Develop actionable goals that make it possible to turn the mission into tangible results. Support in developing cascading and implementing organizational performance management systems to monitor performance through dashboards and key performance indicators (KPIs), rectify deviations in a timely manner, and achieve long and short-term objectives.

Establish processes to monitor and report organization-wide results and ensure consistency, standardization, and quality in the process. Develop an approach to measure and evaluate performance to ensure organizational effectiveness. Introduce and implement quality standards, benchmarking, and process improvement measures within the organization to enable high performance and continuous improvement of project management and services.

Analyze the success of projects and activities. Introduce process best practices and efficiencies. Support management in the application and implementation of new processes, policies, procedures, and related change management. Support in developing and maintaining a knowledge management infrastructure and leads in the management of organizational knowledge as a strategic asset to further the organization’s goals.

Strategy

Help in articulating the company’s mission in a clear and concise way that can speak to external entities and employees at all levels. Help in formulating and facilitating, along with the executive team, the organization's strategic plans in support of its mission, vision, core values, and long-term goals from a strategic perspective. Help in planning and ensuring the implementation of a framework for the organization-wide strategic planning process.

Help ensure strategic alignment of business operations and programs. Deliver strategic projects in areas such as performance improvement, productivity improvement, cost optimization, market expansion, restructuring, post-merger integration, etc. Lead and manage company-wide corporate initiatives in areas such as quality, innovation, corporate brand, change management, communication, stakeholder management, sustainability, synergies, best practices, excellence, etc.

Risk Management

Ensure enterprise risks are identified and measures for mitigation are in place. Ensure compliance with all relevant laws, policies, and regulations. Ensure establishment and implementation of required governance. Ensure that risk management reporting needs are met.

Requirements:

• Business Performance and strategy department experience in an investment or financial institute.
• At least 10 years of experience.
• Project management experience would be a plus.
• Ideally should be based in Abu Dhabi.
• Budget: 35k - 40k.