Global Oil Gas Senior Commercial Financial Planning Analyst- Chemicals Trading Refining

This role required candidate topermanently relocate at Dhahran SaudiArabia.

About theCompany

This company engagesin the exploration production transportation and sale of crude oiland natural gas. It operates through the following segments : Upstream Downstream and Corporate.

The Upstream segment includescrude oil natural gas and natural gas liquids exploration fielddevelopment and production. The Downstream segment focuses onrefining logistics power generation and the marketing of crude oilpetroleum and petrochemical products and related services tointernational and domestic customers.

The Corporate segment offerssupporting services including human resources finance andinformation technology. The company was founded on May 29 1933 andis headquartered in Dhahran Saudi Arabia.

Job Summary

We areseeking a seasoned Planning & Performance Management Analyst tojoin the Downstream Finance Planning and Performance ManagementDepartment (DSP&PMD).

DSP&PMD is primarily responsible forperiodic performance reporting and the coordination consolidationand preparation of the annual Downstream Business Plan PeriodBusiness performance review and Midyear / Yearend Accountabilityreporting.

This includes the preparation of presentations forSenior / Executive Management and the Board of Directors.

The Department includes personnel serving as liaisons withthe various business segments and units coordinating planning andperformance reporting activities undertaking variance analysisidentifying performance enhancement opportunities resolving issuesand various other adhoc reporting requirements such as benchmarkingactivities.

The Senior Planning &Performance Management Analysts primary role is to support themanagement of multibillion USD business product lines and theirconsolidation into the Downstream business results.

The Analystswill also look to identify opportunities to improve businessperformance (i.e. performance management rather than justreporting) and share these with the business with the aim ofimplementation.

Responsibilities :

• Engage in Business Planning Forecasting andReporting activities.
• Provide analysisexplanations and recommendations for regular Planning &Performance Management (P&PM) tasks including business planpreparation periodic performance tracking measurement analysis andreporting.
• Conduct special P&PMrelatedstudies such as performance initiatives and business casesdevelopment scorecard creation and monitoring target settingbenchmarking risk management and design / redesign of measurementsprocesses workflows and information systemrelatedchanges.
• Develop new financial models orreview segmentrelated models offering economic insights on earningsinvestments and energy market matters.
• Performbenchmarking analysis to identify value opportunities.

Requirements :

• This role required candidate topermanently relocate at Dhahran SaudiArabia.
• Hold a Bachelors degreein Finance Business Engineering or a related field. Possession ofan advanced business degree (e.

g. MBA) and / or relevant professionalcertifications (e.g. CMA CFA CPA) is preferred.

• Accumulate over 12 years of industryrelevant experiencedemonstrating a strong commercial and financial understanding ofthe Downstream value chain such as Chemicals Trading orRefining.
• Showcase expertise and a proventrack record in planning and performance management practicesincluding performance analysis assessment and reporting;

financial(IFRS) reporting; business planning / budgeting; business casepreparation; project management; and financial modeling.

• Have experience working in one or more areas of theDownstream value chain particularly in Planning and PerformanceManagement functions.
• Possess the ability tomanage and analyze large volumes of data with experience inbusiness intelligence tools being advantageous.
• Demonstrate solid knowledge and understanding ofmanagement accounting finance and proficiency in Excel.
• Exhibit strong written and presentation skills capable ofarticulating complex analyses into simple concepts.

Planning,Performance,Management,Commercial