Senior Business Development Consultant- Relocate to Saudi Arabia

Candidate must relocate to Saudi Arabia.

Overview

We are seeking a Deal Lead Quality Consultant to join our Strategy & Business Development Division under Gas Venture Department.

The Strategy & Business Development Division is responsible for the transaction cycle from origination to closing. This includes due diligence, business valuation, deal structuring, risk mitigation, commercial negotiations, drafting & execution of key definitive agreements, and closing and post integration activities.

Your primary role is to individually contribute to secure investment opportunities in international gas upstream and liquefaction to support achievement of Saudi Aramco’s gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) production targets.

Key Responsibilities

As the successful candidate you will be required to perform the following:

• Screen upstream gas and LNG investment opportunities globally.
• Characterize the opportunities and prioritize them through set of defined criteria (e.g., Upstream potential, project maturity, quality of potential partners, project economics and local policies)
• Assistance in the development of positions relative to new problem areas of situations and development of policies, programs and procedures are required on an economic mindset basis.
• Provide sound investment analysis advice in support of LNG and Upstream Projects for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals, by leading economic evaluations and financial due diligence in the deal making process.
• Coordinate M&A task force to collect inputs from different units (Upstream, Gas Ventures Department Origination, Legal) to support assessment of pre-FID projects (Final Investment Decision).
• Conduct negotiations with partners to finalize investment terms, and execute transactions.
• Manage technical, financial, commercial, environmental and legal due diligences.
• Manage external advisors on the assessment process.
• Identify alternative investments for Gas Ventures Department (GVD).
• Support decision making at management level with reports on specific opportunities.
• Lead the preparation of high-quality management information to support decision making on potential transactions at both Gas Ventures Department and Saudi Aramco levels
• Coordinate communication on LNG & gas opportunities across the organization.
• Ensure effective communication at every stage of the deal life cycle, understanding any issues and addressing concerns Both within Gas Ventures Department (GVD) and with other business units as required.

Minimum requirements

• As the successful candidate you will hold a Bachelor’s degree in e in Business, Finance or Engineering from a recognized and approved program. MBA or other advanced Post Graduate degree in MPA or a business-related degree is preferred.
• You will have 15 years of experience with a minimum of ten years of relevant M&A and business development, transactions, Gas & LNG work experience, preferably in a major petrochemical or energy industry corporation.
• Demonstrable leadership and management experience.
• Strong ability to establish and maintain networks, both within and across company organizations is Necessary.
• Capability to work effectively within a matrix organization and with multi-disciplinary teams is also preferred.

Aramco energizes the world economy.

Aramco occupies a special position in the global energy industry. We are one of the world’s largest producers of hydrocarbon energy and chemicals, with among the lowest Upstream carbon intensities of any major producer. With our significant investment in technology and infrastructure, we strive to maximize the value of the energy we produce for the world along with a commitment to enhance Aramco’s value to society.

Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the world, we combine market discipline with a generations’ spanning view of the future, born of our nine decades experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom’s vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven us to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to not just the Kingdom, but also to a vast number of communities, economies, and countries that rely on the vital and reliable energy that we supply.

We are one of the most profitable companies in the world, as well as amongst the top five global companies by market capitalization.