Job Description

About the Company

Petroleum Development Oman is the leading exploration and production company in the Sultanateof Oman. The Company delivers the majority of the country's crude oil production and natural gassupply.

Purpose of the Job

System and Methods Lead is accountable to continuously review the existing systems, methods & practices and lead the process improvement initiatives as a key enabler in achieving world class and fit for the future function in continuously evolving environment.

The role requires taking full responsibility for the complete solution lifecycle from developing strategy, identifying and prioritizing opportunities, evaluating business processes, translating business needs into system and process requirements, developing and implementing solutions, project and change management while actively coaching, training and sharing knowledge/best practices/new ways of working across directorate.

The role also requires monitoring/creating feedback loops for new processes and skills, while ensuring compliance with the recommendations from audit and other reviews. This role also supports other adhoc strategic and transformation initiatives as suggested by FEM.

Education & Experience

• University degree in Finance /Accounting, preferably with a professional certifications or MBA
• Minimum 10 years of progressively responsible experience with 5 years of experience in managing business improvement initiatives
• Solid experience on improvement and transformation projects including corporate governance improvement projects and practices (oil and gas experience preferable)
• Demonstrated track record of delivering successful coaching and knowledge sharing
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills, ability to handle diverse situations and manage multiple projects
• Ability to work with people from various work streams cutting across functional boundaries and solicit partnership
• Strategic mindset with a focus on operationalization of strategic goals
• Strong verbal, written, presentation & communication skills
• Deep understanding of Lean/ Project Management Principles and their application in Finance.
  
  

Main Responsibilities

• Develop, share and implement overall Continuous Improvement strategy for contracts within the remit set by FD and in full alignment with Fit for the Future Vision/Strategy.
• To play a key role to make a difference and to structure, drive and translate the directorate vision into actions, business plans and improvements.
• Drive the process of evaluating finance function to generate and identify opportunities for improvements including system and culture improvements
• Active participation in the design of solution for the identified pain area. Integration of potential solutions with different streams like lean, IT and PMO.
• Be the catalyst for change management and effectively manage the translation of business requirements into systems and process requirements.
• Actively participate in the Annual Business Plan preparation including monitor and drive performance metric improvement, goal setting and tracking.
• Actively participate in the functional review with the stakeholders and ensure effective challenging of the levels of performance metrics with an objective to generate discussion on performance enhancement and redefining the benchmarks.
• Support and Execute strategic transformation projects as agreed as mandated by FEM
• Drive strategic initiatives and related project management, track and monitor implementation roadmap
• Drive Agile Operationalization across finance directorate including 1-2-1 coaching of new members on agile guidelines and ways of working, Engage external experts to impart knowledge and Support projects that use agile ways of working
• Coaching, Capability Build for FEM Staff on key system and method areas like CMS, PDO governance, change and communication, F3. Ensure handholding and taking a lead in building the capability and knowledge transfer related to system and method practices to new team members
• Contribute to knowledge sharing and drive awareness on best practices to finance community
• Act as a specialized consultant to provide leading information (including best practices) to stimulate new ideas in niche areas and future skills.
• Support other adhoc initiatives as suggested by FEM
  
  

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