Finance SME – Refining (Downstream)

emagine; Dhahran Compound; On-site; SAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

emagine is seeking a senior finance leader to integrate finance expertise into refining operations, ensuring that financial models, product hierarchies, and profitability metrics align with refinery practices and costings.

The role involves leading refining workshops, defining refinery requirements, and advising on margin measurements while validating outputs and driving the finance data roadmap in a complex downstream setting.

Qualifications

• Senior finance or controlling role in a refinery or downstream company.
• Strong knowledge of hydrocarbon accounting and product costing.
• Experience with turnaround/maintenance capex and asset-level reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead or support refining workshops to capture the current finance, reporting, and KPI landscape.
• Define refining-specific requirements including refinery/asset dimensions and product slates.
• Advise on refining margin measurements such as gross refining margin and RC margin.
• Validate GCOA, product hierarchy, and segmentation outputs from a refining perspective.
• Identify refining reporting gaps and provide inputs for the roadmap.

Skills

Refinery finance

Hydrocarbon accounting

Product costing

KPIs & reporting

Tools

SAP S/4HANA for Oil & Gas

Job description

Summary: This role aims to integrate finance expertise into refining operations, ensuring that financial models, product hierarchies, and profitability metrics align with refinery practices and costings.

Main Responsibilities:

• Lead or support refining workshops to capture the current finance, reporting, and KPI landscape.
• Define refining-specific requirements including refinery/asset dimensions and product slates.
• Advise on refining margin measurements such as gross refining margin and Replacement Cost (RC) margin.
• Validate GCOA, product hierarchy, and segmentation outputs from a refining perspective.
• Identify refining reporting gaps and provide inputs for the roadmap.

Key Requirements:

• Senior finance or controlling role in a refinery or integrated downstream company.
• Strong knowledge of hydrocarbon accounting and product costing.
• Experience with turnaround/maintenance capex and asset-level performance reporting.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with refinery planning/hydrocarbon accounting tools and SAP S/4HANA for Oil & Gas.
• GCC refining experience.

Other Details:

This position is aimed at a senior manager or director equivalent, requiring 15+ years of experience in finance, including 8+ years in refining. Focus areas include Finance Data Model and Reporting & Segmentation Design.