Business Development Economic Analyst
About the role
Remote based
The Business Development Economic Analyst will specialize in techno-economic analysis, economic model development, commercial transaction support as well as market analysis. The position will have direct reporting to the Director of Business Development. This role requires a mastery level of Excel and ability to generate presentations for executive level audiences that will communicate complex messages in a concise manner.
The Business Development Economic Analyst will be versed or research further into a wide range of government, business, technology and market topics including, but not limited to, refining, transportation fuel economics, biofuel technology and economics, agricultural practices, foreign, US and state government carbon and renewable energy policy, LCFS markets and others. The analyst will work with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders to ensure the economic models accurately reflect the current and future state of these topics.
Who You Are
You have five or more years of experience in an economic analysis position in a refining or chemicals related organization or a process-oriented (refining or chemicals) engineering environment with a focus on project economic return analysis. A degree in chemical engineering is preferred, though not mandatory; an MBA would be an asset for this role. Candidates without a chemical engineering background will be considered if you demonstrate a strong ability to understand the economic aspects of a process.
You are a highly detail-oriented person that takes pride in creating rigorous economic models and tools that can be easily adapted for various uses. You have the ability to work in a highly cross-functional team in matrix-oriented organizational structure as well as pro-active, transparent communications across functions. You are a person who is skilled in independent determination of the balance between accuracy of analysis with the purpose of the analysis and embraces modeling as the cornerstone of strategic and tactical decision-making. You are a critical technical and economic thinker possessing a combination of technical, commercial, and economic experience gained from formal education and previous work in similar roles such as process engineering and financial planning and analysis.
In this role, you will provide advice to the executive leaders on the negotiation of commercial terms as agreements evolve. You will have ownership of various project models to support various business development undertakings, which includes the development and ownership of operational models under various technical and commercial scenarios and situations to support insights. Mastery of basic finance tools to understand unleveraged financial results of various project configurations in various markets. Prepare financial models, analysis and assessment of potential project, joint venture, acquisitions, and other undertakings’ economic outcomes throughout their development phases. In order to develop the models, you will monitor, and report commodity price information and trends related to company products and feedstocks, and work to develop pricing relationships related to commercial negotiations as well as analyze market intelligence publications and prepare market intelligence summary reports for executive leadership.