Scope of Job:

The Planning Specialist is responsible for development of multi-year Capital Budget required for strategic initiatives, economic evaluation of projects and analysis of budget performance across the company’s capital project portfolio to support senior management in strategic decision-making regarding Capital investments.

• Lead the development, preparation, and presentation of the annual and multi-year capital budget, including evaluation of capital requirements for strategic initiatives.

• Evaluate project proposals, perform economic analysis.

• Monitor Capital Budget utilization and analysis variances between pan and actual performance, investigates reasons and mitigation plans. Provides periodic updates and presentations to senior management and other stakeholders as per the stipulated frequency and format.

• Coordinates and follow up with K-Companies, HO teams, and other agencies for work-related information and attends coordination/review meetings for including Capital Projects, Budget, and Operational Plan.

Key Responsibilities:

-Capital Budget: Undertakes necessary actions to prepare Client’s capital budget in accordance with K-Companies Guidelines and timeline. Coordinates and attends meetings with K-Companies and Head office teams to review Budget proposals and recommends for management approval. Prepares annual Capital Budget and FYP Capex, Carries out investment appraisal.

- Project Monitoring & Performance Assignments:

• Gather and validate cost, schedule, contract, progress, status, mitigation, and risk data from various project entities for corporate-level reporting.

• Develop and maintain automated dashboards and performance reports using Power BI, or equivalent visualization tools.

• Establish and monitor standard project KPIs to identify performance drivers and emerging risks and align with corporate performance frameworks.

• Support periodic corporate reporting cycles with data-driven forecasts, variance, analysis, and outlooks. Prepare analytical summaries and executive presentations for senior management and Board reviews.

• Ensure compliance with corporate data governance and reporting standards, maintaining accuracy and consistency across systems.

• Coordinate with the concerned stakeholders – Project Management, Contract, Finance, and IT departments to ensure integrated, reliable performance reporting.

• Contribute to process improvement and digital transformation initiatives within Corporate Planning.

• Capital Investment planning and tracking: Participates in governance of applicable Project Gate system for Capital Projects and capital tracking process.

• Database: Coordinates to receive and analyze updates from the client and Head office teams for projects and ensures proper record-keeping of capital budget, expenditure, Client’s reports and AFEs. Investigate reasons for variance and mitigation plans for reporting and highlighting.

• Improvement Initiatives: Identifies improvement opportunities and participates in implementation of initiatives. Work Contracts

• Internal: Client’s Head Office - Corporate Planning, HR, IT, Operations, Innovations & Digital Transformation Team o Client’s Business Planning and project teams, and operational units

• External: Client’s CPA o International partners, consultants, and regulatory bodies for benchmarking and best practices