Sr. Specialist Portfolio Management

**Who is our Client and your future employer?**:
Ranked among the world’s largest petrochemicals manufacturers, it is a public company based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. With operations in around 50 countries, The Company has a global workforce of over 31,000 talented individuals. The company operates through three strategic Business Units - Petrochemicals, Agri-Nutrients and Specialties. They support customers by identifying and developing opportunities in key end markets such as construction, medical devices, packaging, agri-nutrients, electrical and electronics, transportation, and clean energy.

The company’s manufacturing, sales, technology and innovation facilities are located throughout the globe and are managed by four regional offices: the Middle East and Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe.

The Company invests heavily in Technology and Innovation (T&I). The T&I facilities are spread across the globe with hundreds of dedicated scientists contributing to the ongoing development of new patents and certifications.

**LHR Americas**:
The job opportunity you have long waited for. LHR Americas recruit people from around the world to work in Saudi Arabia.

**Who are we looking for?****:
Lead and direct the effective and efficient management of our client’s long-term investment project portfolio through leadership, engagement, planning, and development; Develop SABIC 10 years investment scenarios with major business units which enables SABIC to meet commitments to 2025 Strategy, Vision 2030, and Shareek; Generate long-term forecasts on EBITDA, CAPEX, OPEX, Working Capital and Capital Requirements; and Provide in-depth analysis on SABIC’s cash affordability test, financing capabilities and future credit rating to SABIC leadership, Executives, Strategic Growth Leaders and SABIC Board for investment decision making.

**Qualifications**
- Professional qualification such as CMA, CIMA, or CFA

**Experience**
- +10 years experiences in financial modelling or valuation
- Rich experience in the Petrochemical Industry from the upstream to the downstream
- Prior experience in finance due diligence, M&A, corporate venturing or licensing

**Duties and **responsibilities***:
**Capital Planning and Cash Flow Forecast**:

- Develop strong alignment around the results of the plan and adherence to managing its implications
- Deliver monthly and quarterly periodic reports to CFO for performance monitoring and target revision
- Drive completeness of 5 years and 10 years spending plan of CAPEX, OPEX and Working Capital
- Develop strong alignment around the results of the plan and adherence to managing its implications
- Lead and develop the program guidelines, process, criteria, baseline, tools and co-ordinate validation
- Liaise with Cash Management to report cash flow forecasts & scenarios on quarterly basis
- Align timeline and deliverables with Planning and Treasury in reporting to the Executives, Investor Calls, Board Meeting, etc.
- Support development of investment portfolio scenarios and cash affordability analysis
- Interact with various team to drive process standardization and improvements

**Investment Portfolio Management and Strategic Contribution**:

- Lead and direct the effective and efficient management of developing and updating short
- and long-term investments, growth and contribution to the commitment and strategies
- Drive investment planning best practices across the organization, ensuring adherence to investment planning guidelines
- Assess cash affordability and credit rating changes and provide multiple scenarios and options
- Engage with the Leaders, CFO and Executive to provide direction on investment portfolio management
- Engage with various units and functions to drive process standardization and improvements
- Support development of long-term investment portfolio dashboards and reports, and prioritization of investment opportunities based on evolving feasibilities of investment projects

**Investment Business Case Assurance**:

- Develop and implement governance for Investment Feasibility Studies & Investment Portfolio Management
- Execute Assurance of business cases related to all key projects including: Mega-Projects, Technology Venturing, M&A and other key projects
- Executes quality assurance on investment business cases for completeness of investment portfolio scenarios
- Deliver independent assurance report timely to CFO and Investment Committee
- Challenge strategic fit and project feasibility in relation to the market, financial, operational and project related assumptions used in business cases
- Continuously improves investment planning guideline and business case assumptions

**Organization**:

- Develop and refine the strategy for the section and its contribution to the overall process of management and corporate decision making to ensure EPM maximizes its short, medium and long term objectives and returns to its shareholders by providing inputs and recommends changes in the