Senior Finance Specialist - PMC Resource Planning

Parsons; Tayma; On-site; SAR 246,000 - 357,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons Corporation in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia is seeking a Senior Finance Specialist - PMC Resource Planning to manage PMC resource budgets, forecasts and staffing plans across major projects. You will analyze cost drivers, track variances, and prepare executive-ready reports to support decision making.

Ideal candidates bring 10+ years in financial analysis, resource planning or project finance, advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills, and a proven ability to coordinate across HR, Procurement, Project

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, business administration, project controls, or related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in financial analysis, resource planning, workforce management, or comparable functions.
• Experience managing significant consultancy or professional services budgets.
• Background in infrastructure, construction, or large-scale projects.
• Advanced budgeting, forecasting, and performance reporting skills.
• Strong ability to develop staffing plans and workforce forecasts.

Responsibilities

• Develop rolling financial forecasts for consultancy and professional services resources.
• Track actual PMC expenditure against budgets and forecasts.
• Perform monthly variance analysis between budget, forecast, commitments, and costs.
• Prepare resource-loading models and staffing plans across projects.
• Prepare monthly financial and resource performance reports for executive management.

Skills

Financial analysis

Resource planning

Workforce planning

Budget management

Variance analysis

Excel modelling

Data analytics

PowerPoint

Budget forecasting

Stakeholder coordination

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Senior Finance Specialist - PMC Resource Planning Job Snapshot Role: Senior Finance Specialist - PMC Resource Planning Location: Tabuk, Saudi Arabia Industry: Financial Services Function: Financial Analysis-Research-Reporting Experience: Minimum 10 years Job Type: Full-time Position Overview Senior Finance Specialist - PMC Resource Planning in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia is a Financial Services opportunity focused on PMC resource budgeting, workforce forecasting, financial analysis, staffing plans, resource utilization, and executive reporting across major project organizations. The role supports financial control and management decision-making by maintaining accurate forecasts, monitoring consultancy resource costs, identifying variances, and aligning future staffing demand with approved budgets and project requirements.

Job Details Country: Saudi Arabia City: Tabuk Industry: Financial Services Function: Financial Analysis-Research-Reporting Salary: 22000-32000 Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer. Gender: Any Candidate Nationality: Any Job Type: Full-time

Role Context The Senior Finance Specialist - PMC Resource Planning manages the financial and workforce information required to control Professional Management Consultancy resources across a complex Projects organization. The position links headcount, staffing demand, mobilization plans, budgets, actual expenditure, and future forecasts to provide leadership with a clear view of resource affordability and utilization. The role works across Finance, Project Controls, Commercial, HR, Procurement, and project teams to ensure staffing assumptions remain financially realistic and operationally aligned. Accurate analysis helps leadership identify cost pressures, resource gaps, vacancies, and opportunities to improve workforce efficiency before they affect project delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain PMC resource budgets across projects, functions, and approved organizational structures.
• Develop rolling financial forecasts for consultancy and professional services resources.
• Track actual PMC expenditure against approved budgets and current forecasts.
• Perform detailed monthly variance analysis between budget, forecast, commitments, and actual costs.
• Investigate material cost variances and identify their underlying causes.
• Prepare clear recommendations where financial trends indicate potential budget pressure or savings opportunities.
• Develop staffing plans covering current and future PMC resource requirements.
• Maintain workforce forecasts based on project schedules, anticipated workload, vacancies, and approved staffing strategies.
• Prepare resource-loading models aligned with project delivery and business requirements.
• Consolidate PMC headcount data across projects and functional teams.
• Track vacancies, new mobilizations, demobilizations, transfers, and other workforce movements.
• Maintain accurate records of staffing changes and their financial impact.
• Forecast future consultancy resource demand and calculate associated cost requirements.
• Monitor resource utilization and identify underutilized or overallocated positions.
• Analyse staffing patterns to identify opportunities for improved resource efficiency.
• Support annual budget preparation for PMC and professional services resources.
• Contribute to periodic reforecasting cycles using updated project and staffing assumptions.
• Prepare monthly financial and resource performance reports for executive management.
• Produce concise summaries explaining budget status, headcount movements, forecast changes, and major variances.
• Develop PowerPoint presentations for leadership reviews, governance forums, and management meetings.
• Translate complex workforce and financial datasets into clear executive-level messages.
• Build dashboards and tracking tools for monitoring cost and resource performance.
• Develop performance metrics covering headcount, vacancies, mobilization, resource utilization, budget consumption, and forecast accuracy.
• Maintain robust Excel models supporting financial and workforce analysis.
• Validate data received from project and functional teams before incorporating it into formal reporting.
• Reconcile resource records with financial forecasts and approved staffing plans.
• Coordinate with Project Controls teams regarding project schedules, resource loading, and expected staffing demand.
• Work with Commercial teams to understand consultancy commitments, contract values, and resource cost implications.
• Coordinate with HR regarding recruitment status, workforce movements, mobilization, and demobilization information.
• Work with Procurement teams regarding consultancy sourcing and resource-related commercial requirements.
• Engage project teams to confirm future resource demand and staffing priorities.
• Support preparation of business cases for additional or revised PMC staffing requirements.
• Prepare financial information for approval requests and governance submissions.
• Assess the cost impact of proposed staffing changes before management approval.
• Ensure resource expenditure remains aligned with organizational governance requirements and approved budgets.
• Monitor compliance with authorized staffing plans and escalations.
• Analyse large datasets to identify trends, risks, anomalies, and opportunities.
• Maintain accurate supporting records for financial reviews and governance purposes.
• Contribute to improvements in financial modelling, workforce forecasting, reporting, and resource governance processes.

Ideal Profile

• Bachelor 's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, Project Controls, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in financial analysis, resource planning, workforce management, project finance, or comparable functions.
• Experience managing significant consultancy, professional services, or project-based resource budgets.
• Background within infrastructure, construction, program management, or large-scale project environments.
• Advanced understanding of budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, and performance reporting.
• Strong practical experience developing staffing plans and workforce forecasts.
• Ability to prepare detailed resource-loading models across multiple projects or organizational functions.
• Strong capability performing budget-to-actual and forecast-to-actual variance analysis.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills for modelling, reconciliation, forecasting, and data analytics.
• Strong PowerPoint capability for executive presentations and management review material.
• Experience developing dashboards and performance tracking tools.
• Ability to analyse large datasets accurately and recognize financial or workforce trends.
• Strong understanding of project controls and cost management principles.
• Familiarity with resource governance and staffing approval processes.
• Experience coordinating financial information across HR, Commercial, Procurement, Project Controls, and project teams.
• High level of attention to numerical accuracy and data integrity.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to explain complex financial and workforce information in clear business terms.
• Strong organizational capability when managing simultaneous budget, forecast, and reporting cycles.

Skills Set

• Financial analysis
• PMC resource planning
• Workforce planning
• Resource forecasting
• Budget management
• Financial forecasting
• Variance analysis
• Project financial management
• Resource loading
• Staffing plans
• Headcount reporting
• Vacancy tracking
• Mobilization tracking
• Demobilization tracking
• Resource utilization
• Cost optimization
• Financial performance reporting
• Executive reporting
• Management presentations
• Microsoft Excel
• Excel modelling
• Data analytics
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Financial dashboards
• Performance metrics
• Budget forecasting
• Workforce analytics
• Consultancy budgets
• Professional services costs
• Cost management
• Project controls
• Resource governance
• Business cases
• Approval submissions
• Governance reporting
• Data reconciliation
• Forecast accuracy
• Stakeholder coordination
• HR coordination
• Procurement coordination
• Commercial coordination

Why Join Us

This position offers senior finance professionals the opportunity to work at the intersection of financial management and workforce planning within major project environments in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. The role provides broad exposure to consultancy budgets, resource forecasting, executive reporting, staffing governance, project controls, and cross-functional decision support. The experience can support progression into senior Finance, Project Controls, Resource Management, Commercial Finance, or strategic workforce planning roles while strengthening expertise in the financial governance of large-scale professional services organizations.

About the Company

Parsons Corporation delivers engineering, program management, construction management, project controls, and technical consulting services across major infrastructure and development programs. Its teams in Saudi Arabia rely on disciplined financial planning, resource governance, workforce forecasting, and executive reporting to support efficient project delivery and informed management decisions.