Senior Specialist, Corporate Planning I, II

• Decision Analysis & Support Analyzes: various business plans including budgeting and forecasting programs, such as manpower plans, labor cost, material expenditures, invoice payments and track the execution of those plans over the fiscal year.

• Risk & Business Resiliency: communicate risk policies and processes for the organization. he/she provides hands-on development of risk models involving market, credit, and operational risk, assure controls are operating effectively, and provide research and analytical support. RM Analyst must have excellent quantitative and analytical skills, along with the ability to apply those skills across a variety of business processes.

• Strategic Planning: Provide investment analysis for projects and operations by developing and maintaining risk-based economic models for the evaluation of •Investment/Divestment/Abandonment decisions; and •Mergers/ Acquisitions/ Farm-ins/Farm-outs
  
  
  

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Decision Analysis & Support
  • Leading business interactions with Shareholders, governmental entities and third parties including providing regular reporting as requested.
  • Leading coordinating activities of the ExCom meetings, including the development and delivery of materials required for each meeting, coordination of logistics, proceedings and action items follow up.
  • Leading coordinating and facilitating all aspects of the board meetings, including the development and delivery of materials required for each meeting, coordination of logistics, proceedings and action items follow up.
  • Support in managing budgeting, accountability, planning & activities execution of the Corporate Planning function.
  • Review internal and external weekly highlights.
  • Analyzing internal strengths and weaknesses and external opportunities and threats (SWOT).
  • Review of internal business intelligence such as quality, timeliness, service orientation and other characteristics of current and planned projects.
  • Provide assistance to management team in review and evaluation of important aspects of a decision, for proposing a recommended course of action.

• Risk & Business Resiliency
  • Designing and implementing an overall risk management process for the organization, which includes an analysis of the financial impact on the company when risks occur.
  • Performing a risk assessment: Analyzing current risks and identifying potential risks that are affecting the company.
  • Performing a risk evaluation: Evaluating the company’s previous handling of risks and comparing potential risks with criteria set out by the company such as costs and legal requirements.
  • Establishing the level of risk the company are willing to take.
  • Preparing risk reporting tailored to the relevant audience. (Informing ExCom about the most significant risks to the business; ensuring business heads understand the risks that might affect their departments; ensuring individuals understand their own accountability for individual risks)
  • Clarifying the external risk posed by corporate governance to stakeholders.
  • Act as liaison with all departments for creating treatment plans to limit risks.
  • Act as secretary as well as Management and facilitation of the company’s Risk and Compliance Committee (RCC) and associated resources.

• Strategic Planning
  • Reviewing and ensuring updating and maintaining economic input assumptions. e.g. in-country fiscal terms, utility cost, product prices, macroeconomic and inflation indicators etc.
  • Maintain business information and intelligence systems in support of Investment Analysis information needs.
  • Consistently deliver solutions which contributes to business and improved competitiveness.
  • Responsible for the development, integrity, and analysis of all economic evaluations across the business value chain.
  • Adhere to economic value added (EVA) principles to create project value.
  • Provide support for preparation of project economic models.
  • Leading the Integration of risks into economic evaluations. i.e. decision tree, sensitivity and scenario analysis.
  • Align own work and outputs to the strategic direction of operations.
  • Strive for simplicity whilst delivering clear and quality results.
  • Plan and meet project management objectives in technical, professional, and expert areas of work.
  • Make recommendations on strategic choices.
  • Interpret and integrate macroeconomic, industry, socio-political inputs for strategy preparation and internal discussions to drive business performance.
  • Manage and coordinate strategic planning sessions.
  • Provide Support and guidance in strategic planning and execution.
  • Establish technical and professional policies, practices, procedures, and standards.
  • Ensure tactical strategies are developed in support of overall IMI strategy.
  • Ensure strategy documentation and presentations meet IMI reporting guidelines.
  

QUALIFICATIONS

• B.S Degree, in Engineering, Economics MIS, Finance, Business Administration, or equivalent.

• Additional Professional qualification and/or certification (where occupational practice requires)

  
  

Experience

• 9-15 years of relevant experience

• Analytical skills and an eye for detail

• Commercial awareness

• Numerical skills

• Planning and organizational skills

• Ability to understand broader business issues.

• Communication and presentation skills

• Ship & Rigs Building industry expertise.

• Investment analysis best practices.

• Commercial & financial investment.

• Joint venture contractual agreements.

• Analytical, technical problem solving.

• Economic and financial modelling.

• Internet data mining.

• Taxation regimes.

• Competence in applicable software and systems.

• Knowledge and understanding of IMI strategic goals and policies.