Lead Accounting Analyst

Saudi Aramco; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 562,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

A global energy company in Saudi Arabia is seeking a Planning & Performance Analyst to oversee reporting and assess organizational performance. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s degree and at least 9 years of experience in the oil and gas sector, along with strong management accounting skills. This role offers competitive remuneration and development programs.

Qualifications

• Minimum 9 years of relevant working experience in Planning and Performance Management roles preferably in Oil & Gas sector.
• Demonstrated capability in planning & performance management and business intelligence tools.

Responsibilities

• Provide analytical findings & recommendations for business plans, performance tracking, and accountability reporting.
• Conduct special studies for performance initiatives, benchmarking, and risk management.

Skills

Management accounting

Finance

PowerPoint

Excel

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance or related disciplines

Advanced business degree (e.g., MBA) or relevant professional certification (e.g., CMA, CFA, CPA)

Job description

Overview

We are seeking Planning & Performance Analyst to join Finance and Internal Auditing Planning and Performance Management Group.

The Finance and Internal Auditing Planning and Performance Management Group oversees comprehensive reporting across various timeframes, including weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annually, to assess the organization’s overall performance. Additionally, they develop strategic plans and business strategies.

As a Planning & Performance Analyst, you will be responsible in executing, planning and performance management (P&PM) analytical activities. This extends to monitoring departmental expenditures, analyzing variances, correcting errors, and consolidating performance inputs from transactions, key performance indicators (KPIs), narrative, risk assessments, and more.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide analytical findings & recommendations relating to P&PM tasks such as business plan preparation, performance tracking and measurement, and performance analysis and accountability reporting.
• Conduct special studies related to development of performance initiatives and business cases, benchmarking, risk management, design and re-design of measurements, processes and workflows, and information system-related changes.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance or related disciplines.
• Advanced business degree (e.g., MBA) and/or relevant professional certification (e.g., CMA, CFA, CPA) is preferred.
• Minimum 9 years of relevant working experience in Planning and Performance Management job roles preferably in the Oil & Gas sector.
• Solid knowledge and understanding of management accounting, finance, PowerPoint and Excel is required.
• Demonstrated capability and track record in the practice of planning & performance management and in the use of business intelligence tools are required.

Working environment

Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.

At Aramco, our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology that is second to none. And because, as a global energy company, we are faced with addressing some of the world’s biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges, we invest heavily in talent development.

We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many decades. Employees at all levels are encouraged to improve their sector-specific knowledge and competencies through our workforce development programs – one of the largest in the world.