Senior Specialist Billing and Cost Control

About the Role

Qiddiya is seeking a Senior Specialist Billing and Cost Control to join its team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role focuses on managing financial planning, budget oversight, and procurement processes to ensure operational efficiency and compliance.

Financial Planning and Budget Management

The Senior Specialist will lead financial planning activities, including budget preparation and performance monitoring. This involves close collaboration with various stakeholders to develop accurate financial forecasts and manage expenditures effectively.

• Lead the preparation and consolidation of annual budgets and forecasts.
• Support scope owners in developing budget calculations, assumptions, forecasts, and justifications.
• Monitor budget performance, spending trends, and forecast accuracy.
• Track commitments, accruals, and future financial obligations.
• Maintain accurate budget trackers and prepare financial reports, spend analyses, and management dashboards.
• Review and validate vendor invoices, financial claims, and other contract-related payments prior to processing.

Procurement Planning and Governance

This role also encompasses coordinating procurement planning, ensuring alignment with business needs, and supporting the development of strategic partnerships and cost-efficiency initiatives.

• Coordinate procurement planning activities and ensure requirements align with business objectives.
• Develop and maintain a procurement plan aligned with business needs, budgets, and timelines.
• Support category strategies and cost-efficiency opportunities to improve value for money.
• Support the development of strategic partnerships that create long-term value and contribute to Qiddiya objectives.
• Support the establishment of a Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and performance framework.
• Develop high-quality Scopes of Work (SoW) that enable business success.
• Ensure compliance with procurement policies, DoA, approval matrices, and Local Content requirements.
• Support technical and commercial evaluations of proposals and recommendations.
• Manage system-based PR, SRO, SES, and related procurement workflows, ensuring accurate processing and complete documentation.
• Monitor contract utilization, commitments, and expenditure against approved values and budgets.
• Support contract amendments, extensions, renewals, and close-out activities.

Qualifications and Experience

Candidates should possess relevant experience in financial planning, budget management, and procurement within a professional setting.

• 3-4 years of experience in a related field.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, contributing to the financial and procurement operations of Qiddiya.