Corporate Finance Analyst

Job Description

<p><strong>About the Company<br></strong><br><br><br>This company engages in the exploration, production, transportation, and sale of crude oil and natural gas. It operates through the following segments: Upstream, Downstream, and Corporate. The Upstream segment includes crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids exploration, field development, and production. The Downstream segment focuses on refining, logistics, power generation, and the marketing of crude oil, petroleum and petrochemical products, and related services to international and domestic customers. The Corporate segment offers supporting services including human resources, finance, and information technology. The company was founded on May 29, 1933 and is headquartered in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.</p> <p><strong>Job Summary</strong></p> <p>We are seeking a Corporate Finance Analyst to join the Debt Management Division of Capital Markets &amp; Financing Department at This Company. The Corporate Finance Analyst is critical in helping executives to manage and optimize the company’s substantial global assets, cash flows and investment banking relationships. Successful candidates must possess a great understanding of corporate finance, loan administration, bank and investor relationships. The successful candidate considered for this position should illustrate a great degree of finance and accounting and should also have technical expertise in working with loan administration systems, generation and drafting management reports and external circulations. In addition, successful candidates should have an ability to work with cross functional teams on complex, non-routine financial projects, which have little precedent. Candidates should also possess the knowledge of analyzing external sources of debt to identify emerging trends in support of This Company’s global financing strategies, ensuring that the group maintains ready access to financial markets to meet its expansionary requirements. The position requires a reasonable knowledge of debt capital markets and may involve the candidate leading many aspects of corporate debt issuances as well as establishing relevant systems and procedures in support of company’s debt management efforts. This position involves heavy interaction with senior finance management, as well as project development and bank relationship teams.</p> <p><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Work closely with legal and investor relations teams in preparing information memorandum and associated materials for distribution to potential investors.</li> <li>Assist in the formulation and the implementation of financing strategies, policies and procedures to ensure group-level financial flexibility.</li> <li>Administer This Company’s $USD-multi-billion credit facilities, including processing of payments to/from external parties in relation to such facilities.</li> <li>Test financial controls and ensure guidelines and controls are properly followed.</li> <li>Draft and issue credit facility reports to management and external parties as necessary.</li> <li>Work with legal departments in reviewing credit facility agreements.</li> <li>Provide financial support to This Company JVs as necessary.</li> <li>Work with Accounting to ensure accurate recording of loan accruals/records.</li> <li>Ensure compliance with debt covenants and reporting.</li> <li>Train and develop junior professional staff.</li> <li>Work with relevant stakeholders to assess cash funding requirements.</li> <li>Possess a strong understanding of capital markets, investment banking and financing vehicles across the corporate capital structure.</li> <li>Develop comprehensive cash flow forecasts for the corporate group including detailed modeling and sensitivity analysis.</li> <li>Interact with executives across the investment banking community, as well as executive management.</li> <li>Strong written/oral communication skills for executive presentations. Develop and interpret technical data to create briefs, policies, programs, and procedures.</li> <li>Experience working in global, diversified teams across the corporate structure.</li> <li>Assist in the structuring, pricing and negotiation of debt issuances.</li><br></ul> <p><strong>Requirements:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, or Accounting from a recognized and approved program. An MBA is also preferred.</li> <li>7+ years of relevant work experience in the oil and gas industry or experience leading a debt capital markets structuring/syndication team.</li> <li>Financial certification preferred (CPA, CMA, CTP or CFA).</li> <li>Experience in dealing with corporate credit rating requirements.</li> <li>Capable of interfacing with senior management in an advisory capacity.</li> <li>Demonstrate ability to work within a matrix organization and with multi-disciplinary project teams and consultants to effectively and efficiently deliver results.</li> <li>Negotiation experience with and comprehension of complex legal agreements and banking documents.</li> <li>Proficient with MS Office.</li></ul>