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Website Al Tayer Group

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About the job

To assist in managing Al Tayer Retail JV investment Portfolio initiatives in support of its strategic goals and ongoing commitments of the business. This role will be the secondary point of contact with multiple stakeholders including Commercial heads, Legal team, Brand principals and Joint Venture (JV) partners to achieve targets for JV projects. The analyst will act as JV PMO managing cross-functional work streams, timelines and deliverables.

Strategic Roles and Responsibilities

·   Serves as a point of contact with the partners, venture management Brand principals and other key stakeholders

·   Assist in supporting JV performance and risk management, ensuring that the company’s integrated interests are documented, raised, understood, protected and promoted.

·   Assist with advising JV company members.

·   Shares responsibility of the “hub” of JV activities and shares accountability for JV activities and deliverables\

·   Project manage activities needed for a JV conversion

Functional Roles and Responsibilities

New Projects

·   Acts as PMO and manages interface between Joint Venture Partners, Brand Principals and various internal stakeholders and disciplines such as commercial operations, legal, finance, risk and audit to ensure that the company’s best interest are served and the JV agreements can be executed successfully.

·   To deliver and manage the full project lifecycle from planning, requirements gathering, design to implementation and go-live

·   Ensuring that are projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget with adequate resourcing and vendor management in place

·   Ensures effective Stakeholder management for each project to ensure all relevant stakeholders are adequately engaged to support the achievement of the expected project outcomes.

·   Manages program and project-level risks, actions issues and decisions (RAID), implementing effective mitigation action plans and escalating any high priority concerns to the Head of Finance and Senior Leadership in a timely fashion.

Financial Analysis

·   Assist with performing commercial analysis and financial modelling of the potential JV’s including sensitivity analysis around the key variables such as financials, performance of the assets, contracted rates and geopolitical risks, etc. in collaboration with ATR Finance and input from business stakeholders.

·   Assist with due diligence review on potential JV partners, summarizes key findings and suggests way forward including risks mitigations strategies.

·   Supports and coordinates the establishment of all necessary legal documentation supporting the JV formation and implementation (i.e. Shareholders agreement, Management fees, etc.) from a financial perspective

 

 

Existing Portfolio 

·   Monitors and administers the execution of the JV agreement throughout the full JV lifecycle, resolving any potential issues.

·   Reviews financial performance reports and trends from the joint ventures, highlights any emerging concerns and recommends potential resolutions.

·   Supports the JV Senior Manager in ensuring that the that the ATR interests and rights, as the JV partner, are protected throughout the JV lifecycle.

·   Leads knowledge sharing sessions across to share end of stage project lessons learned and work with the internal stakeholders to identify appropriate responses as required.

Job Requirements

Education/Certification and Continued Education

·   Bachelor’s degree education with relevant professional qualification, such as CFA, CIMA etc.

·      PMO experience required / project management qualification preferred

·      MBA preferred

Years of Experience

Minimum 5 to 7 years’ experience, preferably in consulting and/or PMO

Retail sector experience a plus

M&A and asset / investment management experience a plus

Knowledge and Skills

·Demonstrable financial and commercial knowledge of JVs and investment projects

·   Financial analysis and modelling knowledge and capability

·   Communication, presentation and facilitation skills with the ability to lead and facilitate group meetings with senior stakeholders and external vendors

·   Demonstrated track record of relationship building with more senior stakeholders

·   Proficiency with project management and financial modeling tools

·   Excellent communicator and comfortable managing multiple tasks

Languages

Proficiency in English

Additional Requirements

·Exceptional attention to detail

·   High integrity with strong work ethic

·   Strong organizational skills with ability to manage multiple parallel projects

 

 

 

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