Job description

The Manager Corporate Planning & Budgeting role based in Muscat, Oman within OQ Exploration and Production is responsible for managing corporate planning and budget consolidation processes across operated assets, non-operated assets, and corporate functions. The position ensures all budgets, forecasts, and latest estimates are accurate, complete, and aligned with approved planning assumptions, methodologies, and governance requirements. The role supports finance readiness by ensuring planning structures, data, and processes remain robust, compliant, and prepared for organizational or system changes. The position is accountable for delivery and integrity of consolidated corporate planning outputs, ensuring timely submission of budgets, forecasts, and latest estimates for management review and governance under the direction of the Head of Corporate Planning & Performance. The role operates in alignment with OQEP Mission, Vision, Values, policies, guidelines, international standards, IT technology platform, QHSE and Energy Management System requirements, Omani government legal requirements, and best international practices aligned with national objectives. The position leads annual budget, rolling forecast, and latest estimate cycles, coordinates planning inputs from operated and non-operated assets, prepares consolidated financial schedules, and drives integration of financial, operational, and strategic planning elements into corporate plan submissions. The role serves as primary interface between Corporate Planning & Performance and Business Finance teams, ensuring data integrity, governance compliance, and standardized reporting structures. The position leads planning governance, maintains audit trails, supports assurance activities, and ensures readiness for governance milestones. The role also leads Business Intelligence and analytics frameworks, integrates operational, financial, and economic data, and oversees enterprise-wide economic evaluations supporting portfolio management, business cases, and capital investments. The Manager Corporate Planning & Budgeting leads scenario and sensitivity analysis, forward-looking financial insights, finance readiness frameworks, change management initiatives, and readiness for audits, plan submissions, and portfolio changes. The role also includes leadership responsibilities including team development, performance management, KPI setting, succession planning, and stakeholder coordination across Business Finance, Financial Control, Treasury, Strategy, Enterprise Risk Management, vendors, system partners, and external advisors.