The Role
Manage financial and legal matters for global transition services agreements, including contract drafting and negotiation, legal risk mitigation, regulatory compliance, external counsel, vendor relationships, program evaluation, and provider finance and legal strategy. The role advises program leadership, coordinates with corporate functions, and protects Thales in dealings with clients and providers.
Summary Generated by Built In
Location: Dubai, United Arab EmiratesIn fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.For over 50 years, Thales has been a trusted partner of the United Arab Emirates, providing innovative and cutting-edge solutions in Defence, Aeropsace and Cyber & Digital, aligned with the nation’s long-term vision. With a strong local presence and more than 500 employees across three offices, Thales is deeply embedded within the UAE’s ecosystem. Thales Emarat Technologies plays a pivotal role as a key industrial enabler, fostering national sovereignty, self-reliance, and innovation. Through localization, strategic collaboration, and exporting ‘Made in the Emirates’ technologies to global markets, we contribute significantly to the UAE’s ambitious growth and development while helping build a future we call all trust.At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working. Great journeys start here, apply now!
JOB OBJECTIVE
The Service manager define et communicate all the financial topics (cost & revenue for TSA and On demand) and responsible to protect Thales in front of client and providers
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
The focus of the portfolio would be to:
- Advising on a wide spectrum of duties related legal & finance matters (including reviewing, negotiating commercial contracts, and related financial duties) for transition services agreements at Global Level.
- Working closely with the Program director to identify areas of legal risk and mitigate those risks effectively on all projects and/or matters undertaken.
- Manage, liaise and instruct external counsels on consulting, IS/IT and strategic matters.
- Working closely with the Group Corporate functions.
- Ensure compliance with changes in laws and regulations.
- Perform other day-to-day business and finance and legal affairs-related tasks.
- Control an evaluate the program
- Raise risks on program based on program evaluation and scenarios
- Manage vendor relationships
- Define provider finance and legal strategy for the program
WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
Significant experience in drafting, negotiating and/or advising on two or more of the following practice areas: Transactional Operations, Corporate M&A & Corporate Finance.
QUALIFICATION, CERTIFICATION & EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
- A Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in a relevant field.
- Professional qualifications in Legal & Finance
PREFERRED SKILLS
- Strong communication and analytical skills with the ability to assess and articulate complex and nuanced legal and finance issues clearly and concisely.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
- Ability to work on own initiative, taking a proactive and resourceful approach.
- Ability to take responsibility and manage tasks through to completion.
- React quickly and flexibly to changing circumstances.
- Creative problem-solver who can resolve complex issues in creative, efficient, and practical ways.
- Able to handle high volumes of work with constantly changing priorities and perform under pressure.
- Able to provide legal advice in a succinct, pragmatic and commercially aware manner.
- Able to effectively plan and integrate work with others.
- Significant experience in drafting, negotiating and/or advising on two or more of the following practice areas: Transactional Operations, Corporate M&A and Corporate Finance.
- Solid experience in commercial matters in legal practice or in an in-house legal role.
- Sound judgment and ability to work with tight timelines.
- Excellent analytical, drafting and negotiating skills.
- High degree of professional ethics and integrity.
- A solid team player and able to work independently.
- Candidates must have an excellent command of English.
- In depth knowledge of corporate financial law and risk management practices
- An analytical mind, comfortable with numbers
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant field
- Professional qualifications in legal and finance
- Significant experience drafting, negotiating, or advising in transactional operations, corporate M&A, and/or corporate finance
- Solid experience in commercial matters in legal practice or an in-house legal role
- In-depth knowledge of corporate financial law and risk management practices
- Excellent command of English
- Strong analytical, drafting, negotiating, communication, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to manage changing priorities, tight timelines, and high volumes of work
Thales Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Thales and has not been reviewed or approved by Thales.
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Retirement Support — Retirement plans with employer contributions and matches, profit sharing, and share purchase opportunities are emphasized across multiple regions. These elements are positioned as competitive components of total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO that increases with tenure, paid holidays, and paid military, maternity, and paternity leave are described. This breadth supports work–life balance across locations.
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Flexible Benefits — Hybrid work options, flexible schedules, and parental supports such as childcare benefits and leave for sick children are available in several markets. Flexibility is presented as a core part of the employee experience.
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What We Do
Thales is a global high technology leader investing in digital and “deep tech” innovations – connectivity, big data, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and quantum technology – to build a future we can all trust, which is vital to the development of our societies. The company provides solutions, services and products that help its customers – businesses, organisations and states – in the defence, aeronautics, space, transportation and digital identity and security markets to fulfil their critical missions, by placing humans at the heart of the decision-making process.
