Sr. Specialist, Business Case Development

**Who is our client and your future employer?**:
Ranked among the world’s largest petrochemicals manufacturers, it is a public company based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. With operations in around 50 countries, The Company has a global workforce of over 31,000 talented individuals. The company operates through three strategic Business Units - Petrochemicals, Agri-Nutrients and Specialties. They support customers by identifying and developing opportunities in key end markets such as construction, medical devices, packaging, Agri-nutrients, electrical and electronics, transportation, and clean energy.

The company’s manufacturing, sales, technology, and innovation facilities are located throughout the globe and are managed by four regional offices: the Middle East and Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Europe.

The Company invests heavily in Technology and Innovation (T&I). The T&I facilities are spread across the globe with hundreds of dedicated scientists contributing to the ongoing development of new patents and certifications.

**LHR Americas**:
The job opportunity you have long waited for. LHR Americas recruit people from around the world to work in Saudi Arabia.

**Who are we looking for?***:
We are looking for a Sr. Specialist, Business Case Development & Economics Model who will be in charge of developing Business cases (i.e. Strategic & Market Assessment, Techno Economic assessment and modeling, Risk Analysis & Modeling,.etc.) essential to facilitate the decision making by senior leadership in regard of Mega projects Investment Decision and Capital Allocation. This role will be fully involved in various Techno Economic decisions that will have an impact on overall cash flows / economics of the project. The holder of this role is expected to continuously monitoring the business case and seek ways for value creation / optimization. The holder of this role is expected to present the Business Case to various stakeholders such as Steering Committees to facilitate the investment decision making.

**Qualifications**:

- Bachelors degree in business administration, finance, engineering or economics.
- Financial Modelling & Valuation Analyst Certificate, CMA, or similar certificate from accredited institute is preferred
- 8 - 12 years of experience in Business Case Development, Financial Modeling, Financial Planning & Analysis or investment planning, M&A or similar functions in a petrochemicals or industrial organization.
- Very good knowledge of petrochemical industry and working in global organization / environment
- As our client Job Skills guidelines and framework applicable to this Career Line and Grade. Many areas of focus, but here are some highlights: Problem solving, conflict management, negotiation, networking, Management accounting, financial/economics modeling using Excel, ability to understand production process, review & challenge mass balances and the inter-dependencies between existing and new schematics of plants.
- Our client Competency guidelines and framework applicable to this Career Line and Grade:

- Business Acumen
- Strong stakeholder management, people management and leadership skills
- Effective communication and presentation skills and ability to influence effectively and to deal with cultural differences
- Analytical capabilities to conduct meaningful analysis and identify business improvement opportunities
- Excellent team player and business relationships
- Objective and fact based business attitude
- Good knowledge of financial planning and analysis
- Flexible and willing to adapt to changes with global mindset.

**Duties and responsibilities**
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- Actively participates in various project proposals by scanning / analyzing project inputs from various sources like Project core team members, Business Management, Corporate Finance, Manufacturing & Engineering, Technology Management.
- Takes up the overall ownership of developing Business Case & Financial model that are essential to facilitate the decision making by senior leadership in regard of Investment Decision and Capital Allocation.
- Participates in negotiations on Feedstock pricing, Marketing principles, JV principles and guides the Project team explaining the impact of these decisions on Project cash flows and economics.
- Constantly looks into various risks along with its mitigation plan and if necessary translates these risks into financial numbers in the overall evaluation of projects.
- Participates along with other project team in the discussions relating to selection of technologies, supply chain solutions and every area of project that has an economic and cash flow impact.
- Keeps Management informed at each stage the economics of the project with sensitivity analysis.
- Acts as a gate keeper challenging hundreds of inputs flowing in from different functional teams so that the data is clean as much as possible.
- Review, challenge, qualify and articulate project proposals ("storyline") and ensure that they are align