Supervising Associate- Immigration and Government Relations Specialist Ernst & Young AE

Your key responsibilities:

• Support the renewal of Auditor Registration, Partners Auditors Certificate, and Trade Licenses as required, this requires knowlege of procedures and regulations and experience with the following entities:
• Financial Regulatory Authority
• Syndicate of Commercial Professions / Commercial Professionals Union
• Central Bank
• Register of Accountants and Auditors
• Ministry of Finance
• Investment Authority
• Association of Accountants and Auditors
• Tax Association
• Facilitate the registration of employees with the Accountants and Auditors Registry, Syndicate of Commercials, and Tax and Accountants Society as necessary.
• Manage documentation and submissions related to visas/work permit applications, visa stamping, and attestation of personal and educational certificates.
• Handle all immigration and government relations cases, providing regular status updates and proposing alternative solutions to resolve issues.
• Keep the team informed of any changes in government regulations or procedures.
• Assist with inbound/outbound visa queries related to business travel, submitting applications to consulates/embassies as needed.
• Ensure compliance with regulations in coordination with the business and cluster lead.
• Keep the Immigration team updated on challenges and changes in immigration and labor processes.
• Collaborate closely with the pre-joining and recruitment teams to ensure a smooth onboarding experience for new hires.
• Coordinate with the finance team to ensure accurate payroll calculations in accordance with social insurance regulations.
• Escalate high-risk situations to the Cluster Lead, providing necessary information for informed decision-making.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with relevant government authorities to deliver high-quality client service.

Skills and attributes for success:

• Confidentiality and Integrity, as this role requires dealing with employees personal documentation
• Upholding EY s values, brand and reputation as well as understand and follow workplace policies and procedures
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent knoweldge of labor law and related rules/regulations.
• Good understanding of payroll calculations and process.
• Enthusiastic and energetic; able to embrace new ways of working.
• Should be a Team player with an ability to build strong client relationships
• Good networking and sound relationships built with the Immigration and Ministry of Labor and National Organization for Social Insurance.
• Able to provide comprehensive and practical solutions to complicated cases
• Ability to work under pressure
• Handling all documents and transactions for immigration and Ministry of Labour

To qualify for the role you must have:

• Bachelor s degree in law, Business Administration, Human Resource Management or related field.
• 5-8 years of experience in government relations working closely with the government offices.
• Excellent knowledge of all immigration and labor processes to provide effective and alternate solutions to issues faced.
• Excellent in written and spoken Arabic as well as fluent English language skills (written and verbal)
• Advanced user of Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel with strong attention to detail