Sr Business Strategy Specialist

CB&I; The Woodlands (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

CB&I, a leader in storage and asset-management solutions, seeks a Sr. Business Strategy Specialist to drive analytics, scenario planning, and strategic execution.

You will partner with the Sr Dir Strategy and Market Development and interact with senior leaders across Finance, Operations, and Legal to shape long-term plans and performance insights. The role emphasizes financial modeling, market intelligence, and cross-functional collaboration, with a focus on informed decision-making, risk

Qualifications

• Degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or related field (MBA preferred).
• 5–10 years of relevant experience in corporate development, strategy, or related analytical roles.
• Experience in Construction and Energy industries is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop financial models and scenario analyses for strategic opportunities.
• Forecast performance and contribute to long-term strategic plans.
• Synthesize findings into recommendations for the VP with clear tradeoffs.
• Translate enterprise priorities into strategic questions and initiatives.
• Assist in developing long-term strategic plans.
• Analyze financial data to identify trends and improvement areas.
• Maintain market sizing, demand drivers, competitors, and trends.
• Support evaluating M&A and strategic partnerships through diligence and analysis.
• Assist in capital allocation discussions with comparative analyses.
• Prepare executive and Board-ready presentations and materials.

Skills

Analytical skills

Financial modeling

Strategic thinking

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Economics/Business Admin

MBA preferred

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Power BI

Job description

Company Overview

CB&I delivers integrated storage and asset-management solutions that help customers operate safely, reliably, and efficiently across the lifecycle of their facilities. Through our two global business units - Storage Solutions, the world leader in tanks, terminals, and storage systems, and Asset Solutions, a leading provider of operations, management, wells and decommissioning services - we combine technical excellence with execution capability to extend asset life, optimize performance, and maximize value.

Overview

The Sr Business Strategy Specialist is responsible for providing direct analytical, strategic, and execution support to the Sr Dir Strategy and Market Development and, through that role, to the broader Corporate Strategy agenda. This position is an Individual Contributor role. The role directly reports to the Sr Dir Strategy and Market Development and routinely interacts with Executive Management, Commercial, Operations, Legal, and Finance Department Team members.

Responsibilities

Financial Modeling & Strategy Support

• Develop financial models and build scenario and sensitivity analyses for strategic opportunities, investments, transactions, and alternative operating or business models, including valuation, cash flow, return, downside/upside, and value-creation implications.
• Assist in scenario planning and forecasting efforts to assess business performance under different assumptions and market conditions to contribute to the development of long-term strategic plans.
• Synthesize quantitative and qualitative findings into preliminary recommendations for the VP, clearly stating the "so what," alternatives, tradeoffs, key assumptions, risks, and recommended next steps.

Corporate Strategy Development & Support

• Collaborate with the Sr Dir and leadership team in translating enterprise priorities into specific strategic questions, choices, initiatives, and decision requirements across business units and geographies.
• Assist in the development of long-term strategic plans.

Market, Competitive & Customer Intelligence

• Analyze financial data to identify trends, patterns, and areas for improvement. This includes examining financial statements, analyzing profit margins, and conducting variance analysis.
• Build and maintain the fact base, including market sizing, demand drivers, profit pools, customers, competitors, technologies, regulatory developments, project pipelines, and relevant financial or operating trends.

M&A, Partnerships, & Strategic Transactions

• Provide support in evaluating M&A, partnership, alliance, and other strategic transaction opportunities through strategic-fit assessment, commercial diligence, market analysis, valuation and economics, synergy analysis, scenario modeling, risk assessment, integration considerations, and decision materials.

Capital Allocation Strategy

• Help develop and implement capital allocation strategies that ensure the best resource distribution across the business to maximize returns and minimize risks.
• Provide the Sr Dir and applicable leadership with comparative analysis of competing uses of capital and management attention, explicitly quantifying opportunity cost and strategic tradeoffs.

Board & Investor Presentations

• Prepare first drafts of concise, executive- and Board-ready presentations, decision papers, briefings, analyses, and proof points that communicate the "so what," strategic options, economic implications, risks, and recommended actions.
• Assist in preparing materials for the investor community, ensuring clear and compelling messaging around the company’s strategic positioning and performance.

Cross-functional Collaboration

• Coordinate cross-functional inputs across Finance, Operations, Commercial, Legal, Engineering, and business-unit teams to obtain facts, reconcile data, challenge assumptions, document open issues, and move assigned strategy workstreams toward decision.
• Support business units in executing strategic initiatives by maintaining owners, actions, milestones, assumptions, value-realization measures, and decision records.

Qualifications

• A degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field (MBA preferred).
• 5-10 years of relevant experience in corporate development, strategy consulting, investment banking, strategic finance, market intelligence, or comparable analytical role.
• Experience working in the Construction and Energy industries is preferred

Skills and Behaviors

• Strong Analytical Skills: Ability to structure ambiguous problems, test hypotheses, analyze quantitative and qualitative evidence, and distinguish facts, assumptions, and judgment.
• Financial Modeling Expertise: Strong financial modeling skills and the ability to conduct investment analysis, capital allocation strategies, and scenario planning, including proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and other financial analysis tools. Experience with Power BI, data visualization, research databases, and AI-enabled analytical tools is preferred.
• Strategic Thinking: Knowledge of corporate strategy, M&A processes, and valuation techniques. Ability to connect market attractiveness, competitive advantage, right to win, economics, capability requirements, risk, and execution feasibility into clear preliminary recommendations for senior review.
• Communication Skills: Excellent communication and presentation skills; ability to create concise, decision-oriented materials and explain complex analysis to senior executives and Board-level audiences.
• Problem-Solving Skills: Ability to identify and analyze problems, develop solutions, and implement changes. Analytical mindset with the ability to synthesize large amounts of data and make data-driven recommendations.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborative approach to working across functions with a strong focus on results, with high emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills
• Executive Influence: Ability to work and build credibility across the business, up to and including senior management level
• Cultural Leadership: Proactively embraces and promotes the company’s values and culture, including a healthy and safe work environment.