Senior Corporate Finance Associate
About this role
Job DetailsJob Location: Oklahoma City Office - Oklahoma City, OK 73102Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced, analytical, and self-directed Senior Corporate Finance Associate to join our growing team. This role leads the corporate finance team’s financial modeling and strategic planning efforts, with a focus on evaluating and executing equity and debt financing activities, capital structure strategy, and long-range liquidity planning.
The ideal candidate will bring deep experience in upstream oil and gas finance, hands-on transaction execution across debt and equity capital markets, and the judgment to translate complex analysis into clear recommendations for senior leadership.
Key Responsibilities
Corporate Financial Modeling & Capital Structure Analysis
Support and assist in enhancing the corporate financial model, including scenario and sensitivity analysis across commodity price, production, and capital spending assumptions
Model and evaluate debt and equity financing alternatives, including impacts on leverage, liquidity, cost of capital, and covenant headroom
Perform variance analysis to explain changes in liquidity, working capital, and operating cash flows, and translate findings into actionable insights
Lead ad-hoc analysis for senior leadership, including returns analysis, capital allocation trade-offs, and financing decision support
Strategic Planning & Capital Allocation
Drive the long-range planning process, integrating development plans, hedging strategy, and financing assumptions into a cohesive corporate outlook
Develop capital allocation frameworks and recommendations across debt reduction, reinvestment, and shareholder return alternatives
Prepare board, management, and stakeholder materials supporting strategic and financing decisions
Cross-Functional Coordination: Partner with Accounting, FP&A, Treasury, and Reservoir Engineering to align planning assumptions and outputs
Equity & Debt Financing Execution
Lead execution workstreams for financing transactions, including RBL redeterminations and amendments, term debt and securitized financings, and equity or equity-linked raises
Prepare lender, rating agency, and investor materials, including bank presentations, borrowing base support, and marketing data rooms
Coordinate with external advisors, legal counsel, and lender groups through diligence, documentation, and closing
Evaluate financing implications of A&D activity, supporting valuation, due diligence, and lender notification processes for acquisitions and divestitures
Debt Compliance & Credit Agreement Administration
Oversee ongoing compliance under the company’s financing agreements, including covenant calculations, compliance certificates, and required lender deliverables
Review borrowing base data and production/hedge reporting prepared by junior team members
Cross-Functional Coordination: Work closely with Accounting to ensure alignment between financial reporting and covenant calculations
Leadership & Process Improvement
Mentor and review the work of corporate finance analysts, providing guidance on modeling standards and deliverable quality
Identify and implement opportunities to make reporting, modeling, and planning processes more efficient, consistent, and scalable
QualificationsQualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field
3–7 years of experience in corporate banking, corporate finance, leveraged finance, or energy finance, with direct exposure to debt and/or equity transactions
Advanced financial modeling skills, including three-statement, scenario, and capital structure modeling; expert-level Excel proficiency
Working knowledge of credit agreements, covenant structures, and reserve-based lending
Proven ability to manage complex workstreams independently, synthesize analysis for executive audiences, and lead cross-functional efforts
Strong communication and presentation skills, with experience preparing board- and lender-quality materials
Preferred Attributes
Experience executing upstream or midstream oil & gas financing or A&D transactions
Understanding of energy-specific capital markets, including RBL facilities, high-yield debt, PDP securitizations, and structured finance instruments
Experience interfacing with lenders, rating agencies, or institutional investors
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deal-oriented environment and mentor junior team members
Company at a glance
Flywheel Energy is a private exploration and production company formed to provide American consumers with reliable, affordable energy by acquiring and sustainably operating large, producing onshore U.S. oil and gas assets.
In August of 2018, the Fund committed a second time to the management team with $700 million of equity in the form of the newly-formed Flywheel Energy. Flywheel Energy is a private exploration and production company formed to acquire and operate large, producing onshore U.S. oil and gas assets with an emphasis on the Rockies and Mid-Continent.
Concurrent with the new commitment, Flywheel signed a definitive agreement to acquire Southwestern Energy’s legacy gas properties and affiliated midstream business in the Fayetteville Shale in Arkansas for $1,865 Million. With this acquisition, Flywheel entities will have made almost $2.1 billion of acquisitions since 2017.
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