Senior Business Development Analyst

Title: Senior Business Development Analyst

Aramco energizes the world economy.

Aramco occupies a special position in the global energy industry. We are one of the world's largest producers of hydrocarbon energy and chemicals, with among the lowest Upstream carbon intensities of any major producer.

With our significant investment in technology and infrastructure, we strive to maximize the value of the energy we produce for the world along with a commitment to enhance Aramco's value to society.

Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the world, we combine market discipline with a generations' spanning view of the future, born of our nine decades experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom's vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven us to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to not just the Kingdom, but also to a vast number of communities, economies, and countries that rely on the vital and reliable energy that we supply.

We are one of the most profitable companies in the world, as well as amongst the top five global companies by market capitalization.

Overview

We are seeking a Sr Business Analyst to join our Downstream Origination Department.

Downstream Growth and Development (DG&D) implements the Company's downstream growth strategy through the development of profitable investment opportunities, mergers & acquisitions (M&A) and joint venture partnerships in the areas of integrated refining and petrochemicals, marketing, retail, lubricants and other areas of the downstream business. Downstream Origination Department (DOD) identifies, evaluates, screens, reviews and recommends global business development opportunities in line with the downstream strategy and in coordination with other Admin areas within the downstream business.

You will be responsible for screening and origination of potential investment opportunities in the areas of refining, petrochemicals, trading, retail business, logistics, storage and lubricants segments as well as executing approved transactions including initiation and management of due diligence, valuation, structuring and negotiations of proposed deals.

Key Responsibilities

As the successful candidate you will have:

• Bachelor of Arts Business and Management or Bachelor of Science Engineering
• MBA is preferred.
• You will have a Minimum of 10 Years of Experience in mergers and acquisitions, business development, transaction execution, and project financing.
• Preference for Transaction execution and leading negotiations of definitive documents experience.
• Preference for Downstream industry experience (Refining, Petrochemicals, Retail, Lubricants), noting that products trading experience may not be considered relevant for the role.
• Project Financing experience is preferred.
• Leadership experience is preferred.
• Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Management Accountant (CMA) Or, Certified Financial Analyst (CFA) are preferred.
• You will have an industry expertise and knowledge of specific venturing activities such as commercialization, spin-offs or joint venturing, project development, financial valuations and modeling, facilities planning, strategy development or relevant experience.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor of Arts Business and Management or Bachelor of Science Engineering
• MBA is preferred.
• You will have a Minimum of 10 Years of Experience in mergers and acquisitions, business development, transaction execution, and project financing.
• Preference for Transaction execution and leading negotiations of definitive documents experience.
• Preference for Downstream industry experience (Refining, Petrochemicals, Retail, Lubricants), noting that products trading experience may not be considered relevant for the role.
• Project Financing experience is preferred.
• Leadership experience is preferred.
• Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Management Accountant (CMA) Or, Certified Financial Analyst (CFA) are preferred.
• You will have an industry expertise and knowledge of specific venturing activities such as commercialization, spin-offs or joint venturing, project development, financial valuations and modeling, facilities planning, strategy development or relevant experience.

Job Post Duration

Job posting start date: 10/07/2025

Job posting end date: 12/31/2025

Working environment

Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.

At Aramco, our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology that is second to none. And because, as a global energy company, we are faced with addressing some of the world's biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges, we invest heavily in talent development.

We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many decades. Employees at all levels are encouraged to improve their sector-specific knowledge and competencies through our workforce development programs - one of the largest in the world.