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SalaryThis role required candidate to permanently relocate at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
About the Company
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.
Job Summary
We are seeking a Corporate Lead Finance Analyst to join the Debt Management Division of Group Treasury Management Department at This Company. The Lead 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 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.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with legal and investor relations teams to prepare information memoranda and associated materials for potential investors.
- Assist in formulating and implementing financing strategies, policies, and procedures to ensure group-level financial flexibility.
- Manage This Company's multi-billion-dollar credit facilities, including processing payments to/from external parties.
- Conduct testing of financial controls and ensure adherence to guidelines and controls.
- Draft and distribute credit facility reports to management and external parties as needed.
- Review credit facility agreements in coordination with legal departments.
- Provide financial support to This Company Joint Ventures as required.
- Coordinate with Accounting to ensure accurate recording of loan accruals/records.
- Ensure compliance with debt covenants and reporting requirements.
- Train and develop junior professional staff.
- Collaborate with relevant stakeholders to assess cash funding requirements.
- Possess a strong understanding of capital markets, investment banking, and financing vehicles across the corporate capital structure.
- Engage with executives across the investment banking community and executive management.
- Assist in structuring, pricing, and negotiating debt issuances.
- Willingness to relocate to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
- Hold a Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, or Accounting from a recognized program. An MBA is preferred.
- Possess a minimum of 7 years of relevant work experience in the Oil and Gas industry or leading a Debt Capital Markets structuring/syndication team.
- Preferably hold a financial certification such as CPA, CMA, CTP, or CFA.
- Have experience dealing with corporate credit rating requirements.
- Capable of interfacing with senior management in an advisory capacity.
- Demonstrate the ability to work within a matrix organization and collaborate effectively with multi-disciplinary project teams and consultants to deliver results efficiently.
- Possess negotiation experience and comprehension of complex legal agreements and banking documents.
