OQ
Economics & Investment Manager
- Permanent
- Muscat, Oman
- Experience 5 - 10 yrs
Job expiry date: 09/01/2026
Job overview
Date posted
25/11/2025
Location
Muscat, Oman
Salary
Undisclosed
Compensation
Comprehensive package + relocation
Experience
5 - 10 yrs
Seniority
Manager
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
09/01/2026
Job description
The role leads the end-to-end economic evaluation and financial appraisal of major investments, supporting executive decision-making across the portfolio. This includes reviewing all investment cases presented to management committees, validating commercial assumptions, and challenging business units on price decks, CAPEX/OPEX, risks, and offtake terms. The manager oversees the creation, enhancement, and governance of financial models used for valuations, scenario analysis, and M&A assessments, ensuring consistency with corporate standards. Responsibilities span portfolio-level strategy support, including annual valuations, performance benchmarking, hold/sell reviews, value-creation initiatives, and capital optimization. The role acts as a central interface with Business Development, Asset Management, Strategy, and Corporate Finance while mentoring analysts, maintaining department processes, and upholding governance and approval frameworks. It requires strong financial rigor, commercial acumen, and the ability to present complex economics clearly to senior stakeholders.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Lead economic evaluations and investment appraisals for proposals submitted to executive management and investment committees
- Review and challenge financial models, assumptions, and commercial logic across business units
- Perform IRR, NPV, payback, sensitivity and scenario assessments for all major investments
- Oversee development and standardization of financial models for valuation and strategic analysis
- Support M&A, divestment, partnership and new venture valuations and contribute to commercial negotiations
- Partner with Asset Management to benchmark performance, identify value-creation levers and support asset-level strategy
- Conduct annual valuations for management reporting and support capital allocation decisions
- Monitor asset performance against investment cases and identify optimization opportunities
- Prepare economic analyses and presentations for Board and senior management
- Mentor and develop analysts to strengthen modeling capability and analytical rigor
- Represent the Economics Department in cross-functional project reviews and committees
- Develop internal policies, manuals and governance frameworks for investment evaluation
- Ensure compliance with internal controls, audit requirements and corporate governance standards
Experience & skills
- 8+ years of experience in investment evaluation, corporate finance, or economic modeling in energy, infrastructure, or industrial sectors
- Proven track record evaluating large-scale projects or M&A transactions
- Advanced financial modeling skills including DCF, IRR, NPV, sensitivities and scenario planning
- Experience in asset valuation, portfolio reviews and strategic assessments
- Strong understanding of investment economics, risk assessment and capital budgeting
- Experience reporting to senior management, boards, or external stakeholders
- Knowledge of governance frameworks and internal control practices
- Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint; familiarity with Power BI or similar tools is an advantage
- Exceptional communication skills with ability to convey complex analysis clearly
- Experience mentoring or managing teams
- High attention to detail, organization, and ability to manage multiple priorities
