Associate Manager - Transformation

About Emirates Global Aluminium

Emirates Global Aluminium is the world’s biggest ‘premium aluminium’ producer and the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside the oil and gas industry.  EGA is an integrated aluminium producer, with operations on four continents from bauxite mining to the production of cast primary aluminium and recycling. EGA employs over 7,000 of these people including more than 1,200 UAE Nationals. EGA operates aluminium smelters in Jebel Ali and Al Taweelah in the United Arab Emirates, an alumina refinery in Al Taweelah, a bauxite mine and associated export facilities in the Republic of Guinea, a speciality foundry in high strength recycled aluminium in Germany, and a recycling plant in the United States.

JOB TITLE

Associate Manager - Transformation (Finance)

JOB PURPOSE

To support the overall transformation activities for EGA for achievement of overall business strategy through ensuring progress in development and implementation of ideas and initiatives are as per plan, support areas in back-filling pipelines with new ideas in order to ensure overall transformation targets are met by EGA.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITY

• Train stakeholders on usage of Wave tool to ensure reporting accuracy and timely communication of deviations from target and requirement for back-filling ideas pipeline.
• Conduct regular meetings with stakeholders and on need basis to align matters and ensure pace of the program and to ensure increased involvement of people from all departments.
• Provide adequate and timely feedback to TO office on challenges with regards any perceived miscommunication, discouragement, and drop in program pace
• Support facilitation of cross-functional improvement workshops to develop and execute actionable plans
• Support collaboration with business units and FP&A analysts to ensure alignment regarding efficiency improvements across operations, procurement, fixed costs, working capital, capital expenditure, and overall financial performance.
• Periodic reporting of key performance indicators (KPIs) that measure the success of the overall strategic transformation program, and track the financial and operational impact of transformation initiatives, ensuring accountability and sustained improvement at level of Initiative owners, Finance representative, and Transformation Director
• Support implementation of digital solutions to enhance and streamline processes, leveraging digital tools and Industry 4.0 opportunities which lead to the transformation program success.

AUTHORITY / DECISION MAKING

Guidelines:

Thinking within clearly defined policies, standards and specific objectives

Decision Making:

Direction of work is subject to practices and procedures, output is managed responding to Director and Managers in Transformation office

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in finance, Commerce, Economics, Accounting, or equivalent.

Minimum Experience:

• Minimum of 3-5 years of industry experience, with demonstrated success in supporting significant improvement and transformation initiatives.
• Experience in PMO activities
• Excellent interpersonal, facilitation, and communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a capability to challenge constructively.
• Experience working collaboratively across diverse functional teams and influencing stakeholders effectively.
• Ability to manage schedules and tasks simultaneously
• Maintaining focus on encouraging people and their involvement.

Skills:

• Project management skills. Understand S-curves and portfolio management challenges
• Excellent capability to produce presentations using think-cell