Senior Consultant - Programme Advisory | Controls & Performance

  • Full-time
  • Department: Advisory

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is an independent global professional services company specialising in programme/project management, programme controls, cost and commercial management and advisory services operating across Infrastructure, Real Estate and Natural Resources sectors.

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realise their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.

For 75 years we have been leading the delivery of major transformational programmes. Our success at realising outcomes for clients has resulted in significant growth. Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious Net Zero programmes from over 110 offices worldwide.

Further to this success we are now facing a new wave of growth to achieve our ambitious 2025 vision. To achieve this, we need great people who are passionate about both delivering great outcomes to our clients and contributing to our future vision. This is made entirely possible through our entrepreneurial culture, allowing employees of all levels to directly influence the business and to own their career.

The world is changing, and we have a responsibility to support that change, helping drive it and be part of it.

Through the commitment, capability and care our team brings, we build trust between clients, suppliers, governments, and society. Delivering better outcomes that have a positive impact on the world around us.

We work smarter to face the challenges of the future; bringing the clarity that helps teams realise their full potential across the real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources sectors.

It’s how we’ve made the difference for 75 years. Transforming performance for a green, inclusive and productive world. 

Our Programme Advisory team focusses on orchestrating complex strategy, set-up and transformations for public and private sector clients enabling the successful delivery of major and giga programmes in-kingdom.

Our continued success is driving the expansion of our Strategy & Transformation KSA team (role family, part of Programme Advisory) in Riyadh and we are seeking to recruit talented individuals, who feel their experience and capabilities will enable successful strategy, set-up and transformations of major programmes and asset owning enterprises.

Joining us will mean becoming part of a friendly and tight-knit community, full of talented and diverse individuals, always ready to support each other, act with empathy and provide constructive feedback that enables our growth and drives continuous improvement. Our approach is always outcome focused and we recognise the importance of innovation in everything we do, being driven by a growth mindset.

We believe that providing a successful Strategy & Transformation advisory service, is all about being able to listen, understand and help our clients uncover the root causes of their challenges to then be able to design and provide a benefit focused solution for clients by bringing the best of our technical excellence and transformational change capability

Job Description

As a consultant you will get the opportunity to work across several high-profile infrastructure, real estate or natural resources projects, for both private and public clients (Middle East - KSA), managing and driving the team to successfully deliver business transformation and controls & performance advisory services covering strategy, set-up and optimisation of specific controls & performance functions or project/programme/portfolio management offices.

As part of our Controls & Performance Advisory team you will be expected to contribute across several areas, including:

  • Contribute to the assessment of each client environment and their current challenges and support in utilising our structured approach to discover and deliver and implement a solution that is fit for purpose and enables the client achieve the benefits and outcomes desired;
  • Support development, implementation and optimisation of PMO and controls & performance related strategies, functional set-up and optimisation;
  • Support the definition and write-up of report to support findings and recommendations across various stages of the client engagement;
  • Support the delivery of workshops in a mix of virtual and face-to-face environments with Sr. (C-suite) client representatives;
  • Work within diverse and multi-disciplinary teams representing Turner & Townsend at both client sites and virtually;
  • Deploy established methodologies, processes, tools and systems, tailoring these to suit specific circumstances and contributing to their continuous improvement and development;
  • Support the successful adoption and realisation of successful business outcomes;
  • Support key activities within the Programme Advisory team including internal development of transformation products and approaches;
  • Support various business generation activities such as bids, proposals, etc and work closely alongside Senior Management and the wider Turner & Townsend team.
  • Identify, contribute to and progress business generation opportunities where appropriate;
  • Support marketing and social media campaigns (employee advocacy) where appropriate;

Qualifications

  • 4+ years with relevant industry experience (Master’s degree or equivalent experience desirable)
  • Experience of working on major capital projects/programmes covering one or more roles within the PMO/controls & performance environment (schedule, cost, risk, change or performance reporting) in the Infrastructure, Real Estate or Natural Resources;
  • Familiarity with supporting capability/maturity assessments across the capital delivery businesses, PMO, controls & performance or a specific function;
  • Familiarity with supporting the development of controls & performance integrated processes (scope, schedule, cost, risk, performance reporting, change), documentation (manuals, policies, standards, procedures) and digital solutions used to create a ‘one version of the truth’ and enabling client leadership teams to make informed decision making based on actionable intelligence;
  • Experience with writing/presenting reports and ability to navigate through complex stakeholder environments and engage (as required) with C-suite level, executive client teams;
  • Computer literacy in Office 365 applications, diagramming tools such as Visio, online whiteboarding tools such as Miro, team collaboration tools such as Slack, Microsoft Teams or specialist controls & performance software tools such as Oracle Primavera, PRISM, Ecosys, Deltek Cobra, Primavera Risk Analysis, Safran Risk, Risk Hive, Power BI, Tableau or similar
  • Experience of business transformation programmmes and change management would be advantageous;
  • Understanding of strategy and set-up of target operating models and organisational design in the context of capital and operational delivery businesses, integrated controls & performance functions or PMO set-ups would be advantageous;
  • APM, PMI or similar certification or equivalent experience would be advantageous

Key expected behaviours and ways of working:

  • Able to proactively identify and resolve client’s issues, identifying and communicating lessons learnt;
  • Able to build strong, professional client relationships, challenging behaviours when appropriate;
  • Able to expresses ideas and self with clarity, sticking to the key points;
  • Able to listen effectively to understand wider issues and the impact on self and others;
  • Show clear determination to achieve goals that have been set;
  • Able to remain resilient despite obstacles, disappointments or challenges at work;
  • Take personal responsibility to complete actions and resolve issues;
  • Encourage active participation and positive contribution from all;
  • Work with others, both internally and externally, to achieve project and/or business goals;
  • Able to analyze information quickly and efficiently;
  • When making a decision, able to use an appropriate mix of analysis, intuition and judgement to determine the most appropriate solution.
  • SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote an inclusive, healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. 

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and people from all sectors of the community. 

Turner & Townsend does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV’s that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies outside of our preferred supplier list. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application.

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