Senior Analyst – Strategic Planning & Performance Management

Role Summary

Strategic Planning Support

• Support the preparation and review of annual strategic plans, business plans, departmental objectives, and performance roadmaps.
• Assist in translating corporate strategy into measurable initiatives, targets, milestones, and departmental action plans.
• Work with internal stakeholders to gather inputs for planning cycles, strategy updates, performance reviews, and management reporting.
• Support the alignment of business unit objectives with overall organizational priorities.

Performance Management & Monitoring

• Monitor key performance indicators, strategic initiatives, operational milestones, and departmental performance against approved targets.
• Prepare periodic performance dashboards, scorecards, progress reports, variance analyses, and executive summaries.
• Identify performance gaps, delays, risks, and improvement areas, and coordinate with concerned teams for corrective actions.
• Track progress of business plans, initiatives, projects, and operational commitments to ensure timely delivery.

Reporting & Management Presentations

• Prepare clear, accurate, and timely reports for senior management, leadership meetings, committees, and internal reviews.
• Develop presentations, briefing notes, performance packs, and analytical reports to support decision-making.
• Convert complex data into meaningful insights, trends, and recommendations.
• Maintain structured records of performance updates, planning assumptions, action items, and management decisions.

Business Analysis & Data Insights

• Analyze operational, financial, and project-related data to support planning and performance evaluation.
• Conduct variance analysis against targets, budgets, schedules, and strategic objectives.
• Support benchmarking, trend analysis, forecasting, and scenario planning where required.
• Provide analytical support for business improvement initiatives and strategic decision-making.

Stakeholder Coordination

• Coordinate with departments such as operations, engineering, finance, projects, commercial, strategy, and corporate performance teams.
• Follow up with business units for data submissions, progress updates, action plans, and performance justifications.
• Ensure consistency, accuracy, and completeness of information received from multiple stakeholders.
• Build strong working relationships across functions to support smooth planning and reporting cycles.

Project Planning & Controls Support

• Use planning and project controls experience to monitor timelines, milestones, deliverables, and dependencies.
• Support project performance tracking, schedule analysis, progress monitoring, and EPC-related reporting where relevant.
• Assist in identifying delays, bottlenecks, resource constraints, and project execution risks.
• Apply practical planning knowledge from engineering and oil and gas environments to strengthen performance reviews.

Process Improvement

• Support improvements in planning, reporting, KPI tracking, performance monitoring, and governance processes.
• Recommend better reporting templates, dashboards, tracking tools, and performance review mechanisms.
• Contribute to standardization of planning and performance management practices across teams.
• Promote data accuracy, timely reporting, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Finance, Project Management, or a related field.
• Mechanical Engineering background would be an advantage.
• Professional certifications or training in Corporate Strategy, Performance Management, Project Management, Finance for Non-Financial Professionals, or Business Writing would be beneficial.

Required Experience

• Minimum 5–10 years of relevant experience in strategic planning, performance management, project planning, project controls, business analysis, or corporate reporting.
• Strong preference for candidates with experience in oil and gas, EPC, energy, engineering, construction, or large industrial organizations.
• Experience in planning and performance monitoring within ADNOC-type or large corporate environments would be highly relevant.
• Hands-on experience with project planning tools such as Primavera P6.
• Strong exposure to EPC project environments, performance tracking, schedule monitoring, and management reporting.

Required Skills

• Strong strategic planning and performance management skills.
• Excellent analytical and reporting ability.