Houston, TX

Are you a Financial Planning Associate? Opportunity for career development and mentorship knocks at this Oil & Gas company in Houston.

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Salary: $115,000 - $125,000 per year

A bit about us:

Our Client is a publicly traded independent oil and natural gas producer active in the acquisition, exploration, and development of properties in the Gulf of Mexico. They've been in business for almost 40 years and are seeking a driven Financial Planning Associate to support the internal finance team with its many responsibilities and initiatives. This is a unique opportunity for candidates with finance, FP&A, or investment banking experience to work for a premier O&G exploration and production company in Houston, TX.

Why join us?

• 401k with 6% match
• Remote half-days every Friday
• Report directly to the Director of Finance
• High visibility opportunity: work along side the CEO, CFO & COO
• Huge opportunity for growth: Associate to Manager to Director
• Exposure to the Capital Market side of business
• Exposure to M&A and raising capital

Job Details

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• This role reports to the Director of Finance, who in turn reports to the CFO. The org structure provides the Financial Planning Associate a great deal of exposure to executives
• Support the Director of Finance who is responsible for initiating, tracking, and advancing key management objectives such as budgeting, forecasting, M&A, capital deployment, and evaluating external financing
• Work with executives to build annual budgets and forecasts, and conduct variance analysis to demonstrate how they compare against actual performance
• Formulate value-add analysis and recommendations that can help navigate a challenging and unpredictable economic environment. Take complex situations and simplify them so management can make informed decisions on how to allocate, save, or efficiently deploy capital
• Prepare presentations and memos that disclose financials for monthly, quarterly and annual management reviews
• Update the internal corporate model as actual numbers are received from Accounting. Be the owner, manager, and point of contact for the corporate model and all its related tasks
• Tactfully and effectively work with multiple internal groups to track down information regarding capital, LOE, acquisitions, production and more on a timely basis
• Monitor oil and natural gas hedges and their impact on overall company performance
• Create Excel models to evaluate resource allocation decisions and ongoing cashflow planning
• Produce detailed reports, graphs, charts and presentations that outline findings, explain risk and recommend alternatives
• Monitor fundamental economic, industrial and corporate developments by analyzing information from various sources
• Present written reports on forecasts, variance analysis, and operational updates

Education/Experience:

• Undergraduate degree in finance or accounting required, or a degree in engineering combined with credentials in finance (e.g., master’s degree in a financial field or significant progress toward CFA charter)
• 4 years of experience in financial analysis: corporate finance, accounting, commercial banking, investment banking or other related functions working with Excel models and PowerPoint presentations
• Advanced MS Office skills in Excel (financial modeling experience required), PowerPoint, and Word
• Capable financial modeler experienced with 3-statement financial models and corresponding analysis
• Adept at creating presentations in PowerPoint such as investor presentations, BOD materials, and marketing decks
• Excellent writing skills and can draft memos that clearly articulate state of the company to BOD and management
• Oil and gas experience preferred, ideally in upstream
• Ability to take ownership of new tasks and problems and solve them with precision and thoughtfulness
• Team player with intellectual curiosity, a strong work ethic, a positive attitude, and persistent attention to detail
• Possesses the initiative to work independently on tasks with limited data and the desire to take on projects that may not be specifically assigned

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