KSA Immigration Lead- Riyadh

KSA Immigration Lead- Riyadh

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The opportunity

The KSA Immigration Lead is a strategic leadership role responsible for managing and optimizing the EY immigration processes within the KSA cluster. This position requires a strong focus on team management, operational efficiency, and the development, maintenance and evolution of robust relationships with government entities and stakeholders. The ideal candidate will demonstrate effective leadership skills, ensuring that the immigration processes align with EY's strategic objectives and comply with local regulations.

Your key responsibilities:

Build and maintain strong relationships with government authorities and immigration agencies.

Remain aware of changes in immigration laws and regulations to ensure compliance and provide appropriate guidance to stakeholders.

Oversee the immigration processes to ensure timely and accurate submissions of applications and documentation.

Identify areas for process improvement and implement best practices to enhance operational efficiency.

Monitor and analyze immigration metrics to assess performance and drive continuous improvement.

Lead and mentor a team of immigration professionals, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.

Skills and attributes for success

Arabic speaking and strong English languages skills

Strong leadership, teaming and management skills

Build and maintain strong relationships internally and externally

Ability to constantly prioritise and re-prioritise in a very fast paced environment

Strength of character to enable compliance and protect the firm’s interests and minimise risk

Planning and proactively managing the workload across the cluster; urgent work to be prioritised, deadlines are met and work is technically accurate, clear, concise and error free

Collaborate with other Talent Leaders to enable delivery across the employee lifecycle

To qualify for the role you must have

At least 5-7 years of previous experience in a similar Immigration / Government relations leadership role

Strong technical knowledge of the Immigrations landscape in KSA

Proven track record of managing complex immigration cases and providing strategic advice.

KSA Labour law understanding and awareness

Strong communication skills – written and verbal

Confidentiality and Integrity, as this role requires dealing with employees’ personal documentation and upholding EY’s values, brand and reputation

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Law, Business Administration, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.

Ideally, you’ll also have

Be agile

Experience of leading teams

Experience of working with offshore teams

Ability to work under pressure

Sensitivity and confidentiality with dealing with personal or legal matters

What we offer you

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