Expert Asset Management

Main tasks and responsibilities

Shareholder Strategy & Portfolio Management:

• Develop, maintain, and support the execution of shareholder strategies for assets and JVs, ensuring alignment with OQ Group objectives, OIA expectations, and long‑term energy transition goals.
• Oversee the implementation of asset business plans in coordination with planning teams, management, and shareholder Board nominees.
• Cascade OQ Group strategic priorities and KPIs to assets, ensuring clarity, consistency, and delivery against targets.
• Identify and develop synergies across assets to optimize portfolio performance and value.
• Support portfolio optimization initiatives, including divestments and acquisitions, assessing strategic alignment, valuation impact, and portfolio implications.
• Assist business development initiatives for assets and JVs under management.
• Contribute to the development of portfolio management frameworks, systems, processes, and reporting standards.

Performance Management & Value Creation

• Monitor the financial and operational performance of assets against approved business plans, budgets, and KPIs.
• Identify underperformance, risks, and execution gaps, and recommend corrective actions to management and shareholder representatives.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives to enhance asset profitability, cash flow, and long‑term value.
• Prepare and review financial projections in collaboration with planning teams, assessing impacts on cash flow, profitability, and shareholder returns.
• Conduct financial analysis for annual dividend proposals, evaluating sustainability, distributable reserves, and alignment with shareholder strategy.
• Communicate asset and portfolio performance, insights, and forward-looking risks to OQ leadership.

Governance, Boards & General Assemblies

• Support the design, implementation, and monitoring of governance frameworks to safeguard shareholder value and ensure effectiveness.
• Provide analytical support and informed challenge to shareholder Board nominees on asset strategies, business plans, and major initiatives.
• Lead or support board nomination processes, succession planning, and alignment with OIA, OQ management, and regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate and support AGMs and EGMs, including resolution alignment, voting positions, and compliance with shareholder and regulatory expectations.
• Secure required internal approvals within OQ for shareholder and governance-related matters.

Regulatory Compliance & Shareholder Representation

• Ensure compliance with regulations and requirements from FSA, MCD, MSX, and other relevant authorities.
• Act as the primary conduit for engagement and negotiations with regulators on shareholder-related matters.
• Monitor portfolio-level compliance with OIA regulations, industry standards, and Omani macroeconomic and national development plans.
• Conduct shareholder-level risk assessments, covering strategic, financial, regulatory, and governance risks, and support mitigation actions.

• Drive and support investor relations activities, including engagement with minority shareholders and external stakeholders, as applicable.
• Manage the overall interface and information flow between OQ Corporate, assets, Boards, regulators, and investors.
• Serve as the single point of contact for all shareholder, governance, regulatory, and performance-related data and information requests.
• Work closely with internal stakeholders (Finance, Strategy, Legal, Risk, Planning) to ensure alignment, consistency, and effective decision-making across the portfolio.

Internal: OQ Group Assets/Subsidiaries, OQ SAOC Streams.

External: Specialized Contractors, Vendors & Suppliers, Joint Venture Partners.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Engineering, or in related field
• Master’s degree or CFA is preferable

• Arabic: Fluent
• English: Fluent / Advanced
• Command of other languages is advantageous

• A minimum of 8-10 years of experience in the field with at least 5 years of experience in a team
  leader role.
• Technical background and be able to apply this knowledge to manage the organization's assets effectively and efficiently.
• Experience in developing an in-depth understanding of the assets and the industry they operate in, as well as the shareholder strategy.
• Experience in developing and leading an effective reporting system to track the performance of the assets to ensure that they are meeting the shareholder's expectations.

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  Behavioral: Achievement orientation, analytical thinking, conceptual thinking, relationship building, team leadership, teamwork and collaboration
• Managerial: Strategic planning, project management, decision making, risk management, and solution oriented
• Personal: Communication skills, time management and multi-tasker

• Strategic Portfolio Management
• Financial Analysis & Modeling
• Risk Management
• Investment & Market Analysis
• Capital Allocation & Budgeting
• Legal Compliance,
• Corporate Governance.
• Understanding of Oil & Gas business streams (Upstream, Downstream, Alternative Energy, Commercial, EPC Projects, and project management).