Strategy Analyst Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, or Planning
• Minimum 10 years’ experience of Economic/Financial Modeling
• Advanced: MS Excel, MS PowerPoint
• The individual is required to follow all applicable safety precautions.
• Work is performed almost entirely in a controlled (i.e., inside) environment and does not typically subject the incumbent to any hazardous/extreme elements; some positions may require regularly moving or transporting items weighing up to 25 lbs. around the office for various needs.
• The successful candidate must be able to complete all essential physical requirements of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

Nice To Haves

• Oil & Gas (E&P) experience preferred
• Experience modelling fiscal contracts, including PSCs
• Experience leveraging different systems and applications in daily workflows
• Experience maintaining financial models / involved in forecasting processes
• Ability to work independently on unstructured requests with little oversight / direction
• Ability to accomplish urgent tasks quickly when speed is a high priority
• Ability to take initiative / ownership of projects & deliverables
• Ability to self-teach new concepts / software with minimal manager involvement (i.e., leveraging public information or existing reports/documentation)

Responsibilities

• Supports the review and analysis of project economics related to Murphy’s portfolio of projects and the development of the associated Long-Range Plan (LRP)
• Supports the optimization of Murphy’s consolidated portfolio to efficiently allocate capital across different price environments, while accounting for different objective functions / constraints
• Prepare analysis for different types of Scenarios (e.g., M&A, Exploration Success, Hedging Strategies, Alternative capital structures, etc.)
• Translate certain strategic scenarios and assumptions into corporate pro-forma cash flow statements, income statements, and balance sheets; as well as key KPIs such as total shareholder return, leverage ratios, ROACE, NAVs, etc.
• Undertake research on relevant macroeconomic and market trends; some of which may be used in the annual Strategic plan that is prepared and distributed to the executive team and board of directors
• Own and execute ad-hoc requests that originate from executive leadership or the board of directors with minimal direction / guidance
• Perform quarterly & annual analysis on how Murphy is performing relative to other peers
• Prepare analysis for board of director / finance committee meetings which may involve summarizing regular work products as well as ad-hoc work
• Leverage third-party research and data platforms to supplement analytical deliverables