Acquisitions and Divestitures, AVP

Join Barclays as an Acquisitions and Divestitures, AVP, where you will support senior bankers on strategically significant M&A transactions. In this role, you’ll apply deep analytical skills and industry knowledge to help clients navigate critical acquisition and divestiture strategies and achieve value‑creating results.

To be successful as an Acquisitions and Divestitures, AVP you should have experience with:

• Related Reservoir Engineering

• Performing Decline Curve Analysis (DCA) and field development planning, including type curve generation, inventory evaluation and creating drill schedules

• Working knowledge and understanding of Operations and Geoscience disciplines

Some highly valued skills include:

• Prior work experience in an A&D team at an Exploration & Production company or in an Investment Bank

• Preparing and reviewing Virtual Data Rooms related to buy-side and sell-side due diligence

• Forecasting well production using Aries or Spotfire applications

• Experience in coding in Python

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in this role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is located in Houston, TX.

This role is regulated by FINRA.

Purpose of the role

To help clients with technical evaluation for acquisitions, divestitures and financial solutions to meet their business objectives.

Accountabilities

• Analysis of technical (petroleum / reservoir engineering) data to provide inputs for financial model used to market client's asset, or help with investment opportunities.
• Provision of engineering support for transactions, including drafting presentation materials, and preparing data room documents.
• Collaboration with other team members in generating A&D / M&A ideas for clients.
• Building / leveraging of network of industry contacts to stay informed about the technical aspects of the business, and leverage that knowledge for related pitch work and assignments.
• To help clients with technical evaluation for acquisitions, divestitures and financial solutions to meet their business objectives.

Analyst Expectations

• To perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard consistently driving continuous improvement.
• Requires in-depth technical knowledge and experience in their assigned area of expertise
• Thorough understanding of the underlying principles and concepts within the area of expertise
• They lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating team resources.
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they develop technical expertise in work area, acting as an advisor where appropriate.
• Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
• Partner with other functions and business areas.
• Takes responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities.
• Escalate breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
• Take responsibility for embedding new policies/ procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
• Advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct.
• Maintain and continually build an understanding of how own sub-function integrates with function, alongside knowledge of the organisations products, services and processes within the function.
• Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail.
• Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents.
• Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex / sensitive information.
• Act as contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside team and external to the organisation.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.