Business Planning and Performance Specialist - Upstream Oil and Gas

Business Planning and Performance Specialist
- Role:
Business Planning and Performance Specialist

- Location:

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Industry: Oil and Energy
- Function:
Strategic Planning-Intelligence

- Experience:

5-6 years in upstream oil and gas, including 5 years in planning
- Job Type: Full Time
- Work Arrangement:
On-site

ADNOC Group is seeking a Business Planning and Performance Specialist to coordinate strategic business planning, performance monitoring, budget control and risk management activities for the Umm Lulu, SARB, Satah and Umm Al Dalkh Business Units (USSU). Based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, the position supports the development of five-year business plans, CAPEX and OPEX budgets, Level 2 and Level 3 performance scorecards, strategic milestones and management reporting.

The role also involves monitoring concession-related commitments, coordinating audit actions and identifying opportunities to improve business processes and operational performance. The successful candidate will collaborate with business unit leadership, asset teams, Finance, Corporate Performance, Business Risk Management and Concession Holders to ensure accurate planning information, effective performance monitoring and timely resolution of outstanding actions.

• Country:
  United Arab Emirates
• City:
  Abu Dhabi
• Industry: Oil and Energy
• Function:
  Strategic Planning-Intelligence
• Salary:
  Not disclosed
• Gender: No Preference
• Candidate Nationality:
  Not specified
• Job Type: Full Time
• Work Arrangement:
  On-site

• Coordinate the development, review and monitoring of five-year business plans for USSU divisions.
• Collect and consolidate technical, financial and operational inputs from relevant stakeholders for inclusion in the Five-Year Business Plan (5
  
  YBP).
• Support the strategic direction of the Umm Lulu, SARB, Satah and Umm Al Dalkh Business Units.
• Analyze business plans to verify that proposed development schemes and long-term initiatives are included with appropriate implementation phasing.
• Coordinate the alignment of business planning assumptions with financial forecasts and operational priorities.
• Support the development and monitoring of corporate targets, asset plans and concession-related business objectives.
• Identify opportunities to integrate planning approaches and improve coordination across business units.
• Ensure planning activities are aligned with approved policies, procedures, regulations and Concession Holders ' directives.

• Coordinate the development and maintenance of Level 2 and Level 3 performance scorecards.
• Monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), strategic milestones and performance commitments.
• Conduct monthly performance tracking and coordinate quarterly business unit performance reviews.
• Identify potential deviations from approved targets and recommend corrective actions.
• Prepare monthly KPI status and performance score reports for the Corporate Performance Team.
• Update corporate performance dashboards when required.
• Organize quarterly internal KPI validation exercises with asset teams.
• Coordinate implementation and closure of actions arising from KPI validation findings.
• Clarify and standardize KPI calculation methods, reporting guidelines and performance measurement practices across assets.
• Follow up on delayed activities or low compliance levels and coordinate justifications, recovery plans or deferment requests to minimize potential impacts on Level 1 KPIs.
• Coordinate inputs for divisional performance contract review reports.

• Coordinate the preparation, review and monitoring of capital expenditure (CAPEX) and operating expenditure (OPEX) budgets, including normal operating budgets.
• Support the development of financial plans for USSU divisions.
• Monitor expenditure against approved budgets and identify significant variances.
• Prepare monthly budget performance and cost control reports.
• Analyze operating costs and capital project budgets to support alignment with Finance forecasts.
• Monitor the financial progress of planned schemes and recommend remedial actions where necessary.
• Liaise with the Finance Division to clarify expenditure and cost-related matters.
• Communicate financial information and budget clarifications to relevant business teams.
• Coordinate Authorizations for Expenditure (AFE) with Finance for…