Cost Accounting Manager Jobs - Jeddah Saudi

The Associate Director, Infrastructure & Dev Ops Engineering is responsible for leading the execution, implementation, operational stability, resilience, automation, and cost optimization of Digital infrastructure and Dev Ops foundations across all Qiddiya Digital assets. This role acts as the Digital execution owner for infrastructure services, cloud environments, Dev Ops enablement, automation, observability foundations, infrastructure reliability, operational readiness, and infrastructure cost management. The role ensures that Digital infrastructure and platform services are implemented, maintained, and operated in alignment with Qiddiya enterprise cloud guidelines, cybersecurity requirements, architecture standards, compliance policies, and governance frameworks. This role does not own Qiddiya's enterprise cloud strategy, enterprise cloud governance, company-wide cloud standards, application development, or application maintenance. These responsibilities remain with the relevant central Cloud, Enterprise Architecture, Cybersecurity, and application delivery teams. Instead, this role is accountable for translating enterprise cloud and infrastructure guidelines into practical execution across Digital environments, vendors, infrastructure services, Dev Ops tooling, deployment foundations, production readiness, and platform operations. This is a senior technical leadership role requiring strong infrastructure depth, Dev Ops execution experience, vendor governance, operational ownership, and the ability to drive Restricted This document has been classified as Restricted by Samy Baili reliable, secure, scalable, automated, and cost-efficient Digital infrastructure across multiple System Integrators and delivery teams.<br><br>Key Responsibilities<br><br>Infrastructure & Platform Execution Lead the implementation and operationalization of Digital infrastructure and platform services across all Digital assets and environments Translate enterprise cloud guidelines, architecture principles, cybersecurity requirements, and governance expectations into executable Digital infrastructure plans Ensure Digital workloads are implemented in line with approved QIC technology standards, security policies, compliance requirements, and operational controls Drive consistency across Digital environments, including development, SIT, UAT, staging, pre-production, production, and hotfix environments Ensure infrastructure foundations are production-ready, secure, resilient, scalable, observable, and aligned with Digital delivery needs Work closely with the central Cloud team to ensure alignment with enterprise direction while owning Digital-level execution Ensure infrastructure decisions are documented, reviewed, controlled, and implemented through the appropriate governance channels. Dev Ops Engineering & Automation Lead the execution of Dev Ops engineering practices across Digital infrastructure and platform services Drive automation of infrastructure provisioning, environment setup, configuration management, deployment support, and operational tasks Support the adoption and governance of Infrastructure as Code, automated provisioning, controlled deployments, and auditable environment changes Partner with Dev Sec Ops teams to ensure infrastructure services are integrated into CI/CD pipelines, release governance, security gates, and deployment workflows Ensure Digital environments support faster, safer, and more predictable delivery without compromising compliance, security, or operational stability. Identify and remove infrastructure, environment, and deployment bottlenecks impacting Digital delivery teams. Drive standardization of Dev Ops practices across vendors, System Integrators, and Digital technology teams. Infrastructure Reliability & Resilience Own the reliability, resilience, stability, and operational health of Digital infrastructure and platform services Ensure high availability, disaster recovery, backup, failover, recovery, and capacity practices are implemented and tested across Digital assets. Drive the implementation of resilience requirements for mission-critical Digital journeys from an infrastructure and platform perspective Reduce infrastructure-related incidents, environment instability, deployment blockers, and operational risks Establish operational readiness criteria before go-live, including monitoring, alerting, escalation paths, runbooks, support models, backup readiness, and recovery procedures. Ensure Digital infrastructure can support business growth without compromising reliability, performance, availability, security, or cost control. Partner with application teams and vendors to support production readiness while keeping application ownership with the relevant delivery teams. Infrastructure Operations & Run Management Lead the operational management of Digital infrastructure services across all Digital products, environments, and vendors Define and enforce operational practices for environment availability, infrastructure maintenance, incident support, release support, and service continuity. Ensure clear ownership and accountability across System Integrators, vendors, internal teams, and support functions for infrastructure operations. Drive proactive issue identification, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement for infrastructure and platform-related issues. Ensure operational documentation, runbooks, support models, escalation paths, handover materials, and recovery procedures are complete and maintained. Act as the Digital execution owner for infrastructure operations, ensuring vendors operate under a consistent, controlled, and measurable model. Partner with ICC and operations teams to ensure infrastructure-related production issues are visible, actionable, and resolved with the right ownership Cloud Execution Alignment Ensure Digital infrastructure execution is aligned with Qiddiya enterprise cloud strategy, cloud standards, architecture guardrails, and governance requirements. Work with the central Cloud team to translate enterprise cloud direction into practical execution across Digital environments and assets. Implement approved cloud patterns, landing zone requirements, network designs, security controls, access models, and operational standards within Digital. Provide feedback to the central Cloud team on execution challenges, operational risks, cost impacts, and improvement opportunities observed across Digital. Ensure Digital cloud workloads are implemented in a secure, compliant, scalable, and cost-efficient way Avoid duplication of enterprise cloud governance by keeping the role focused on Digital execution, operationalization, and run management. Fin Ops & Cost Management Own Digital infrastructure cost visibility, optimization, and accountability. Establish and drive Fin Ops practices across Digital infrastructure services, environments, vendors, and products. Monitor infrastructure spend and ensure costs are aligned with business value, usage, capacity, and growth expectations. Drive cost optimization initiatives across compute, storage, networking, environments, observability tooling, Dev Ops tooling, and vendor-managed services. <br><br>Requirements<br><br>Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field10+ years of experience with cloud engineering (Azure preferred) Understanding of IaC, monitoring and cloud security fundamentals Ability to collaborate with Dev Sec Ops and cyber stakeholders

Description<br><br>Qiddiya Investment Company is a Saudi holding and development company leading major investments in entertainment, sports, and culture, including the development of Qiddiya City and related destination offerings. This is an opportunity to join a business shaping large-scale destination experiences while supporting the financial discipline, governance, and commercial oversight needed to deliver complex operations effectively.<br><br>As Senior Director - Finance and Control, you will lead a broad function at the heart of City Operations, acting as a key interface between the City Operations Business Unit and Central Finance. Operating in a highly dynamic operational environment the role will oversee financial management, governance, risk, procurement and contracts, The role deals with a wide variety of stakeholders and has significant interaction with the City Operations business leads, translating their operational needs into clear, effective financial and commercial processes to support performance, accountability, and control.<br><br>Responsibilities<br><br>Lead the centralized Finance and Control function across City Operations, covering finance, governance, risk, controls, procurement, and contract management Ensuring clear priorities and effective ways of working are established for the team, overseeing a diverse range of skills sets and tasks Support the Head of City Operations and business leads in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and cost control for City Operations Oversee teams leading invoicing, intercompany charging, service charge management, and ensure adequate controls are in place to support operational performance Working with City Operations business heads, lead financial, KPI and cost efficiency initiatives - ensuring contracts are resourcing are fit for purpose and maximiseoperational effectiveness and financial performance Implement, run and ensure adherence to governance, risk, and compliance frameworks, including forums, policies, committees' managements and standards Working with the City Operations businesses, lead procurement and contract activities, ensuring sourcing, approvals, vendor performance, and contract lifecycle activities align with company requirements Coordinate with central functions including Finance, Procurement, Legal, Risk, and Compliance to address City Operations requirements Coordinate and respond to internal and external audits Support the development of City Operations processes, procedures, delegation of authority requirements, and financial controls<br><br>Requirements<br><br>Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Operations or project management, or urban management12-15 years of relevant experience, including senior-level experience in business partnering finance roles, including experience in governance, risk, controls, procurement, contract management, or commercial operations Excellent commercial acumen and experience in working with stakeholders to create operational and cost efficiencies Strong understanding of financial planning, budgeting, reporting, cost control, invoicing, service charge, and cost recovery mechanisms Strong knowledge of procurement, contract lifecycle management, vendor performance, and commercial controls Experience establishing or operating governance, risk, compliance, controls, and business continuity frameworks Experience coordinating with central corporate functions and translating operational requirements into financial and commercial processes Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills Eligibility to work in Saudi Arabia Background in a fast-moving operational environment, preferably in in the real estate sector is a plus