Decision Advisory Lead Expert

Purpose of Job

Jobholders at this level may be regarded as a source of expertise and are responsible for developing frameworks, policies and operational plans. They also analyze complex issues, understand business needs, bring together multiple concepts and translate them into tangible actions and support to enhance performance of the function.

Job Responsibilities

Decision Advisory

• Contribute to the growth of a leading insight and advisory unit, proactively defining use cases to support ZATCA’s strategic pillars
• Participate in the scoping of requests, support other departments by analysing and prioritizing strategic initiatives and provide domain expertise
• Dissect complex problems, adopt hypothesis-driven approaches, conduct pragmatic analyses, synthesize findings, and prepare top-down presentations with a clear storyline
• Take responsibility for identifying information sources, gathering data, generating insights, and present findings in the most suitable format
• Conduct primary and secondary research & analysis, identifying impactful insights to support strategic recommendations
• Provide solid business judgment to derive answers in situations where data is not easily available or explicitly published
• Use business sense to develop advisory reports and support senior stakeholders in decision making
• Reactively respond to stakeholder requests, by preparing short pieces of analysis or reports (data analysis, SWOT analysis, etc.)
• Support and advise other departments in delivering on ZATCA’s strategic objectives
• Clearly communicate your findings, both internally and externally, to ensure strong engagement and outcome
• Act as a point of contact for other departments and provide on-going support to deliver on ZATCA’s strategic objectives
• Organize and run organization-wide awareness sessions, elaborating on key insights developed within Decision Advisory
• Develop, implement, and track solutions to improve stakeholder’s satisfaction and adoption of developed recommendation
  
  
  

Organization and Operations

• Follow all relevant policies, processes and standard operating procedures so that work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner
• Help in solving escalated problems and provide needed support for junior team to ensure work is carried out in an efficient manner
• Escalate complex problems to the relevant person to ensure cases/issues are closed properly
• Perform other duties as requested
  
  
  

People Management

• Train junior staff on the different job activities to ensure transfer of know-how, when applicable
• Provide clear direction, prioritize tasks, assign and delegate responsibility, and monitor the workflow of subordinates/ junior staff
• Support junior staff or direct reports in order to execute their duties according to set policies and processes
  
  
  

Job Details

Communication and Contacs

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Business Administration, Finance, or equivalent is required
• Master’s degree in Economics, Business Administration, Finance, or equivalent is preferred
  
  
  

Experience

A minimum of 7 years of relevant experience

Competencies

Data Analytics - Advanced

Policy Making - Advanced

Professionalism - Proficient

Collaboration and Communication - Proficient

Results Oriented - Proficient

IT Compliance - Advanced

Database Design and Operations - Advanced

Customer Focus - Proficient

Data Processing - Advanced

Data Management Planning and Design - Advanced

Enablement of Change and Innovation - Proficient