Retail Portfolio Investment Manager

ADNOC; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the UAE is seeking a Portfolio Management Specialist to support various projects through analysis and performance monitoring. This role demands a Bachelor's degree and strong analytical skills, along with the ability to manage reporting cycles and enhance operational processes. The successful candidate will coordinate project planning, monitor performance against KPIs, and ensure adherence to budget and compliance standards.

Qualifications

• 4 years of relevant experience.
• Strong analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Monitor portfolio performance and make recommendations.
• Create dashboards for resource planning and forecasting.
• Manage reporting cycle and establish insights.
• Train and develop assigned staff.

Skills

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Economics, Business or equivalent

Job description

Support Portfolio Management across a variety of projects, by performing numerous analyses across the different project steps, in order to provide Management with the necessary data to make informed decisions about ongoing projects initiatives .

Key Accountabilities :

• Monitor portfolio performance according to KPIs / targets and proactively make recommendations on corrective actions and improvements opportunities regarding network optimization projects.
• Set-up new portfolio metrics and develop dashboard / analytics that provide reliable and actionable insights about portfolio health / status.
• Conduct portfolio wide analysis and advise on delivery risk, including dependencies, cost and resource capacity. Undertake periodic review of the portfolio progress (outputs) against strategic priorities.
• Contribute to the review of project business cases challenging and scrutinizing the value proposition, project cost, schedule and expected benefits. Ensure that business case is development according to standard templates, financial metrics and rules.
• Plan and coordinate the post-program / project realization assessments across the overall portfolio. Track the benefits realization against targets and consolidate the benefits data for reporting purpose

Resource Planning

Contribute to project planning, including tasks, resources and timelines, in order to have a realistic project plan aligned with pre-set KPI's :

• Create dashboards for resource planning and forecasting
• Follow up with project teams and hold all stakeholders accountable for deliverables and deadlines
• Partner with Finance to support financial planning and forecasting. Support annual planning process and ongoing monitoring to ensure accurate financial forecasting and analysis to enable investment decisions.

Reporting & Documentation

• Manage the reporting cycle, chasing information as required and challenging the quality of data.
• Establish reports and insights, in line with corporate strategy and guidelines, to capture most important findings ready for communication towards management
• Prepare relevant materials for meetings and presentations, in line with the agreed-upon content to ensure that the information shared is relevant, correct and timely available.
• File relevant project documents so that all information is safely stored and readily accessible to all relevant stakeholders.

Generic Accountabilities

Supervision

• Plan, supervise and coordinate all activities in the assigned area to meet functional objectives.
• Train and develop the assigned staff on relevant skills to enable them to become proficient on the job and deliver the respective section objectives.

Budgets

• Provide input for preparation of the Department / Section budgets and assist in the implementation of the approved Budget and work plans to deliver Section objectives.
• Investigate and highlight any significant variances to support effective performance and cost control.
• Implement approved Department / Section policies, processes, systems, standards and procedures in order to support execution of the Department / Section's work programs in line with Company and International standards.
• Comply with all applicable legislation and legal regulations.

Performance Management

• Contribute to the achievement of the approved Performance Objectives for the Department / Section in line with the Company Performance framework.

Innovation and Continuous Improvement

• Design and implement new tools and techniques to improve the quality and efficiency of operational processes.
• Identify improvements in internal processes against best practices in pursuit of greater efficiency in line with ISO standards in order to define intelligent solutions for issues confronting the function.

Health, Safety, Environment (HSE) and Sustainability

• Comply with relevant HSE policies, procedures & controls and applicable legislation and sustainability guidelines in line with international standards, best practices and ADNOC Code of Practices

Reports

• Provide inputs to prepare Section MIS and progress reports for Company Management

Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge & Skills :

• Bachelor's Degree in Economics, Business or equivalent

Minimum Experience & Knowledge & Skills

• 4 years of relevant experience
• Strong analytical skills