Sr Specialist Governance

Petroleum Development Oman (PDO)

Main tasks and responsibilities

Governance Framework Development

• Design, implementation, and supervision of an efficient and streamlined governance, environment Governance of the organization and its compliance with external statutory, legal, and regulatory requirements.
• Maintains governance framework and strategy around OQ and its subsidiaries legal and organisational hierarchies.
• Protect the organization s interests, while allowing for innovation and achievement of corporate objectives.
• Lead the development and maintain an enterprise-wide effective and efficient governance framework that aligns with the organization's strategic objectives and promotes good governance practices.
• Draft and review policies, procedures, guidelines, and frameworks to guide decision-making processes and ensure accountability and transparency.
• Draft and review terms of reference and appropriate governance structures for functions, committees and other bodies.
• Identify gaps in governing documents and optimize processes, frameworks and documents to gain efficiencies.
• Proactively identify opportunities for process improvement and drive initiatives to enhance overall business performance.

Compliance and Regulatory Oversight

• Stay updated with relevant laws, regulations, shareholder directives and policies, industry standards and ensure the organization s compliance.
• Establish processes to monitor and assess compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate internal and external audits to ensure adherence to governance and control frameworks.
• Establish compliance frameworks to ensure and enhance compliance with relevant laws and policies across the Group and ensure adherence and maintaining effectiveness and accountability.
• Implement monitoring and reporting mechanisms to implement the above mentioned.
• Fulfils job duties and responsibilities in conformance with sound safety practices.

Policies and Procedures

• Develop and enforce policies and procedures that enable the ease of applicability of governance framework and matters related thereto.
• Regularly review and update the Delegation of Authority and policies related thereto to reflect changes.

Training and Awareness

• Provide guidance and training to employees on governance, and compliance-related matters. Promote a culture of compliance through communication campaigns, training sessions, and awareness programs.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Summarize and communicate to executive management any noted issues, risks, and business impact of governance framework controls deficiencies and track remediation to completion.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders, such as executive management, board of directors, internal audit, legal, and finance teams, to ensure effective governance practices.

Continuous Improvement

• Drive continuous improvement in governance by identifying opportunities for efficiency enhancements, automation, and streamlining of activities.
• Regularly assess the effectiveness of the governance framework and implement improvements, as necessary.
• Fosters an environment in which employees are actively encouraged to identify and implement departmental and company-wide continuous and quality improvement initiatives
• Research, analyse and report governance, legal and regulatory issues and precedents related to the OQ's
• Suggest, promote and implement robust governance practices from the industry while mitigating risks and ensuring regulatory compliance.

External Relationships

• Represent the organization in external forums related to governance, and compliance.
• Build relationships with regulatory bodies, industry associations and to stay informed about best practices and regulatory developments.
• Maintain positive and effective relations with external stakeholders and regulatory bodies