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Job title
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Sr. Specialist Business Planning & Performance
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Position Level
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Level 6
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Function
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Finance
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Department
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Finance Planning & Analyses and BF
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Location
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Oman
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Budget control
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*OPEX or CAPEX or Revenue amount as relevant*
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Reporting to
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Team Lead Business Planning & Performance
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Direct reports
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NA
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Job purpose
Executing the assigned business planning and performance tasks under the authority of the Team Lead for Business Planning & Performance. This role involves executing the annual business planning updates and reviews, offering strategic direction, and anticipating risks considering economic and business trends. Ensure contributing to establishing and developing the function, while providing financial and strategic direction to support the company's growth and vision.
The position will act according to the company’s mission, vision, values, policies, and guidelines, supported by an IT technology platform, HSE standards, the Oman government, and other legal justifications and best international practices aligned with national objectives.
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Mandate QHSSE Obligations
- Ensure compliance with the HSE Management System.
- Monitor and report safety performance and compliance.
- Guide, advise, communicate, and enforce safe behavioural practices (Life Saving Rules, Process Safety Rules) to perform tasks safely.
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Mandate Culture Obligations
Holding this role and contributing as a valuable member of our community, it is your responsibility to maintain OQGN's cultural principles, fostering growth and facilitating valuable contributions that will contribute to our organization's long-term success.
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Main tasks and responsibilities
- Execute business planning and reporting across all business lines and corporate functions for both annual planning cycles and ongoing re-forecasts and updates
- Execute report to Business Planning & Performance Team lead, interacting and responding to questions from executive and Board
- Work closely with the finance control team and other cross-functional teams to produce a suite of reports and documents, including annual business plan, forecast, budget commentary, key business lines, and corporate KPIs
- Drive annual cycle of business planning/budgeting, as well as other periodic cycles of re-forecasting and reporting
- Develop a best-in-class planning, budgeting, and forecasting set of processes, documents, and performance indicators and embed in day-to-day activities
- Identify and form a team to address specific performance problem areas in the business as special projects as needed from time to time
- Report to Strategy and Business Performance, including discussing and agreeing on key areas of performance requiring attention
- Perform prescriptive analyses to rebalance/improve corporate performance across business lines towards set financial objectives
- Conduct periodic evaluation of prospect portfolio performance, production site performance, monthly pricing/margin, and performance analysis. Identify and report shortfalls/business opportunities
- Work effectively with managers in areas of responsibility to ensure that department objectives, performance metrics, quality measures, and budget targets are achieved
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Key interactions
- Internal: Gas Network
- External: Staffing specialized Contractors, Vendors, Suppliers, investors, and public entities representatives.
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Working Conditions
Primarily office-based, occasional travel, and sporadic visits to the operation site.
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Education requirements
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
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Language
Preferable English and Arabic.
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Experience and background
- From 8 to 10 years of experience in finance data analytics, business planning, management reporting, scenario analysis and modelling in the oil and gas sectors.
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Competencies and skills
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Principles:
- Strategic Alignment: Ensure that every action and decision will support the organization's long-term goals and objectives.
- Transparency in Responsibility: Ability to create clear reporting systems to enhance operational efficiency and overall effectiveness.
- Continuous Improvement: Foster a culture of innovation and learning to adapt and grow in a changing environment.
- Sustainability: Ability to meet the current business needs by compromising skills with the future generations' needs, balancing environmental, social, and economic concerns within the organization’s communities.
- Diversity and Inclusion: Foster diversity within the workforce and promote an inclusive culture by engaging with a broad array of perspectives and talents.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Actively involve and communicate with stakeholders to build trust and maintain strong relationships.
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Soft Skills:
- Excellent interpersonal and public speaking skills.
- Aptitude in decision-making and problem-solving.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and multicultural sensitivity.
- Ability to organize effectively, delegate responsibility, solve problems quickly and communicate clearly.
- Capable of working in a professional team environment and liaising with external parties and stakeholders.
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Technical Skills:
- Computer literate with expertise in MS Office.
- Technical engineering terminology in English & and Arabic languages.
- Business planning and development.
- HSE, finance, budget, and reporting.
- Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) and Business Finance
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