Senior Business Analyst

Job description / Role

Created from the integration of three companies - Oman Refineries and Petrochemicals Company LLC (ORPC), Aromatics Oman LLC (AOL) and Oman Polypropylene (OPP) - Orpic is one of Oman`s largest companies and is one of the most rapidly growing businesses in the Middle East`s oil industry.

We are looking for a Senior Business Analyst to be responsible for the following:

- Facilitation with functions and personal work that will result in delivery of the strategy and annual business plan cycle by all leaders using best practices.
- Work effectively with assigned functions by using approved standardized tools and methodologies for assisting business in continuous improvement, decision making and course correction such as MIS
- Conduct complex and multifaceted study and analysis of business trends, performance of assets, identify initiatives etc in order to enhance the performance of the assigned functions
- Benchmarking of department / function performance against industry standards and synthesize findings.
- To have the capability to design, develop financial / economic models to find solutions to business issues / challenges or for project financing
- Facilitate development of KPIs for assigned functions and their departments and ensure alignment of Functional and department KPIs
- Work with Function Heads to support preparations of business planning by personal work and facilitation.
- Manage specific projects assigned in order to ensure that goals, objectives and targets are met that would support the overall achievement of departmental objectives. This would included tasks / assignments provided on adhoc basis as per the requirements of Orpic.
- Contribute in the decision making of the unit through participation in meetings and planning in order to capitalize experiences and business intelligence gathered.
- Cross functional integrated management of performance for assigned functions through measurement of KPIs, identifying gaps, facilitate / recommend mitigation measures
- Critically evaluating information gathered from multiple sources, reconciling conflicts, de-composing high-level information into details, abstracting up from low-level information to a general understanding. Distinguishing user requests from underlying true needs
- Develop new database structures and work with Business Analyst to ensure such database is regularly updated for management reporting
- Assess financial performance versus the budget so that the business is aware of anticipated costs/revenues, areas of unsatisfactory performance are identified and potential areas of cost reduction or performance improvement opportunities are capitalised upon.

Requirements

- University degree in Engineering/ Finance/ Economics/ Business or equivalent (Required).
- Professional certifications such as CMA/ CIMA or equivalent accreditation or MBA
- Minimum experience required is 8 years (with Professional certification) and 10 years ( without professional certification)
- Exposure to Oil and Gas industry shall be preferred.

Skills:
- Leadership skills, ability to influence peers and senior managers, interpersonal skills with strong customer service orientation

About the Company

Orpic is one of Oman’s largest and most rapidly growing businesses in the Middle East oil industry. Orpic’s refineries in Suhar and Muscat, as well as the aromatics and polypropylene production plants in Suhar, provide fuel, chemicals, plastics and other petroleum products, to Oman and the world.

Owned by the Government of the Sultanate of Oman and Oman Oil Company SAOC, Orpic’s impressive integration of refinery and plant operations coupled with its ambitious growth plans, has cemented its position as one of the industry’s most forward-thinking companies. The company currently recruits around 2,600 employees who work towards the common goal of an integrated Omani refining and petrochemicals business expected to increase to 3,000 by 2020.

Orpic is committed to operating safely and reliably, while paying due care to the environment and the communities within which it operates. The company strongly believes in serving Oman with pride.