Title: Sr. Advisor, Risk Operations Location: United States-Texas-Houston Other Locations:

Description

Oxy is an international energy company with assets primarily in the United States, the Middle East and North Africa. We are one of the largest oil and gas producers in the U.S., including a leading producer in the Permian and DJ basins, and offshore Gulf of Mexico. Our midstream and marketing segment provides flow assurance and maximizes the value of our oil and gas. Our chemical subsidiary OxyChem manufactures the building blocks for life-enhancing products. Our Oxy Low Carbon Ventures subsidiary is advancing leading-edge technologies and business solutions that economically grow our business while reducing emissions. We are committed to using our global leadership in carbon management to advance a lower-carbon world. Visit oxy.com for more information.

Occidental strives to attract and retain talented employees by investing in their professional development and providing rewarding opportunities for personal growth. Our goal is to meet the highest employer standards by ensuring the health and safety of our employees, protecting the environment, and positively impacting communities where we do business.

We are looking for an experienced and motivated individual to fill the position of Senior Advisor within our Trade Control group based in Houston, Texas.

Key Responsibilities:

• Generate outgoing confirmations for physical crude or natural gas liquids.
• Electronically match eligible transactions on third-party platforms(s).
• Review incoming/outgoing confirmations and reconcile transaction summaries to the system of record for physical and financial transactions.
• Collaborate closely with Front Office and/or Legal to ensure proper trade terms are captured on confirmations.
• Identify discrepancies, perform all necessary investigation, and resolve disputes relating to the confirmations process.
• Coordinate end-to-end margin account call/callback process.
• Assist Accounting with remediation of fee and pricing disputes.
• Participate in internal and external quarterly audit controls review for confirmations process.
• Work in conjunction with team members to develop and maintain globally consistent documentation process.
• Handle sensitive and confidential information in accordance with Oxy’s policies and procedures.
• Execute reporting, prepare dashboards, and heatmaps.
• Respond to internal and external audit inquiries.
• Manage record keeping for confirmations and related correspondences.
• Crosstrain on other tasks within the Risk Operations department (i.e., Business Incident Reporting, Data Integrity Exceptions reporting, etc.).
• Recommend, develop, and implement solutions to support continuous improvement to our processes and procedures.
• Manage competing priorities and set clear expectations for stakeholders.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• BA/BS degree in Finance, Business, Accounting, Legal Studies AND 5-7 years risk operations, regulatory compliance, accounting, or audit experience. OR 10 years risk operations, regulatory compliance, accounting, or audit experience.
• 5-7 years of experience in generating crude, natural gas liquids, gas, or power confirmations.
• 5-7 years of experience in managing master data in an ETRM (i.e., Allegro, Right Angle, or TriplePoint).
• Proficient user of Microsoft Office Suite.
• Strong organizational and time management skills; excellent attention to detail.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work well under pressure and handle challenging deadlines, high sense of urgency.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Collaborative and positive team player focused on achieving team success.

Desired Qualifications:

• Working knowledge of SAP.
• Proven experience collaborating with multiple stakeholders across time zones.
• Experience in visualization tools like Power BI, Tableau or Visio.
• Experience in creating Training Manuals and or Desk Procedures.
• Proficient in SQL.

Relocation will not be provided.

Recruitment Fraud

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Oxy does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruiting process. We will never:

·         Ask you to pay for applications, interviews, meetings, processing, training or for any other fees

·         Use recruiting or placement agencies that charge candidates an advance fee of any kind or

·         Request personal information such as passport and bank account details at an early stage of our recruitment process. 

We recommend against responding to unsolicited business propositions or offers from people you don’t know. Do not disclose your personal or financial details. If you believe you have been the victim of a recruiting scam, please contact your local police department.

Occidental does not offer sponsorship of employment-based nonimmigrant visa petitions for this role.

Occidental is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, political preference, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.