Accounting Specialist Credit & Market Analysis

Important Notice: By applying through LHR Americas, you are ensuring that your CV will be manually revised by one of our recruiters. If accepted, we will submit it directly to our client's recruitment team where your CV will be prioritized for revision. If you decide to apply directly through our client's career site as well, LHR Americas will lose all visibility of your hiring process and will be unable to support you. Who is our client and your future employer?Our client occupies a unique position in the global energy industry. They are the world's largest producer of hydrocarbons (oil and gas), with the lowest upstream carbon intensity of any major producer.
Who are we looking for?Our client is seeking an Interest Rate and FX Hedging Specialist to join the Credit and Market Division of the Financial Risk Management Department.
The Interest Rate and FX Hedging Specialist is responsible for analysis, monitoring, and hedging of these market risks within the group. Additionally, experience with commodity risk hedging will be preferred.
Minimum RequirementsBachelor's Degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field. An MBA or other advanced business degree is preferred.Professional certification such as CFA, FRM, or PRM.+10 years of experience in financial markets risk management in a corporate or bank environment.Experience with the development, implementation, application, and oversight of financial markets risk models, hedging alternatives, pricing and hedge execution strategies.Experience and knowledge of trading concepts, derivative instruments, ISDA agreements, hedge accounting, and operations.Proficiency with Excel.Ability to coach junior analysts in developing their analytical skills and reporting capabilities.Key ResponsibilitiesAnalyze and quantify interest rate, FX and commodity risk exposure of the group and propose hedging strategies to mitigate such risks.Understand and report on market risk dynamics of the specific portfolio, key drivers impacting prices, volatility and values and their prospective impact on the risks and earnings of the portfolio.Ensure that volatilities, market prices, forward curves, correlations, and other key valuation components are accurately and consistently defined and updated.Assist in the setup, configuration and implementation of hedging of market risks and related risk analytic systems.Ensure that new business transactions and related risks are appropriately defined and captured by the Company's risk systems and risk methodologies.Analyze risks/return related to new business and markets and liaise with the business functions to assure constituent market risks are understood, are appropriate to risk appetite, correctly reported and where appropriate, hedged.Monitor positions against market risk metrics and limits and liaise with the business functions and risk control regarding potential limit exceedance.Perform stress testing on various portfolios in order to identify and mitigate unwanted exposure.Review policies and procedures and align risk policies across the Group.Job BenefitsMonthly Base Salary – aligned with company employees with similar skillsMonthly Overbase – 25% of your monthly base salaryBenefits Supplement – 20% of your monthly base salary, after 3 years of service, reward increases to 25% of base, after 6 years 30% of base, and after 12 years 35% of baseSeverance Package (2-year vest period) – year 2 to 5: 2 week's pay for each year of service, Year 6+: 4 week's pay for each year afterEmployment Tax – if employee chooses to separate themselves from their 'home country' for income tax purposes, most will not be required to pay 'home country' income taxes; company will not report income to the 'home country' governments. Please check with your tax advisor for specifics relating to youEmployee Share Purchase Plan (ESPP) (eligible after 12 months of service) – maximum purchase equal to 10% monthly base pay with a cap, 20% share discountIncentive Plan – annual; based on performance, approx. 1.8x monthly base salaryTravel Allowance – annual; approx. $8,200 per household member 11+ years old residing in Saudi Arabia and $6,000 per household member under 11 years oldVacation & Paid Holidays – 38 vacation days / 4 travel days / 11-13 paid holidaysMedical/Dental Plan – complimentary in-Kingdom Johns Hopkins medical care/facilities for employee and eligible family members. In-Kingdom dental services subsidizedEducational Assistance Plan (EAP) – Out of Kingdom Assistance: 90% of expenses with a maximum per child, lesser of 5x monthly base salary or the company max ($48.5K), plus 3 round-trip economy air travel tickets; undergraduate college-age children get 2 round-trip economy air travel tickets; In Kingdom Assistance: 2x monthly base salary or the company max ($16.3K)Settling in Allowance – one-time payment; Family Status - 100% of monthly base salary; Single/Bachelor Status – 60% of monthly base salaryStages of our Hiring Process1. Resume Evaluation: A member of our recruitment team will evaluate that your resume matches the client's job description requirement.
If your resume evaluation is suitable for this position, the recruitment team will invite you to a preliminary phone/video interview in 2-3 days.
If your resume evaluation is not suitable, you will be receiving an e-mail notification in 2-3 days.
2. Interviews Stage: 2.1 LHR Americas preliminary phone/video interview: A member of the Talent Acquisition team from LHR Americas will first schedule a call with you to discuss the details of the position, your interests, and qualifications. Furthermore, your English level will be evaluated at this stage, ONLY native or advanced speakers will approve this evaluation.
If this preliminary phone/video interview is successful, your resume will be submitted to our client.
If your preliminary phone/video interview is not successful, our Talent Acquisition consultant will inform you.
2.2 Client Face to Face interview: This interview will happen only if your resume is approved by our client, we cannot guarantee the time our client will take to approve your resume, but it should take less than a week.
If your resume is approved a member of the Talent Acquisition Team will get back to you and schedule a face-to-face meeting in a defined location. You will be told to go to the location.
The client interview contains technical questions that help assess your familiarity with problem-solving in your given field and may include a behavioral evaluation. Be prepared to explain how you approach problems and produce solutions.
If your face-to-face interview is successful, the hiring team will further evaluate your resume, decide, and then receive a conditional job offer.
If your face-to-face interview is not approved, LHR Americas will inform you.
2.3 There could be additional video interviews with hiring managers, which may also contain technical questions that help us assess your familiarity with problem-solving in your given field.
3. Conditional Offer: A successful interview may result in a conditional offer of employment. Conditions for employment include but are not limited to medical examinations, and permission to secure a visa to work and reside in-country.
4. Relocation Process: After your offer is accepted and all conditions for employment are met, you will be assigned a relocation advisor from LHR Americas. This advisor will be your go-to resource for your job transition, providing valuable advice on visa logistics, notice periods, medical requirements, and more.

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