Legal Administrator/Legal Secretary
Black Pearl
Abu Dhabi, UAE
The Role
Great opportunity to join a well-established company in Abu Dhabi. As a Legal Administrator you will support a number of Senior Managers with their day to day administrative needs. • Maintaining office systems, including data management, preparing formal letters to banks, other companies, doing all secretarial work, diary management and keeping records, take minutes of meeting, maintaining daily schedule. • Responsible for answering the phone calls, documentation and archiving, • Perform daily administrative tasks such as copying, scanning, document filing. • Managing travel requests and booking through online and Hotel Reservation, arranges travel for staff including scheduling transportation and making hotel reservations. • Requesting and keeping of supplies and stationery, printing. • Receives and records visitors and telephone calls. • Schedules and arranges meetings and conferences. • Draft & Prepare and processing legal documents and forms like Power of attorney, cancelations, wavers and declarations. • Reviews legal documents to ensure they are in proper format and contain all necessary portions or related documents for court acceptance; files legal documents with proper courts. • Liaising between the head of legal and the other departments in the company. • Prepares and assembles materials, documents, and exhibits for meetings, court appearances, and hearings. • Take or transcribe legal dictation, minutes of meetings and taped records of conferences, settlement discussions, or interviews. • Handling Faxes and Emails and providing the client updates about the status of their applications. • Meeting and greeting visitors at all levels of seniority.
Requirements
To be considered, you have to meet the following requirements: • Bachelor or University degree holder • With minimum 5 years of extensive experience in providing high level of secretarial / administration support to senior management • Have strong fluency in English and Arabic languages; knowledge in another language is a plus Strong background and familiar in using complex functionality in Microsoft application • Willing to be based and to work in Abu Dhabi
About the Company
Black Pearl is a progressive, dynamic and well structured HR solution provider that offers permanent recruitment services, HR consultancy, psychometric assessments, coaching and also professional training services for clients from different corporate sectors in the Middle East.
Like a rare and unique black pearl, we consider our partnership with our clients and job seekers as a fine, precious and valuable encounter that needs to be affirmed, developed and supported with a strong commitment to deliver not only the right services but the best in the industry.
Our aim is to meet and exceed the expectations of our clients, strategically offering Black Pearl services that are customized to the unique requirements of our clients and job seekers alike, resulting in effectively achieving goals and all that is required in this ever evolving and competitive market
Credit Controller (Contract)
Thomson Reuters
Dubai, UAE
The Role
Role Purpose • Collection activities include investigating delinquent accounts, analyzes account performance, makes recommendations to release orders on past due accounts and investigates bankruptcy claims. • May coordinate efforts and/or refer accounts to third party action when internal collections are not effective. Maintains records and files and generates related reports. Responsibilities: • Cash collection on a defined book of business • Work closely with Clients, some of which are Fortune 500 Companies; Thomson Reuters internal staff to resolve client disputes and follow through to satisfactory resolution which results in payment of invoices. • Manage the decision process on disconnecting customers when payments cannot be negotiated. • Manage complicated cash application issues. • Monitor & analyze collection trends & identify debt issues at an early stage for resolution. • Aid Regional Credit Managers in compilation of monthly credit control reporting. • Recommend any changes in country credit control tiering & mapping to improve efficiency • Ensure actions from monthly business unit debt provisioning meetings are followed-up • Ensure accounting for bad debts & provisioning comply with accounting standards • Build effective relations with CA & Business Unit management. Liaise with Finance to ensure thorough financial analyses of the viability of commercial propositions. • Help regional implementation of Credit Control Global template & country adherence to it thereafter • Suggest & implements improvements to current practice.
Requirements
• University Degree in any related field, Business or Economics or Accounting is a plus. • Excellent knowledge of MS Office applications. • Customer and personal service. • Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems. • Knowledge of human behavior. • Active listening. • Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. • Persuasion and negotiation. • Information ordering. • Resolving conflicts. • Interpreting the meaning of information for others. • Provide consultation and advice to others. • Stress tolerance. • Dependability and integrity. • Attention to detail. • Persistence.
About the Company
At Thomson Reuters, we believe what we do matters. We are passionate about our work, inspired by the impact it has on our business and our customers. As a team, we believe in winning as one - collaborating to reach shared goals, and developing through challenging and meaningful experiences. With over 60,000 employees in more than 100 countries, we work flexibly across boundaries and realize innovations that help shape industries around the world. Making this happen is a dynamic, evolving process, and we count on each employee to be a catalyst in driving our performance - and their own.
As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under country or local law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
Head of Marina Operations
United Development Company (UDC)
Qatar
The Role
The Head of Operations Marina will be accountable to run an efficient operation, through the use of an Approved Marina Operator, in respect to the 3 Marinas located in The Pearl-Qatar under Management and delivery of services consisting of Berthing, Charter, Organised Water Sport, Water Taxi / Gondola Services, Security, Health and Safety, General Marina Services, Cleaning, Pest Control, Waste Management, Engineering and Facility Services. The implementation of Best Practice and Operation standards is key to this role as well as a comprehensive understanding of; government regulations, operational methods, and the need to increase profitability and keep the cost of marina under control. To maintain high standard in customer serviced areas, ensure proper discipline amongst Berth Holders / Marina Users, Service Providers, Contractors and Tenant Staff at all times.
Requirements
Educational Qualifications - Tertiary Qualification, Bachelor Degree / Equivalent Diploma or an Education / Experience combination in the areas of Marina Operations / Management, Marine Architecture, Engineering or Project Management or other relevant discipline; - Qualification / Certification in Marina / Facilities Management Environment; - Member of a Certified Marina / Marina Operations or Management body. Experience - Minimum of 10 years' experience in Marina Construction / Operations / Management or relevant role; - Experience in GCC preferable. Technical Competencies - Financially and analytically astute; - Excellent report writing skills; - Well established, broad based knowledge of Marina Environments / Industry; - Strong working knowledge of Facilities Management and systems in a Marina / Marina Management environment; - Knowledge of principles, practices and techniques, planning, administration, policy formulation; applicable local laws and regulation governing the administration and operations of a marine environment; - Knowledge of negotiation and administration of contracts; - Good working knowledge and experience developing budgets and using cost control techniques; - Working knowledge of computer hardware, software and internet applications.
About the Company
United Development Company (UDC) was established in July 1999 as one of the leading private sector shareholding companies in the State of Qatar and the Middle East, and has been listed on the Doha Securities Market since June 2003.
UDCs mission is to identify and invest in long-term projects contributing to Qatars growth and providing good shareholder value. The company has an authorized share capital of QR 1.072.5 billion (US $294 million), a market capitalization of US$ 902MM and total assets of US$ 1,131 MM.
From day one, the companys mandate and mission has been to become a cornerstone of the development of Qatar, creating lasting value and maximizing returns for partners and shareholders.