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| Position wanted: |
Chief Operating Officer/General Manager |
| Job category: |
Finance |
| Preferred Location: |
Oman |
| Preferred City-State/County: |
Muscat |
| Objective and Resume Summary: |
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PROFILE:
An ambitious professional with over 10 years experience in leading multinational organisations in the UK, France and Oman. Big 4 trained in tax with an emphasis more recently on business planning and organisation, project management, and marketing/BD. Has a good all-round commercial and business awareness as a result of experience in large multi-national organisations. A self-motivated team player with strong communication, presentation, organisational and people skills. Flexible, adaptable, hardworking and has experience of carving out new roles. Has been working in Oman for 18 months and looking for long-term career opportunities in the country in a financial-related and organisation/management role that offers breadth, room for creativity and development.
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| Skills: |
Business planning/strategy, marketing/BD, project management, COO. |
| Known languages (and levels): |
English-Very GoodFrench-A little
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| Type of Employment wanted: |
Full Time
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| Minimum Yearly Salary in Numbers: |
75000 USD
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| Current Location: |
Oman, Muscat |
| Education History, Qualifications & other additional information: |
| Level of Education: |
Doctorate
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Qualifications
Chartered Institute of Taxation ¡V CTA, first-time pass, May 2000
PhD in Acoustics ¡V Loughborough University, December 1997
BSc (Hons) 1st Class, Psychology ¡V Loughborough University, July 1994
A Levels ¡V Communications [B], Psychology [B], Sociology [D], Mathematics [N], 1989/90
6 O Levels ¡V English [A], Maths [B], French [C], Physics [C], Psychology [C], Music [D], 1986
Other Training And Skills
Various courses including: project management; business organisation; influence in business; presentation skills.
I have also had personal coaching and performance training sessions.
Excellent knowledge of: Excel, Word, Powerpoint and able to pick up new software skills easily.
LANGUAGES
Basic French.
Willing to learn Arabic if this would be an asset to the role.
PERSONAL
Driving Licence: UK licence since 1987 (no penalties); Omani licence held.
INTERESTS
Flying (light aircraft ¡V private pilot¡¦s licence held)
Travel
Fitness (gym/running), skiing
Investments and the financial markets.
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| Work History & Experience: |
| Years of Work Experience: |
10 to 15 Years |
Experience And Skills:
April 2008 to present Senior Manager, KPMG Oman
ƒÞ Leading team member of the tax team, serving local, national and multinational clients.
ƒÞ Role includes: client service (tax advisory and compliance), project and team management/organisation, being a spokesperson for the team and firm, proposals, networking, negotiations with clients and financial authorities and managing multiple priorities.
ƒÞ Requirement for tax and financial and knowledge, strong commercial awareness, project management and organisational skills, presentation and communication skills (both written and oral), strong IT skills.
ƒÞ Appreciation of different cultures and how they function in the business environment with a view to optimising business deals and relationships.
ƒÞ Serving as the ¡¥people management leader¡¦ for the firm/team, which includes responsibility for staff motivation and retention, career development and organising internal events and functions relating to the role.
ƒÞ Corporate social responsibility (CSR) coordinator for the firm. Selected as part of the judging panel for the 2009 National Training Institute of Oman ¡§BizPro¡¨ awards, to select Oman¡¦s young business achievers of the year.
January 2003 to March 2008 Senior Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers (London and Paris)
ƒÞ Leading team member of the Global Outsourcing Services ¡¥Negotiation and Transition¡¦ team. Responsible for helping to bring new work into the firm (globally or regionally) and for transitioning these new clients to PwC (globally or regionally). Acted as a global spokesperson for the team.
ƒÞ Requirement for high level knowledge of global tax and regulatory regimes.
ƒÞ Key role in panel bid presentations and tenders. Fee negotiation, contract negotiation, assistance with contract drafting, proposal preparation and writing.
ƒÞ Included a 9 month secondment to the Paris office to help set up and train a ¡¥Eurofirms¡¦ Negotiation and Transition¡¦ team. The team were to be responsible for global proposals and work headquartered in Europe. Involved implementing an appropriate team structure, recruitment of the team, devising appropriate training and integrating the team into the global network.
ƒÞ Key competencies:
„X High level overview of global business issues, tax regimes and regulatory issues;
„X Planning and strategy for the business function;
„X Global spokesperson and representative for team/firm;
„X Presentation and writing skills;
„X Management and establishment of team;
„X Marketing and targeting.
April 2002 ¡V December 2002 Group Tax Manager, Ashtead Group plc, UK
ƒÞ Oversight of UK tax filings for the group.
ƒÞ Correspondence and negotiations with relevant authorities;
ƒÞ Assistance with providing tax advice on overseas and UK planning activities and assisting with recruitment and training of existing staff.
ƒÞ Reporting directly to CEO.
April 2001 ¡V March 2002 Consultant, PricewaterhouseCoopers (Banking & Capital Markets), London
ƒÞ Preparation of tax filings of investment, retail and smaller banks.
ƒÞ Providing advice to clients.
ƒÞ Preparation of a monthly bulletin of tax and financial journal article highlights and current financial news for the banking and capital markets team.
July 1998 ¡V March 2001 Assistant, KPMG, London
ƒÞ Researched various tax planning issues for multinational and multi-industry clients (including retail, telecoms, banking and manufacturing).
ƒÞ Constructed an intranet database containing current and tax and financial issues and articles for internal bulletins and publications.
ƒÞ Preparation and assistance with internal training sessions ¡V both technical and for specific software/IT packages.
October 1995 ¡V June 1996
(part-time during PhD) Teaching/Administration of undergraduate courses, Loughborough University.
ƒÞ Designed and implemented work projects, lecturing, organising and administering the course as well as marking and monitoring success rates.
August 1990 ¡V June 1991
(gap year work) Community Action Broadcaster, BBC Radio Nottingham
ƒÞ Interviewing and liaising with organisations and the public.
ƒÞ Audio editing and broadcasting skills were acquired, covering a variety of ¡¥public interest¡¦ subjects.
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