IKAV Energy Inc Hiring for Finance Associate Job at Houston, TX Full Time

IKAV Energy Inc is a private E&P company with its US headquarters in Durango, Colorado, and belongs to the global energy infrastructure group, IKAV. IKAV has worldwide offices in Hamburg, Luxembourg, Milan, Madrid, Lisbon, Munich, and Paris and has launched its US franchise in 2019 managing and operating a billion-dollar portfolio on a long-term basis. At IKAV, teamwork is at the heart of our operations and is only strengthened by the many diverse and professional backgrounds that shape our team. IKAV believes in flat hierarchies and the empowerment of team members. In return, we expect exceptional motivation, a high degree of independent thinking, and the ability to spot opportunities for optimization and growth.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Analyze complex financial information and reports to assist in providing accurate and timely financial recommendations, along with building financial models and scenario analysis to evaluate investment decisions for various initiatives including but not limited to economic projects across operations team, hedging, corporate modeling sensitivities and acquisitions
• Develop operational and financial process improvement practices, including working with the Finance Manager, CFO and finance/accounting team to establish key business metrics, develop funding strategies, and create a robust reporting platform to ensure accurate, reliable and timely financial projections and reporting
• Maintain/modify various corporate models including cash flow, covenant, and corporate planning
• Build and assist in content development and review of investor presentations
• Build and assist in monthly distribution of IKAV financial package with budgets/forecasts/actual with variance commentary and overall financial performance analysis to meet financing requirements and assist in decision making
• Build processes and procedures to provide management tools to review financial performance relative to KPIs to analyze current and past trends including, revenue drivers, operating costs and capital expenditures; along with external/internal market & competitive trends, leading/lagging indicators, and benchmarking analysis

Required Skills and Abilities

• Practices and encourages open, honest and timely communication within the team
• Clear communication of process to measure progress
• Lead and foster a culture of ethical behavior that supports compliance programs and strong auditing and financial controls.
• Self-starter with sound judgment and decision-making abilities
• Ability to work with broad concepts and develop detailed models
• Must demonstrate a high level of personal motivation and organizational skills with a willingness to take on significant responsibility and a proven ability to multi-task and meet deadlines

• 2 to 5 years of banking and/or finance experience
• Banking and FP&A experience ideal
• Strong modeling skills
• Experience in the oil & gas industry
• Comfortable with working in a growing start-up environment
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business, or economics required
• Flexibility to grow and change with company needs
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite plus advanced expertise with Excel and PowerPoint applications
• Experience with PowerBI, or other data analysis software (Tableau, Spotfire) a plus

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