Business Integration

About the Role
The role is focused on integrating Water assets into a single, decision-ready portfolio by connecting various aspects of performance, governance, stakeholder engagement, risk, compliance, and cost management across Project Companies and enabling functions. It aims to provide consolidated reporting and unified narratives to leadership, standardize governance workflows, and enhance strategic stakeholder engagement.

Key Accountabilities

1. Portfolio Performance Reporting, Integration and Standardization

   • Consolidate Water asset performance into standardized reports and dashboards for leadership, committees, boards, and other stakeholders.
   • Normalize and compare performance indicators across Project Companies, technologies, and enabling functions to develop a consistent portfolio view.
   • Develop and maintain dashboards, reporting templates, management narratives, and recurring review materials.
   • Identify performance deviations and cross-asset issues early; coordinate root-cause analysis and escalate matters requiring leadership intervention.
   • Reduce reporting volume while enhancing clarity, comparability, action orientation, and decision quality.

2. Project Companies and HoldCo Boards Affairs and Governance Consistency

   • Standardize board and committee decks, structures, calendars, preparation guidelines, and messaging across Water Project Companies.
   • Coordinate the preparation, quality review, and timely distribution of governance materials and supporting documents.
   • Track strategic board and committee decisions, commitments, and action items through closure, ensuring clear ownership and escalation.
   • Ensure alignment between Project Company governance, Water asset priorities, and strategic direction.
   • Support board and committee secretaries to enhance the effectiveness, consistency, and credibility of governance workflows.

3. Strategic Stakeholders and Key Accounts Management

   • Maintain stakeholder maps and engagement plans for key entities involved in the Water sector such as Offtakers, authorities, EPC contractors, and suppliers.
   • Coordinate internal alignment and unified communication before strategic engagements and high-level meetings.
   • Organize periodic strategic business reviews and high-level meetings, including agenda creation, briefing materials, decisions, and follow-up actions.
   • Coordinate cross-functional escalation when stakeholder issues affect multiple assets or could impact reputation or delivery.
   • Monitor stakeholder satisfaction, relationship risks, and engagement coverage, recommending corrective actions where necessary.

4. Portfolio Compliance, Risk and Exposure Visibility

   • Consolidate audit, risk, and compliance information for the Water portfolio, providing early visibility of repeated or systemic exposure.
   • Review risk heatmaps and dashboards prepared by the Risk function, highlighting concentration by stakeholder, technology, phase, or asset.
   • Track mitigation actions and closure of audit and compliance findings, escalating overdue or value-threatening items.
   • Ensure accurate, timely, and decision-ready risk reporting by coordinating with Project Companies and relevant functions.

5. Preventing Cost Leakage and Protecting Returns

   • Track Service Level Agreement execution, fees, cost allocation, and recovery from SPVs, escalating issues of leakage or delayed recovery.
   • Support resource allocation and reallocation to improve utilization and cost efficiency.
   • Collaborate with Finance, P&C, Project Companies, and others to improve accuracy in allocation and protect returns.

6. Operating Rhythm and Implementation

   • Support the implementation of the Business Integration operating model, governance standards, and annual roadmap.
   • Maintain integrated action trackers and ensure timely preparation for leadership reviews on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis.
   • Monitor Business Integration KPIs, including reporting timeliness, template adoption, board-material compliance, and stakeholder satisfaction.
   • Identify and execute process improvements to enhance integration, accountability, and portfolio transparency.

Policies, Processes, Systems and Procedures

• Implement approved policies, processes, and procedures to ensure that work meets governance, quality, and confidentiality standards.
• Maintain accurate records and trackers with clear version control.

Continuous Improvement

• Identify and implement enhancements to reporting, governance, stakeholder coordination, and resource management processes.
• Promote technology-enabled and standardized ways of working across the Water portfolio.

Related Assignments

• Perform other related duties as assigned by the line manager within the scope of the role.

Communication & Working Relationships
Internal

• Collaboration with Water Assets Head, Head of Business Integration, KSA CEO, Project Companies, Finance, HR, Legal, Risk, Audit, Compliance, and more.
  External
• Engagement with Shareholders, Offtakers, government authorities, EPC contractors, key suppliers, lenders, advisors, and strategic partners.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Engineering, Economics, or a relevant discipline. A postgraduate qualification is an advantage.

Minimum Experience

• 6-8 years of experience in business integration, portfolio management, performance reporting, governance, or related fields, preferably in infrastructure, power, water, energy, or asset-intensive sectors.

Knowledge and Skills

• Strong analytical, reporting, and executive presentation skills, with advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Good understanding of Project Company governance, workflow management, and stakeholder engagement.
• Ability to create clear narratives, dashboards, and action plans from complex information.
• Strong coordination, communication, and influencing abilities in a matrix structure with senior stakeholders.
• High attention to detail, commitment to confidentiality, and capability to perform under pressure and meet deadlines.