Finance SME – Chemicals / Petrochemicals (Downstream)

Summary: The role focuses on bringing expertise in finance specific to the chemicals and petrochemicals industry, particularly in aligning financial practices with integrated refining-chemicals value chains and joint ventures. Main Responsibilities: Capture chemicals finance, reporting, and KPI practices across entities and joint ventures. Define product chain hierarchies (e.g., olefins, aromatics, polymers, specialties) and their valuation attributes. Advise on cost allocation and transfer pricing in integrated refining-chemicals complexes. Define segment and product profitability requirements for chemicals. Validate GCOA, dimensions, and governance outputs from a chemicals perspective. Key Requirements: Senior finance role in a petrochemicals or integrated refining-chemicals company. Experience with joint-product costing, shared-site allocations, and JV/affiliate reporting. Knowledge of commodity and specialty chemicals margin analysis. Nice to Have: GCC petrochemicals experience. Exposure to ESG/emissions reporting in chemicals. Other Details: Experience: 15+ years in finance; 8+ years in chemicals/petrochemicals. Seniority Level: Senior Manager / Director equivalent. Phase 1 Workstreams: Finance Data Model; Reporting & Segmentation Design.