Purpose of the Job:
A Senior Business and Project Analyst is responsible for in-depth business analysis across core China and Asian regions covering acetic acid and its major downstream products, delivering actionable insights and market intelligence to support commercial decision-making. In addition, the incumbent provides the Business Development & Project team with assistance on economic modelling and relevant functional assurance work.
This position requires a combination of quantitative modelling capabilities, solid industry expertise and robust communication proficiency to translate intricate datasets into practical, actionable insights for sales, procurement teams and senior management alike.
Responsibilities/ Accountabilities of the job:
Job scope: Asia (China and Rest of Asia)
- Business Analysis (75%)
- Qualitative: Collect market data/intelligence, analyze the information, and create reports to support business decisions.
- Function as focal point to both internal and external network to collect market data on acetic acid value chain/inter regional trade flow...
- Analyze the information collected and generate into business view/recommendation for management.
- Quantitative: Create economic model to analyze “buy and sell” / “Swap” profit and loss opportunities.
- Management support:
- Prepare reports for senior management to support business planning activity (e.g., annual commercial strategy and business operating plan, presentations to Board et)
- Actively participate in various tasks including
- Act as a key contributor to provide market forecast for annual budget planning
- Working with internal JV/functional teams to keep track of JV profit and loss.
- Support management on regular basis to produce, i.e. weekly and monthly commercial reports.
- Data Management: Design, develop and maintain efficient and robust data transformation and reporting framework. i.e. China Acetic acid industry inventory assessment and accountable for delivery of quality data for project milestones & business decision.
- Business development economic modeling and analysis (25%)
- Takes up the overall ownership of developing Business Case & Economic Modelling that are essential to facilitate decision making by senior business leadership in regard of project investment decisions. Proactively manages constraints, stakeholders, interdependencies, risks, and conflicting priorities to deliver successful projects.
- Actively participates in various project proposals by scanning/analyzing project inputs from various sources like Project core team members, Business Management, Finance, Manufacturing & Engineering, etc.
- Owns the development of governance documents (e.g. Assumption Registers, Post Project Evaluation etc.), and challenges others to ensure the governance documents are clear, complete and unbiased.
Required profile:
- Bachelor’s degree in chemical, Economics, Finance, Business, Data Science, or a related field.
- Over 5 years of experience in petrochemical trading, market analysis, or fundamental analysis, with a proven record of building market, economics models.
- Professional analytical skills and strong excel / modelling user.
- Experience in Acetyls industry value chain or related is advantage.
- Knowledge and experience in managing major investment projects in petrochemical industry is a plus.
- Financial Modelling & Valuation Analyst Certificate or similar certificates from an accredited institute are preferred.
- Good command of both English & Chinese, written and spoken.
- Able to work independently as well and meet deadlines.
- Collaborator, able to work with others from both internal and external.