Sr. Financial Analyst

Why Valvoline Global Operations?
 
At Valvoline Global Operations, we’re proud to be The Original Motor Oil, but we’ve never rested on being first. Founded in 1866, we introduced the world’s first branded motor oil, staking our claim as a pioneer in the automotive and industrial solutions industry. Today, as an affiliate of Aramco, one of the world’s largest integrated energy and chemicals companies, we are driven by innovation and committed to creating sustainable solutions for a better future.

With a global presence, we develop future-ready products and provide best-in-class services for our partners around the world. For us, originality isn’t just about where we began; it’s about where we’re headed and how we’ll lead the way. We are originality in motion.

Our corporate values—Care, Integrity, Passion, Unity, and Excellence—are at the heart of everything we do. These values define how we operate, how we treat one another, and how we engage with our partners, customers, and the communities we serve. At Valvoline Global, we are united in our commitment to:

•    Treating everyone with care.
•    Acting with unwavering integrity.
•    Striving for excellence in all endeavors.
•    Delivering on our commitments with passion.
•    Collaborating as one unified team.

When you join Valvoline Global, you’ll become part of a culture that celebrates creativity, innovation, and excellence. Together, we’re shaping the future of automotive and industrial solutions.

Purpose of the role

This position is responsible to support the Commercial Controller in KSA with business control tasks. This role is expected to not only provide routine financial reports for performance review & analysis, but also deliver business finance support to commercial team in the highly competitive KSA market.

This will require the candidate to use strong analytical tools to integrate financial data and business outlook/market dynamics to generate meaningful reports & highlights, and further support business leaders to generate actionable initiatives.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• Track and evaluate the financial performance by different dimensions (channel/product/customer), including sales, costs, and profitability


• Work closely with the commercial and pricing teams to provide financial support in decision-making related to pricing, promotions and sales deductions


• Participate in the development and evaluation of business cases for new projects and initiatives


• Customer profitability review with commercial to drive performance improvement and monitor execution of rebates, CAPEX and OPEX investments in compliance with contracts


• Conduct in-depth financial analysis, including budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis, to provide accurate and timely financials insights


• Performing monthly variance and trend analysis to find reasons for deviations in results relative to budget and forecast


• Partner with marketing team to manage the overall advertising/sales promotion budget


• Support the financial control processes and ensure compliance with international accounting standards and Valvoline guidelines


• Support the Order-to-cash activities and monitor customer collections


• Conduct comprehensive product profitability analysis, including but not limited to volume, rate, mix analysis, cost trends and macro-environment impacts


• Review manufacturing analyses and variances and initiate appropriate actions by partnering with manufacturing process owners


• Prepare and post monthly accruals related to sales incentives, rebates and promotions


• Ad hoc reports and tasks

Education and competencies:

• Professional qualification or Master degree in finance, economics or business administration.


• At least 5 years of relevant work experience in an international environment.


• Strong and proven knowledge of Accounting. (Big 4 experience would be a plus)


• Fluency in English language, both verbal and written. (Arabic language experience is a plus)


• IT skills - Strong knowledge in Microsoft Office especially Excel, financial modeling, reporting/financial systems (SAP preferred).


• Project management skills.


• Excellent communicative skills in different cultures and a flexible and service minded attitude. Strong customer focus.


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, be able to listen and communicate effectively.


• Strong organizational and planning skills in a fast-paced environment, able to meet deadlines.


• Excellent analytical skills and conceptual capabilities, able to formulate and understand business issues, situations or problems by breaking them down into smaller parts and analyze them.


• Be able to interpret data and draw conclusions and provide focused guidance.


• Be analytical and have an eye for order, quality and accuracy. Be able to quickly see the core of the problem and able to translate this into practical solutions with checking the correctness and completeness.


• Flexible, able to cope with stress and deadlines, work well in a fast-moving environment.


• Able to obtain the right information in a variety of sources, by asking questions and doing desk research. Able to see the big picture while keen on detail.


• Hands on, proactive and problem solving mentality, always looking for process improvements and able to work on different projects at the same time.


• Desire to continually learn and develop as an individual as well as the team.

Valvoline Global is an equal opportunity employer. We are dedicated to fostering an environment where every individual feels valued, respected, and empowered to contribute their unique perspectives and skills. We strictly prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind, regardless of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, genetics, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected characteristic.

We are committed to ensuring accessibility throughout our recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in any stage of the recruitment or selection process, please contact us at:.

•    Email: [email protected]

This contact information is solely for accommodation requests. For inquiries about application status, please use the appropriate channels listed in your application materials.

Are You Ready to Make an Impact?

At Valvoline Global, we’re looking for passionate and talented individuals to join our journey of innovation and excellence. Are you ready to shape the future with us? Apply today.

Requisition ID: 2449