Project Control Manager
Norconsult Telematics
Total years of experience :22 years, 1 Months
Notable Achievements:
• Successfully established from scratch a fully integrated process for knowledge sharing and defined code of conduct enabling a progressive, professionally strong and cost conscious organization.
• Played a lead role in redesigning the ERP system aimed at upgrading quality of operations
Key Responsibilities:
• Presenting strategic direction and vision to all budgeting and cost control operations while ensuring they are functioning effectively and delivering desired results.
• Strategizing department budgets and financial forecasts while applying best business practices and adopting collaborative approaches to positively impact the bottom line of the organization.
• Customizing operational plans/ processes, budgeting and annual planning cycles and establishing realistic budgets along with cost control mechanisms for critical business operations.
• Collaborating efforts with various departments for successful implementation of budgeting and cost control plans. Closely evaluating progress and making mid-course corrections to ensure operational excellence and profitability.
• Administering control and responsibility for financial aspects of organizational projects; recommending strategies to optimize financial resources, conducting thorough analysis to advice CEO on progressing financial structures.
• Ensuring alignment of all budgeting and cost control operation with strategic business goals whereby presenting a variety of fact and research based reports to project manager/ directors for strategic analysis and interpretation.
Designation Chronology:
• 2015 - March 2018: Budget Planning Specialist Manager
• 2014 - 2015: Implementation Planning & Monitoring Specialist Manager
• 2011 - 2014: Implementation Planning & Monitoring Senior Analyst
• 2009 - 2011: Implementation Planning & Monitoring Officer
• 2006 - 2009: Project Controller
• 2005 - 2006: Project Coordinator
Joined the organization as Project Coordinator and crafted an exponential growth curve meriting multiple promotions to roles of increasing authorities and responsibilities up till the position of Budget Planning Specialist Manager through exceptional performance
Accomplishments:
• Represented financial lead for MRN department earned reputation along with “certificate of recognition” (2009) for driving operational excellence for a variety of business operations.
• Successfully planned and implemented operational as well as capital expenditure (OPEX & CAPEX) budgets consecutively from 2008 up till 2017.
• Drafted a variety of contracts for MRN projects, collaborated with cross functional departments and devised terms in the best financial interest of the organization while ensured all technical requirements are aptly precisely in them.
• Integral part of team involved in determining the residual value of Mobily’s assets in addition to accounting and documenting all assets into one uniformed system with extreme precision and attention to detail.
• Championed the tender management programs by setting-up different budget accounts and validating compliance of proposed offers as per department’s approved budget utilization plan.
• Key person for planning and organizing 2013 innovation contest for the MRN department.
• Demonstrated highest standards of technical excellence, business objectivity and professional independence and assumed full responsibility of facilitating payments to vendor/ contractor on stages as below:
- Issuing delivery certificate in case where 50% payment is facilitated to vendor/ contractor
- Issuing RFS certificate once the system/ site is officially on-air and vendor/ contractor is eligible for 25% payment
- Issuing Preliminary Acceptance Certificate (PAC) after correcting all snags and vendor/ contractor is eligible for the final 25% payment
• Played a strategic role in enhancing quality of procurement function by developing an integrated structure for vendor/ supplier invoicing, preparing RFQ/ RFP, coordinating between departments and ensuring all LOI’s and PO are issued within prescribed budget and time frames.
Designation Chronology:
• 2003 - 2005: Project Controller
• 2001 - 2003: Project Coordinator
Inducted as Project Coordinator and moved up the career hierarchy meriting promotion to the position of Project Controller through exceptional performance
Notable Achievements:
• Merited “Certificate of Recognition” for delivering exemplary performance in 2005 Hajj project.
• Displayed outstanding financial and analytical proficiency by consistently monitoring to maintain budgets for STC’s (Saudi Telecom Company) projects E5, E6, E7 and R&V.
• Constructed a comprehensive tracking tool for STC’s implementation and design department to control and regulate the implementation life cycle of a GSM site.
• Represented financial lead to vendors/ contractors for ordering, purchasing and supervising the release of towers, obstruction light and lightening protectors.
• Key person for ensuring financial and documentation for major STC projects which include E4, E5 and E6.
Overall Responsibilities:
• Presented operational and financial direction to various project operations; established realistic budgets and time-frames and certified compliance by developing strategies, models and work procedures.
• Tracked and reviewed project performance in the light of cost/ budget and schedule requirements while minimized losses and regulated project progress by initiating corrective actions in a timely manner.
• Developed and maintained a comprehensive cost control system; performed periodic cost reviews/ audits in addition to estimation/ forecasting to consistently maintain project profitability.
• Computed forecast vs. actual analysis, flagged potential risks and recommended mitigation plans to project manager/ engineer on regular basis to ensure all project milestones are effectively met.
• Evaluated vendors/ contractors/ suppliers invoice claims - validated contractual conformance, participated in preparing final acceptance certificate (FAC) and facilitated timely payments to maintain project integrity.
• Enforced contractual compliance and undertook remedial actions/ penalty claims in case of disagreement, delay and/ or disputes while also performed change orders negotiations in the best financial interest of the organization.