Senior Consultant - Project Management & Control at Statoil

Job Id: 232170
Contact Persons: Victor Ogwuda

Job Summary

• This position requires a candidate with business development experience in a wide range of projects and in all of the commercial aspects of business development, including economic analysis, value chain knowledge (particularly oil & gas upstream and midstream) and negotiation experience.

Job Description

• Supporting the Asset Managers in developing, negotiating and maintaining commercial agreements relating to Statoil’s operated and partner operated assets and provide company representation at license meetings and/or follow-up of asset management strategies.
• Support the subsurface team in subsurface and commercial assessments.
• Be a link towards the authorities in relation to subsurface activities.
• Support in commercial work (both new and existing business opportunities), including the establishment of a business case and valuation, risk assessment, integrity due diligence, market and competitor analysis, transaction and contractual structure, as well bid strategy and negotiations.
• Coordinate with other units in Statoil to assess and incorporate into commercial propositions matters of relevance related to legal, tax, financing and political and security risk.
• Coordinate the preparation of decision support documents and presentation of projects for decisions to relevant decision makers.
• Contribute to commercial negotiations with authorities and partners in cooperation with other internal units.
• Keep continuously updated on developments in Nigeria regarding petroleum activities, legislation, politics, economics, competition, etc.
• Establish relationships with other relevant units in Statoil.
• Establish, build and sustain relationships with key decision-makers and stakeholders in Nigeria, in both business and politics as well as with the oil and gas industry in general.
• Ensure HSE, ethical practices and technical integrity (Statoil’s “non-negotiables”)

Qualifications

• Minimum university education - Bachelor's degree within Geology, Geophysics, Petroleum Engineering or data science disciplines with good academic record. An MBA with bias in oil and gas will be an added advantage.
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, preferably in the oil and gas industry and within a role that demonstrates high proficiency in commercial, economics and business analytics.
• Knowledge of oil & gas development and production in Nigeria preferred – with related personal network.
• Fluent in English (spoken and written).

Personal Qualities:

• Ability to live by "I am safety" expectations
• Ability to identify with and represent the company in accordance with its values: courageous, open, collaborative and caring
• High level of personal integrity and high ethical standards
• High level influencing, negotiation and conflict resolution skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Business understanding, involvement and stakeholder engagement skills
• Proactively engages and challenges all commercial contributors
• Solid understanding of technical business development disciplines
• Self-motivated and independent, proactive and perseverant
• Flexibility and adaptability to changing circumstances
• Ability to perform and succeed under pressure

We Offer
We offer competitive salaries, a general bonus scheme, good pension and insurance schemes and a comprehensive welfare package. Statoil wants to ensure diversity in terms of gender, age and culture.