OQ8 - Expert, Enterprise Risk Management

JOB OVERVIEW

Duqm Refinery & Petrochem (OQ8) is recruiting an Expert, Enterprise Risk Management in Muscat, Oman. The role supports OQ8's enterprise risk management framework by aligning risk practices with strategy, protecting organizational value, strengthening compliance and business continuity, and providing decision-oriented risk reporting to leadership.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support leadership in embedding risk appetite and tolerance into strategy, business planning and decision-making.
• Define consistent risk criteria and maintain dynamic risk profiles covering likelihood, impact, velocity and resilience.
• Lead and support enterprise risk assessments across strategic, financial, operational and compliance risks.
• Guide business areas in developing mitigation plans, internal controls and business continuity actions, and validate corrective actions through closure.
• Monitor key risk indicators and the wider risk environment and prepare risk reports and presentations for senior management and governance committees.
• Maintain enterprise risk policies, procedures and frameworks aligned with recognized approaches such as COSO and ISO 31000.
• Support business continuity and crisis-management planning and testing.
• Use quantitative methods and risk analytics to support management decision-making.
• Collaborate with Compliance, Information Security, Quality, Legal and other stakeholders to align risk, resilience and governance activities.

QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Risk Management or a related field.
• Master's degree and relevant certifications such as COSO ERM, CRM or PMI-RMP are preferred.
• 10 years of relevant oil and gas industry experience with progressive risk-management responsibility.
• Proven experience embedding risk-management frameworks into business practices.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise risk-management principles, methodologies and relevant regulatory requirements.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, project-management, communication, reporting and stakeholder-management skills.

JOB DETAILS

Company: Duqm Refinery & Petrochem (OQ8)

Location: Muscat, Oman

Function: Finance

Department: Corporate Planning

Section: Business Transformation & Performance Analysis

Job Req ID: 57049

Posting date: 11 September 2026

HOW TO APPLY

Apply through the official OQ Careers vacancy page using the employer's Apply Now process.