Senior Financial Analyst - BD and Strategy

Chord Energy • Houston, TX

9d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Financial Analyst supports Chord Energy’s Business Development and Strategic Planning efforts. The role analyzes upstream opportunities—including asset acquisitions, corporate mergers, and divestitures—and provides analysis to the Midstream/Marketing, NonOp, New Ventures, and Business Transformation teams. It involves working with senior management and contributing to the company’s strategic direction. The position reports to the Senior Director of Strategic Planning and is located in Houston, Texas. A hybrid schedule is available, with remote work on Mondays and Fridays. Level and salary are commensurate with experience.

The role supports transaction evaluation and due diligence, prepares valuation and economic analyses, assesses deal risks and opportunities, and provides financial modeling and strategic support across business units. It also analyzes infrastructure and marketing-contract opportunities and communicates financial information to senior executives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, business, or a related field.
• At least 1 year of investment banking experience or 4–5 years of finance experience, preferably in oil and gas.
• Ability to build and maintain complex financial models and manage large amounts of data.
• Ability to work collaboratively and effectively with all organizational levels and external advisors.
• Strong project-management skills and ability to manage time-sensitive tasks.
• Excellent writing, analytical, and presentation skills.
• Expert user of MS Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Ability to take ownership of new tasks and problems and solve them precisely and thoughtfully.
• Team player with intellectual curiosity, a strong work ethic, a positive attitude, an innovative bent, and persistent attention to detail.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, fluid environment and adapt to the demands of a growing company.
• Ability to work in a standard office setting and use standard office equipment, including a computer.
• Stamina to maintain attention to detail despite interruptions.
• Strength to lift and carry files weighing up to 10 pounds.
• Vision to read printed materials and a computer screen, and hearing and speech to communicate in person and by telephone.

Nice To Haves

• Five years of finance experience or two years of investment banking experience.
• Oil and gas experience, preferably in upstream.
• Experience with technical tools such as Python, Aries, Enverus, Spotfire, and Enersight.

Responsibilities

• Prepare strategic, economic, and valuation analyses for mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures, including DCF, NAV, LBO, merger accretion/dilution, and comparable-company analyses.
• Use relative and absolute valuation methodologies to evaluate transaction economics and potential tradeoffs.
• Quantify downside risks and upside opportunities to assess deal risk/reward and the overall impact on company value.
• Contribute to deal evaluation and due diligence, working with engineers, geologists, the land team, the commercial team, and executives.
• Scan public and proprietary data sources for operating metrics in selected North American oil and gas basins for M&A valuation purposes.
• Provide modeling and strategic support to the NonOp team for strategy formation and deal evaluation.
• Work with Marketing/Midstream teams to assess opportunities to develop infrastructure and analyze marketing contracts.
• Support New Ventures and Business Transformation teams with analysis of strategic initiatives and help align their work with corporate objectives.
• Build presentations and communicate financial information to senior-level executives.
• Assess the strategic implications of allocating capital across business units, with a focus on maximizing company value.
• Perform other job-related duties and follow instructions assigned by the supervisor.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior