Overview

We are seeking a Senior Corporate Strategy Advisor to join the Strategic Performance & Investment Planning Department within our Corporate Strategy organization.

The Strategic Performance & Investment Planning Department is responsible to coordinate the development of the Company's Corporate Strategy, provide analytical support and facilitation of strategic decision-making by Corporate Management, and lead communication of the Corporate Strategy across the organization and in key Company publications.

The Senior Corporate Strategy Advisor will directly contribute to the Company's strategy development and update process through the application of best-practices in the fields of upstream, downstream, new energies and corporate strategy.

Key Responsibilities

As a successful candidate you will be required to perform the following:

• Acts as a "Corporate Advisor" for Corporate Strategy and related issues and provides relevant strategic and process-related insight to the Strategic Planning Department, the Corporate Planning organization, the CEO and members of Corporate Management.
• Development and update of the Company's Corporate Strategy in coordination with other business strategists and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) within the Corporate Planning organization and the various business and support lines.
• Generates and proposes to corporate and executive management strategic options backed up with the appropriate analysis.
• Prepares research and special studies and analyses as required, for the Corporate Planning organization
• and various Corporate Committees.
• Coordinates with all groups of Strategic Planning and other departments of Corporate Planning to develop the analysis required for the development and update of the Corporate Strategy.
• Must cultivate key matrix relationships across the organization and be able to persuade counterparts at different levels and advance corporate strategic thinking to ensure the organization is proactive in adjusting or developing its strategy.
• Interfaces, influences, and collaborates with a group of SMEs, strategists and professionals across the organization. 

Minimum Requirements

As a successful candidate you will have:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business or Management. Economics, Finance or closely related post graduate degree highly desirable.
• Minimum 15 years professional experience gained in a combination of technical, operational, commercial and strategic roles, with at least 10 years experience in a Corporate Strategy or Corporate Planning role,
• Significant experience in oil & gas, preferably in relevant departments of a major oil & gas company and supplemented by consulting experience in the energy practice of a major international consulting firm.
• Solid experience in strategy development, strategic planning and scenario planning in an oil & gas and wider energy industry context.
• Ability to independently initiate research to formulate, coherently articulate, and present ideas and initiatives assessing issues or opportunities impacting the Company's strategy or performance.
• Previously presented to Corporate Management and Board level, as well as across organizational levels and at external fora such as conferences, and must therefore be able to quickly build the trust and respect of Executive Committee members, senior management and peers.
• Prior experience working in an international setting, with a sound appreciation of working with multinational teams.