Business Development Analyst

The Business Development Analyst is responsible for analyzing natural gas, crude oil and natural gas economics in support of the commercial and trading group. This position will support the growth of the existing and future portfolio of production through providing responsive and quality service to existing clients and assisting in the pursuit of new clients. This position requires an energetic and analytical person, who has a commercial understanding and focus.

Responsibilities

- Support the review and assessment of the competitive landscape of midstream options for natural gas, crude oil and natural gas liquids from the wellhead through the midstream value chain

- Develop detailed economic evaluation of the various proposals and contracts collected through the due diligence and project planning phase

- Own the project management from draft contracts through facility construction completion to ensure midstream facilities are completed ahead of drilling and completion programs

- Work closely with contract administration, scheduling, trading and operational accounting teams to insure consistent and correct processing of new production

- Develop and maintain a working knowledge of the North American natural gas, crude oil and NGL pipeline infrastructure

- Manage and maintain various data for distribution to clients and for use in multiple market reports

- Manage third party resources, proposals, contracts, timelines, budgets

- Research utility tariffs, government incentives and environmental regulations

- Maintain detailed and organized files, documents and database management

- Documenting and following up on important actions and decisions from meetings, tracking deliverables

- Compiling and preparing necessary presentation materials for meetings, RFPs and approvals

- Run financial models and help evaluate project economics

- Research competitors and conduct competitive analysis

- Manage multiple projects simultaneously (in various stages of implementation); work independently to drive progress and manage implementation to achieve measurable results

- Responsible for the accuracy and quality of the due diligence data gathered while analyzing potential opportunities; use relative value and absolute valuation methodologies to evaluate the economics of a transaction along with the potential tradeoffs

Position Requirements

Formal Education & Certification

- Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Economics, or a related field

Knowledge & Experience

- One or more years of relevant experience related to North America energy markets

- Advanced MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills, including use and creation of pivot tables

- Experience using Google Earth Pro and ARC GIS a plus

Qualifications & Characteristics

- Ability to read and analyze contracts with a commercial understanding and focus

- Strong project management skills with the ability to manage time-sensitive projects with a can-do attitude - doing what it takes to get the job done well

- Ability to prioritize and execute multiple projects accurately, completely and timely

- Self-directed with the ability to enhance process and procedures

- Willingness and ability to work on a new and different project every day

- 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, an innovative bent, and persistent attention to detail

- Strong ability to develop rapport, trust, and maintain business relationships

- Strong writing, analytical and presentation skills – develop the ability to tell a compelling business story through fact-based analysis

- Ability to build and maintain complex financial models and manage large amounts of data

- Ability to quantify downside risks and upside opportunities in order to assess the risk/reward of a deal and the overall impact to company value

Work Environment

- Willingness and ability to travel regionally to attend client meetings and industry conferences on as needed basis

- Hybrid work environment, 3 days a week in office after training is completed

- Open office team environment with a considerable amount of computer time

- Sitting for extended periods of time

- Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, mouse and other computer components

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.