Senior Manager - Project Controls (Commercial & Financial)

JASARA Program Management Company; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 450,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

Jasara Program Management Company is seeking a Senior Manager - Project Controls Commercial & Financial to lead cost management, budgeting, forecasting and EVM across major projects in Saudi Arabia.

You will provide leadership on financial performance, analytics, governance, and reporting to key stakeholders, coordinating with Finance, Procurement and Commercial teams to ensure accurate and timely data.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and/or postgraduate qualification in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management or relevant field of study.

Responsibilities

• Lead cost management, budgeting, forecasting and financial performance reporting across the portfolio.
• Establish and maintain project cost baselines, budgets, contingencies and funding allocations.
• Develop and manage Earned Value Management (EVM) systems and reporting.
• Monitor cost performance indices, productivity metrics, cash flow forecasts and financial KPIs.
• Provide monthly and executive-level cost, commercial and financial reports.
• Lead commercial reporting and support contract administration teams on commercial performance.
• Review contractor applications, change requests, variation orders and claims from a controls perspective.
• Partner with Finance, Procurement and Commercial teams to align project financial reporting.
• Analyze budget variances and develop mitigation and recovery actions.
• Provide financial scenario planning and trend analysis for strategic decisions.
• Ensure governance compliance for cost control, budgets, authorities and reporting.
• Support business case evaluations, investment reviews and funding approvals.
• Challenge contractor cost data and validate reporting accuracy.
• Develop dashboards and automated reporting via Power BI and enterprise systems.

Skills

Cost control

Communication

Analytics

Power BI

Education

Bachelor's and/or postgraduate in Engineering/Construction Management or related

Regional project controls experience

Tools

PRISM

Primavera P6

Aconex

ARM

PowerBI

Job description

Jasara Program Management Company Jasara PMC is a leading Joint Venture between Public Investment Fund PIF Jacobs and Saudi Aramco established to deliver world-class program management services across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Jasara plays a key role in supporting the realization of Saudi Vision 2030 particularly in delivering giga-projects and large-scale infrastructure developments.

Senior Manager - Project Controls Commercial amp Financial

This role will lead all financial commercial cost management forecasting and earned value reporting activities across assigned projects or programs. Responsible for providing leadership with accurate financial performance insights commercial analytics budget governance and cost-related decision support.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead cost management budgeting forecasting and financial performance reporting across the assigned portfolio
• Establish and maintain project cost baselines budgets contingencies and funding allocations
• Develop and manage Earned Value Management EVM systems and reporting
• Monitor cost performance indices productivity metrics cash flow forecasts and financial KPIs
• Provide monthly and executive-level cost commercial and financial reports
• Lead commercial reporting and support contract administration teams on commercial performance matters
• Review contractor applications change requests variation orders and commercial claims from a controls perspective
• Partner with Finance Procurement and Commercial teams to ensure alignment of project financial reporting
• Analyze budget variances and develop mitigation and recovery actions
• Provide financial scenario planning and trend analysis to support strategic decision-making
• Ensure compliance with governance frameworks relating to cost control budget approvals delegated authorities and financial reporting
• Support business case evaluations investment reviews and funding approvals
• Challenge contractor cost data and validate financial reporting accuracy
• Develop dashboards and automated reporting solutions through Power BI and enterprise systems

Key Deliverables

• Budget Performance Reports
• Cost Forecast Reports
• Earned Value Reports
• Monthly Financial Dashboards
• Cost-to-Complete Assessments
• Cash Flow Forecasts
• Commercial Performance Reports
• Executive Financial Steering Reports

Qualifications

• Bachelor s Degree and/or postgraduate qualification in Engineering, Architecture Construction Management, Business Management or relevant field of study.
• 10 - 15 years relevant project controls experience, leadership, direction and technical expertise to manage complex tasks and multi-discipline projects.
• Regional experience preferred.
• In-depth knowledge of project controls as applied in major construction environments.
• Demonstrate proficient use of enterprise-level management software such as PRISM, Primavera P6, Aconex, ARM, PowerBI or similar systems.
• Significant discipline/industry presence recognized and valued by industry peers as an authority able to work with teams to solve technical problems and achieve a high level of assurance on project deliverables.
• Strong communication skills to articulate a clear technical direction to senior stakeholders.
• Significant experience required in development, implementation, and management of business systems, including policies and procedures applicable to the role and across the project.
• Analytical and thorough, problem-solving ability.
• Able to connect people and issues and drive a quick response.