Overview
Group Operations Manager Jobs in Doha at Ernest Talent
A hands-on Group Operations Manager to own the group’s operational, financial, and governance infrastructure across all entities. You will work directly with the Managing Director and senior leadership, manage a small finance and admin team, and keep the group running cleanly as it executes on several concurrent priorities — including investment realisations, a London-listed company, and an early-stage AI technology venture.
This is a hybrid working, largely autonomous role. You will be expected to self-manage, take ownership without prompting, and maintain a high professional standard without the structure of a traditional office environment. When required in the office, you will be attending our premises in Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP) and/or our offsite premises at Alfardan Towers, Westbay.
Key responsibilities
Banking and treasury
- Own bank account management and payment authorisation across all group entities and jurisdictions
- Maintain banking relationships and ensure smooth day-to-day treasury operations
- Monitor cash positions and flag issues to senior leadership proactively
Company secretarial and governance
- Company secretarial and statutory compliance across all entities: the UK, BVI, Cayman Islands, QFC, and DIFC
- Maintain statutory registers, minute books, and corporate records to audit-ready standard
- Coordinate with external legal counsel, registered agents, and regulatory bodies across jurisdictions
- Ensure all entities meet filing deadlines and regulatory obligations
Investment vehicle and shareholder matters (BVI/Asia)
- Support the Managing Director on investment realisation processes including documentation, counterparty correspondence, execution logistics
- Draft and manage shareholder communications
- Maintain investor records and support reporting obligations
Listed company and transaction support (UK)
- Operational and administrative support to directors of the group’s listed entity
- Review and coordinate documentation in connection with a planned reverse takeover process
- Liaise with advisers and ensure the operational side of the transaction is well managed
AI venture (Doha)
- Primary operational liaison with QFC and QSTP
- Budget preparation, monitoring, and variance reporting
- Patent administration and filing coordination
- Work as an operational peer to the venture’s senior leadership team, providing the operational backbone the business needs at this stage
- This is a growing venture so you should expect new responsibilities to emerge as the business develops, and embrace them
Finance and team (Doha/Dubai)
- Manage and develop the finance, admin, and operations team
- Own budgeting, cash monitoring, and financial reporting across entities
- Review management accounts across entities, ensuring timely and accurate monthly and quarterly reporting to support senior leadership decision-making
- Own the annual audit process across all entities — coordinate with external auditors, manage information requests, resolve queries, and ensure audits are completed on schedule; act as the primary operational point of contact for auditors across the group
What you’ll bring
- 6–10 years in an operations, finance, or multi-entity management role
- Comfortable handling company secretarial obligations across BVI, Cayman, UK, QFC, and DIFC
- Experienced in multi-entity bank account management across jurisdictions
- Experienced dealing with banks, auditors, lawyers, and registered agents as the senior operational contact
- Genuinely interested in AI and new technology where you follow developments, you’re curious, and you’re willing to get hands-on with tools that make you more effective
- Comfortable operating in an evolving environment where the scope of your role will grow over time
- Highly self-directed: you work well remotely, manage your own priorities, and don’t need close supervision to deliver
- Discreet, professional, and able to represent the group credibly with external counterparties
- Confident and credible when working with senior members of the firm — able to communicate clearly, manage upward, and hold your own in substantive discussions without needing things escalated or translated.
Work Location: In person
Title: Group Operations Manager
Company: Ernest Talent
Location: Doha
