Director, Corporate Finance

Background

As Director Corporate Finance, the holder manages a team of professionals whose role will be to ensure that Ooredoo Group have the funding availability to meet strategic, operating, M&A and ad hoc requirements.

To oversee and manage a significant part of Group Treasury function by managing the risks associated with strategic liquidity, funding (as well as related matters), counterparties, currency and interest rate matters at both (a) Ooredoo corporate level and (b) supporting Ooredoo Group companies in all treasury activities.

In addition, full responsibility of Group Liquidity and Foreign Exchange Risk Management and Middle and Back Office Functions of the Ooredoo Group Treasury.

**In managing the above, the holder**:

- Leads the Foreign Exchange, Interest Rate and Liquidity Management at Corporate/Qatar level as well advises OPCOs in all FX/IR and Liquidity related matters.
- Leads the Group Treasury Middle and Back Office function and ensures timely settlement, confirmation and reporting of Group Treasury transactions.
- Ensures that Ooredoo is positioned to have access to bank loans and debt capital markets as and when required
- Leads and/or provide guidance in the negotiation of favourable terms for all debt facilities
- Ensures availability of liquidity throughout the group at an optimal costs
- Oversees the review of counterparty risks throughout the group
- Oversee Credit Ratings related matters (with Investor Relations)

Role Profile
- Leads and manages a team of professionals, motivates, appraises and coaches the team to ensure that there is the highest possible level of performance at all times.
- Create and ensure implementation of strategies and processes for managing the liquidity and foreign exchange risks of Ooredoo and its subsidiaries. This is done via structuring of appropriate loan and liquidity facilities and via placement of fixed deposits and managing the foreign exchange exposure at Corporate/Qatar level..
- Project Manager / Co-Lead with other OG departments in major transformational transactions (M&A etc.).
- Oversees the review of cash flow planning to ensure Ooredoo Corporate/Qatar as well as Ooredoo’s subsidiaries have cash available as and when it requires.
- Monthly analysing & monitoring via treasury reporting from OPCOs, including high level reconciliation and compliance with annual treasury strategies (including covenant compliance).
- Prepare and execute the Financial and Funding Strategy for Ooredoo and its subsidiaries (including long term and working capital management) as well Strategies for Ooredoo liquidity placements, foreign exchange and interest rate risk management and ensure that all department activities in relation to funding are managed effectively. This would include defining amounts of funds required by each group companies, identify sources funding which could be from any lending institution, and ensure that relationships are built with those institutions and negotiations are undertaken with them to give Ooredoo the best possible rates for funding.
- Leads & manages the AOP process from Treasury. Presents the Group Financing Strategy, funding plans and Ooredoo specific matters to the Ooredoo board for approval.
- Leads and advice on any financing and treasury related matters pertaining to any OPCO boards.
- Leads all settlement, KYC, Anti-Money laundering matters, confirmation and reporting requirement at Corporate/Group level.
- Act as the most senior expert on treasury, foreign exchange, liquidity and interest rate risk management and financing related matters within the Group (and providing advice to the Group and OPCOs on treasury, financial risk, liquidity management and financing related matter as required by them).
- Define and oversee the achievement of team KPIs, in order to ensure the achievement of Department KPI’s.
- Define OPCO CFO Treasury related KPIs
- Board / committee responsibilities of SPVs as appropriate.
- Deputise for Executive Director and Group CFO in his absence as designated from time-to-time
- Liaising with external parties such as credit rating agencies
- Meetings with investors (with Investor Relations)
- Working with legal advisers
- Maintaining strong working relationship with key relationship banks, etc.
- Board and committee related workflow & responsibilities when appointed to SPV boards & committees

**Financing & Liquidity,**
- Ensure that the Group have sufficient liquidity at all times in order to meet its payment obligations by ensuring sufficient cash balances and committed bank liquidity lines.
- Ensure that the Group have access to both loan and debt capital markets as and when required.
- Oversee, plan and manage the execution of all Debt Capital Market / Loan Market transactions for both Ooredoo and its subsidiaries (as appropriate), including the preparation of all relevant Ooredoo Board approvals. Activities herein would include transaction initiation, bank selection & appointments, docum