Group Performance Data & Systems Manager - Contracting & Construction

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain reporting architecture, including audiences, content, frequency, and source systems.
• Govern a group KPI dictionary with agreed definitions, calculations, owners, sources, and reporting frequency.
• Implement and govern a single source of truth for strategic, operational, financial, commercial, and project performance.
• Establish data ownership and resolve data gaps, conflicts, and quality issues with functional owners.
• Deliver monthly consolidated performance reporting and inputs for Group ExCom, BU ExCom, and project reviews.
• Direct dashboard development and govern requests, prioritization, standards, and change control.
• Drive SAP adoption, monitor usage by business unit, and close gaps where work occurs outside the system.
• Set data quality standards and monitor master and transactional data.
• Manage reporting calendars, cut-offs, and consolidation timelines with Finance and business units.
• Retire duplicated and spreadsheet-based reporting as system-based reporting becomes available.
• Maintain the systems integration map and contribute to integrating SAP with project controls and other platforms.
• Coordinate training and a super-user network; prepare data foundations for automation, analytics, and leading-indicator models.

Knowledge and skills

• Advanced understanding of reporting architecture, KPI design, data modelling, and dashboard development for executive and operational audiences.
• Strong working knowledge of SAP or a comparable ERP, including finance, project systems, procurement, and master data.
• Understanding of project controls, commercial, finance, procurement, and HSE data in construction delivery.
• Ability to establish data ownership, standards, and quality controls and resolve issues across functions and systems.
• Ability to influence functional leaders, IT, and business units and deliver change through cross-functional teams.

Experience and qualifications

• 12+ years of relevant performance reporting, BI, ERP implementation, or project controls experience in contracting, EPC, infrastructure, or construction organizations.
• At least 5 years in a management role, with accountability for reporting, systems, or data deliverables across functions or business units.
• Proven experience driving ERP adoption, usage, and data discipline in project-based operational environments.
• Proven delivery of consolidated reporting and dashboards that replaced manual or fragmented reporting.
• Proven executive reporting experience, including accurate, timely information for executive and board forums under tight deadlines.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, or Finance; a master’s degree or related field is also listed.
• SAP, business intelligence, or data management professional certification is preferred.