Business Analyst

Overview:

KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration – through conceptualization – to realization of planning, design or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 60 years we've led with vision, contributing to many of the world's most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences and prosperous communities.

As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is recognized by ENR as one of the Top 225 International Design Firms and one of the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms. We are also ranked by World Architecture as the 57th largest global architecture firm and the #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2024 WA100 Survey.

We invite you to join us. Why?

When you join KEO, you'll discover more than just a job – you'll find a supportive environment that fosters your professional development through internal global mobility and career development and does so within a culture that supports company-wide health and well-being through on-demand counselling services and regular workplace clinics. You will be invited to celebrate community events such as sports days, fun-runs, in-house sports teams and beach clean ups. In addition to your competitive package and benefits you will have access to a suite of policies that include hybrid working arrangements, individual athletic sponsorship, study assistance sponsorship, employee referral rewards, mentoring and coaching programs and extensive in-house on demand learning courses.

Responsibilities:

Our newest opportunity is for a talented Business Analyst, to join our award-winning team based in Doha, Qatar.

We envisage responsibilities in this role to include;

• Preparing detailed project plans to determine resource allocation, deliverable timelines and possible issues.
• Supporting the business with financial functions, such as assessing, auditing, planning, budgeting, consolidation, cost control and project control.
• Planning, cost and schedule metrics and tools (work breakdown structure), collecting performance data (installed quantities, expended labour hours, and other progress measurements for direct hire and subcontract labour), tracking data (daily cost compilation and monitoring), analysing and reporting (earned value, productivity and risk analysis).
• Analysing records of present and past operations, trends and costs, estimated and realized revenues, administrative commitments, and obligations incurred to project future revenues and expenses.
• Compiling budgetary and fiscal data received from assigned departments to prepare revenue balance statements and historical comparisons of project expenditures with requested appropriations.
• Financial planning, preparation of budgets and forecasts and preparation of periodic reports detailing financial performance.
• Assisting in preparation of special studies, analysis and recommendations in areas such as budgets, forecasts, financial plans, governmental requirements, statistical reports, and business forecasts.
• Preparing reports analysing specific aspects of department structures, functions and operational procedures and recommends ways to improve efficiency and/or effectiveness.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envisage that you will bring a between 3 - 5 years' experience from a similar role working within an Engineering Consultancy environment partnered with a Bachelor's Degree.

• Strong financial acumen and analytical experience with experience delivering forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis and data interpretation.
• Ability to effectively present information.
• High level analytical and quantitative skills.
• Excellent written and verbal skills with ability to communicate effectively with multiple stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience in Microsoft Power BI and Project Planning Software.
• Advanced MS Office skills.

KEO's performance is founded upon integrity, results, innovation, safety and our people. We embrace diversity and recognise its' contribution to client success wherever we work.

We are excited to hear how you can partner with our award-winning team and treat all expressions of interest confidentially.