Human Resources Director
Matrix Arabia - Jeddah
Total des années d'expérience :30 years, 9 Mois
July 2023 - Present
• Lead comprehensive HR operations
across multiple industries. Recognized for implementing tailored HR programs, adept at talent acquisition, employee recruitment, training, and development, ensuring legal compliance and talent strategy alignment.
• Streamline international visa processing, verifying document accuracy and eligibility, while conducting
relations, and compliance management. Committed to efficient recruitment for local and international staff.
• Manage compensation, benefits, performance
fostering positive work cultures that exceed guest expectations while aligning with business objectives.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to align HR initiatives with organizational goals, maintain strict compliance with labor laws, and address governance matters for business success and evaluations, and disciplinary procedures meticulously, in accordance with labor laws and regulations.
• Oversee all aspects of Human Resources, including talent sourcing, job postings, and candidate assessments using various platforms and evaluation methods.
• Manage Government-related tasks to ensure compliance with Saudiazation targets and diversity initiatives, addressing any issues affecting company operations or employees.
• Prioritize regulatory compliance by developing and implementing policies and procedures in accordance with local labor and municipality laws, with expertise in HR policies, operations, employee relations, recruitment, training, payroll, and employment law.
• Manage the Human Resources Department, ensuring compliance with government regulations and Saudiazation targets while maintaining diversity initiatives. Utilize ACCORs global recruitment platform, INES portal, to recruit top talent and resolve various HR-related issues.
• Facilitate smooth operations by overseeing HR functions, including employee relations, recruitment, training, payroll, and compliance with labor and employment laws.
• Preopening of upcoming five star hotel - The house hotel. A brand of Ireland/ Irish Kerten Hospitality.
• Drive preopening initiatives for The House Hotel, ensuring Saudization compliance and efficient recruitment. Coordinate recruitment events, adhering to Saudi labor laws, with expertise in preopening strategies and talent management.
• Collaborate with line managers to develop HR planning strategies, aligning staff recruitment with immediate and long-term business needs.
• Ensure compliance with employment laws and Saudization requirements while managing day to-day HR activities, including policy development, security procedures, communication enhancement, cost-cutting strategies, and legal document maintenance.
• Preopening of three properties for two Ascott Service Residences and Citadines ApartHotel within a tight timeline of two years, as part of CapitaLand business strategy.
• Established the complete infrastructure for the Human Resources Department, overseeing recruitment, learning development, grievance handling, compensation and benefits, and performance evaluation processes. Additionally, collaborated with Cluster Dubai and Owner Management to manage day-to-day HR operations and ensure compliance with Ascott policies and standards. Supported Head of Departments and Senior Managers in developing action plans based on employee feedback and assisted in the Annual Performance Appraisal exercise.
• Continuous assessment of recruitment structure, with focus on Saudization. Ensure recruitment policies comply with labor laws.
• Manage HR governance, addressing compliance, risk, audits, EHS. Support ERM for strategic objectives and risk management. Organize career fairs; enrol fresh talent in Siemens Graduate Programs.
• Monitor and maintain HR expenses. Extract and provide reports from SAP HR for Saudization, SESIS, CHCM.
Jun 08 - Apr 09 with Siemens Ltd., Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Audit Professional Team Leader in the Internal Controls Assessment
- Ownership of Signature Mandate for monitoring Policies, Transactions and Authorizations update and synchronization with the NEXUS Tool.
- Ownership of Sharepoint Library for maintaining and monitoring overall ICA content.
- Independent Assessment Assignment Team Lead for conducting assignments for detailed and self assessments and special investigations assigned by the CEO and CFO.
- Uploading the ICA Assessment plan in the Assurance Traffic Control Tool to work in coordination with the CF A audits assigned by the Siemens AG.
- Internal Audit Quality Review as per the ICA Assessment Processes.
Apr 07 - May 08 with Siemens Ltd., Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Risk & Internal Controls Officer
Support ERM implementation (Enterprise Risk Management) in
-Achieving business objectives by addressing strategic, operational, financial and compliance-related risks as well as opportunities.
- Ensure significant opportunities and risks to be dealt with in an efficient and effective manner to create and preserve stakeholder value.
- Framing risk policies, managing risks and implementing effective mechanisms to mitigate them.
Oct 06 - Mar 07 with Siemens Ltd., Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Deputy Sarbanes Oxley Controls Officer (SOA)
- Initiating, coordinating, and ensuring the implementation of SOA requirements within the respective entity.
- Setting up the project, testing the concepts and monitoring the testing process for deficiencies.
- Reporting deficiency for all ineffective controls in AAM (ARIS Audit Manager), the reporting tool in SOA.
- Providing administrative support, training for the testers and 1st level support for both content related and technical issues within the entity.
- Assisting in corporate accounting during the month end closing for Accounts Receivables and Banking matters.
- Compiling and analyzing Customer Ageing reports and reporting of long outstanding amounts.
- Preparing monthly Valuation allowances for all the customers at Profit Center level.
- SAP Postings of daily bank statements and preparation of Bank Reconciliation Statements.
- Clearing of Down Payment Requests (DPRs) in coordination with the business units.
Feb 03- Dec 04 with Al-Mustaqbal Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Data Entry Operator
- Information Technology Department - Support in Implementation of new software program Oasis - Patient Administration System.
- Patient Admission department - Keeping updated computerized records for In-Patients and Out-Patients.
- Laboratory - Monitoring Lab in/out activities on the network and maintaining Lab inventory.
- Accounts Department - Settling and distributing Cash and Insurance Company invoices.
- Cash Management - Recording daily in-patients for wards under my responsibility.
- Inventory - Ordering and maintaining the Medicines and different materials and ensuring up to date inventory for wards under my responsibility.
- Letter of Reference for excellent communication skills, commitment and outstanding services.
- One-on-One interaction with Special Needs children with Down syndrome and other mental challenges like Autism and Schizophrenia.
- Teaching the basic needs like brushing teeth, tying shoe laces, buttoning and un-buttoning, holding the pencil, coloring, learning to cut soft fruits etc depending on their capacity.
- Helping kids with disabilities on wheelchairs and guiding and helping the blind, deaf and mute children around.
Diploma in Child Care and Development from International Schools, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA in 2000.
Diploma in Accounting from ICS Canada in 2010.
Diploma in Journalism from International Schools, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA in 1995.