Abdulrahman Dawas, Immigration Manager (Regional)

Abdulrahman Dawas

Immigration Manager (Regional)

Wipro

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Bachelor's degree, ITC
Experience
9 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :9 years, 5 Months

Immigration Manager (Regional) at Wipro
  • Saudi Arabia
  • September 2022 to January 2023

 Full representation of Government Relations function for Human Resources For Employees
 Key Account manager of Wipro with Government bodies (MOHR, GOSI, Muddad, Qwia, MOI, MOFA, CoC)
 Managing Onboarding and offboarding Employees in Wipro for Non-Saudi employees
 Optimizing and improving internal systems in synchronization with process flow
 Vendor Management (Improved streamlining of process from 70% to 92% in span of 4 months, cost reduction saved 15% of monthly billables, cost reduction of monthly management fees 11%).
 Record Keeping and Auditing of Payables to Government Portals (Iqama, Visa, Work Permits, Insurance, Outsourcing).
 Negotiation and point of contact with Outsourcing third party Companies & Agencies (Onboarded 4 agencies).
 Documents Legalization and Work Visa operations - created a system that is being used globally.
 Managing deployment & mobilization of employees to projects in KSA (+36 projects)
 Monitoring and optimizing localization - (Changed over 29 professions in compliance with new regulations)
 Managing records of +1700 employees across all outsourcing agencies.
 Re-shaped process streamlines and reduced SLAs for mobilization from Asia (from 6 Months to 4 Months)
 Re-Shaped and created SLAs Across all functions of immigration
 Automated most of the day-to-day tasks (MOFA Applications, SER/MER, Travel Requests, Exit Process, Syndicate Registration forms, Identification certificates, Visa Contracts, Block Visa & E-Wakala)
 Re-shaped & Optimized process of project access passes across region (+36 Projects)

Government Relations officer at Saudi Tadawul Group
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • May 2021 to September 2022

 Full representation of Government Relations function for Human Resources For Employees
 Key Account manager of Tadawul with Government bodies (MOHR, GOSI, Muddad, Qwia, MOI, MOFA, CoC)
 Responsible for Onboarding and offboarding Employees in government portals (Muqeem, MOFA, MOHR, GOSI, Qwia)
 Record Keeping and Auditing of Payables to Government Portals (Iqama, Visa, Work Permits, Insurance, GOSI, Outsourcing).
 Assisting International Candidates on the Visa Process and the creating of LOI’s to insure
 smooth and fast Visa Issuance.
 GOSI Process, onboarding, offboarding, Maintaining accurate data, Invoice’s processing/Auditing.
 Negotiation and point of contact with Outsourcing third party Companies & Agencies.
 Documents Legalization and Work Visa operations
 Amending Policies for HR, Government Relations.
 Support Payroll officer (Amending Payroll in Muddad, Oracle system CR’s to align with internal process for Payroll payments, Oracle system CR for self-Identification letters, Track and generate identification letters, Track and change bank obligation for employees, Bank agreements for employees’ loans and benefits)

Senior Government Relations Specialist at Modern Food Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • January 2021 to March 2021

 Responsible for Employees Registrations in government portals (Muqeem, MOFA, MOHR, GOSI, Qwia)
 Record Keeping and Auditing of Payables to Government Portals (Iqama, Visa, Work Permits, Insurance, GOSI, Outsourcing).
 Assisting International Candidates on the Visa Process and the creating of LOI’s to insure
 smooth and fast Visa Issuance.
 Responsible for Integration of Ajeer Third Party Recourses (Qwia).
 Negotiation and point of contact with Outsourcing third party Companies.
 Auditing and monitoring Active and Inactive Employees and updating accordingly.
 Assisting Recruitment Team in Crosschecking Across platforms to help identifying the status of shortlisted candidates.
 Official Communications, Chamber attested Communications.
 GOSI Process, onboarding, offboarding, Maintaining accurate data, Invoice’s processing/Auditing.
 Building Policies for HR, Admins-Government Relations.

Administration & Government Relations Manager at OYO Rooms – Hotel Chain Middle East
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • July 2019 to March 2020

Duties:

 Establishing new company registrations, acquiring the required licenses, matching Company registration to ISIC4.
 complying with GOV Regulations: MOHR, MOI, MOMA, MOCI, SCTH, SAGIA.
 Building Policies for HR, Admins-GRO, Finance Policies.
 Onboarding Thorough MOI, MOL “Sponsorship transfers’’
 GOSI Process, onboarding, offboarding, Maintaining accurate data, Invoices processing/Auditing.
 Auditing payroll.
 Facility management (New offices, Contracts, Vendor agreements, following with and auditing monthly expenses)
 Responsible for negotiating and acquiring resources for the organization
 Liaising with GOV: SAGIA, MOL, MOI, PIF.
 Licensing Process: Municipality, SCTH.
 Trademark Registration.
 Official Communications, Chamber attested Communications
 Corporate Partnerships.


Achievements:

 Managed to create a new activity in ISIC4 listing for Commercial Registration to align with Regulations (SAGIA, MOMA, SCTH, MOCI).
 Organized Human Recourses department and established an archiving system for active/inactive employees.
 Organized Data entry of enrolled employees (MOHR, GOSI) and was able to save 12% of the total monthly paid Subscriptions for 241 employees.
 Licensing with my team 188 hotels in the span of 7 months. (MOMA, Municipality, MOCI)
 Micro-Managing team and meeting performance of 90% Q3.
 Registration of Company’s accounts (MOMA, MOCI, SCTH, MOJ, MOHR, GOSI).

Government Relation Manager at Fetchr – Zajil logistics and Supply chain
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • June 2018 to July 2019

 Assisting Employees with government process in (Ministry of Interior, ministry of labor, courts)
 Hiring and interviewing Candidates, Screening for open Vacancies
 Investigations and disciplinary Matrix
 Assisting employees with incidents reports to the Company & The Authorities
 Liaise with ministry of transportations keeping track of the regulations
 Liaise with real estate owners (keep track of buildings / warehouses permits)
 Creating a Data Base and Establishing key Data Safe keeping for the organization.

Government Relations Manager at Shima for Maintenance and Operation
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • January 2016 to June 2018

 Liaising with Governmental entities.
 Point of contact for all issues regarding employee governmental processes.
 Responsible for negotiating and acquiring resources for the organization.
 Expedite processes related to payments from Government Entities.
 Responsible for processing Iqama related issues.
 Supervise daily activities of the workers to ensure tasks are completed within deadline.
 Liaising with Banks on behalf of the organization to ensure issues are fixed and take
 preventive action.
 Input relevant date of Saudi employees into the GOSI website.
 Responsible for finding suitable housing accommodation for workers.
 Processing the medical and car insurance for workers.
 Responsible for the general administration to ensure a smooth service delivery

Marketing Representative at Tawuniya Insurance
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • November 2015 to January 2016

 Process Insurance policies
 Key contact for client issues
 Processing accident and breakdown coverage
 Compose letters and schedules
 Customer representative for English speakers
 Dealt with enquires and customer issues
 Transferring claim cheques to different cities
 Responsible for dealing with company communications/escalations

Government Relations Officer at Shima for Maintenance and Operation
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • January 2012 to December 2014

 Processing physical paperwork related to Governmental entities.
 All Iqama and passport related issues.
 Liaise with the Ministry of Labor for system updating.
 Liaise with the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Transportation and Ministry of Farming for bidding related Contracts.
 Coordinate with Banks to ensure issues are fixed.
 Expedite processes related to payments from Government Entities.
 Process Iqama related issues with the Ministry of Labor
 Responsible for general administration.

Electronic Maintenance Officer at Shima for Maintenance and Operation
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • January 2012 to February 2013

 Check all electronic equipment and appliances
 Processing the repair and ordering of new equipment
 Ensure the timely delivery of equipment
 Organize safety checks for the equipment, appliances, and area of use
 Research and negotiate electronic equipment suppliers

Education

Bachelor's degree, ITC
  • at Arab Open University
  • November 2026
High school or equivalent, General Science
  • at Al Bayan
  • November 2011

General Science

Specialties & Skills

Government Affairs
Onboarding
Mobility Solutions
Employee Services
Immigration
Onboarding Process
Payroll Process (WPS, Muddad)
Team Leading
Internal HR Systems Optimization
Data keeping and auditing
CR Amendments
Documents Legalization
Iqama & Visa process
Company registrations
Computer literate
Legal Coordination & Compliance
Professional Communications (GOV Sectors)
Problem Solving
Manpower Auditing (Localization)
Reducing Errors in HR Operations
Accounts Creation and safe keeping (GOV Portals)
Licensing
Regulations and Operations of (GOV Sectors)
Invoices processing (PR’s, PO’s)

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Native Speaker

Training and Certifications

Risk Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Doroob
SAP Professional (Training)
Training Institute:
SAP Coursera Undergoing
Google Project Management Professional (Training)
Training Institute:
Google Coursera Undergoing
Financial Markets (Training)
Training Institute:
Yale University Undergoing
Lean six sigma Black Belt (Training)
Training Institute:
Extech
Lean six sigma Green Belt (Training)
Training Institute:
Extech
Information Security (Kali Linux) (Training)
Training Institute:
Uvision
Corporate Communications (Training)
Training Institute:
Amity University
Total Quality Management (TQM) (Training)
Training Institute:
Extech
Excel Advanced Operations (Training)
Training Institute:
Amity University
CME-1 (Training)
Training Institute:
Money Experts Institute

Hobbies

  • Video Gaming