Operations Cost Lead
Job Description
A leading Oil and Gas major
are looking for a Operations Cost Lead to join their team on a rotational
assignment in Iraq.
The Operations Cost Lead
will direct, oversee and actively participate the following activities:
• Manage the Operations
input into the Long Term Plan
• Manage the preparation of
Operations AWP&B and actively participate
in the integration of
activity across the departments to ensure a robust
and deliverable annual work
plan.
• Prepare and robustly support
the AFEs
• Manage a small national
team and be responsible for ongoing development as part of
our nationalisation agenda
• Maintain the cost tracker
to monitor and track the overall Operations budget,
forecast and actual costs.
• Develop and maintain a
phased forecast profile based on Value of Work
Done (VOWD) and use this to
compare variances with Annual Budget,
multi-year estimates and
monthly forecasts
• Develop a process to track
trends and changes
• Continually strive and
deliver continuous improvement through M&T, simplification
and efficiency
• Monitor all cost data
provided by contractors assigned to Operations and
validate contractor data for
accuracy and compliance with Operations controls
requirements stated in the
contract
• Ensure budget exists prior
to award of the contract or approval of the
purchase order
• Develop and maintain
forecasts of the most probable cost outcome
• Coding of all
requisitions, purchase orders, contracts, invoices
• Verify contractor
invoices: Comply with contract terms and conditions,
comply with the established
Delegation of Authority, and are processed
on time
• Agree with Finance &
Accounting how accruals will be developed and
transmitted and maintain a
record of accruals
• Respond to Internal and
External audit queries, and support the
Financial Controller on
audit exceptions pertaining to Operations Team
• Maintain the Operations
Headcount data, an track against the approved NTE
• Establish and maintain
relationships with project, partners and function
to obtain and exchange data
and information.
Essential education
BS degree in a relevant
field or Chartered Status or Accreditation with
An Accounting Qualification
e.g. CIMA or equivalent experience
Essential experience and job
requirements:
• Extensive experience in
cost engineering / control positions in Oil and Gas related projects
• Previous experience of
working within a multi-cultural and multidiscipline environment is preferred
• Excellent interpersonal
skills and ability to deliver exceptional results in difficult project
environments.
• Advanced Excel; good Word
and PowerPoint skills
• Good organisational skills
• Team Lead experience
