Caturus

Upstream gas production and LNG export

Analyst – Finance

Corporate Finance & FP&AUpdated on Nov 13

Full-timeHouston, TX, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, or a similar field is required.
At least 2 years of relevant experience in investment banking or project financing is required.
Experience building financial models from scratch is required.
Experience modeling debt, pro forma projections, financial statements, and valuations in Excel is required.
Experience modeling equity structures, including equity waterfalls, is required.
Knowledge or experience setting up and maintaining financing or mergers and acquisitions transaction processes is required, including establishing and reviewing virtual data rooms and creating debt or equity offering memoranda and investment or credit memoranda.
Experience reviewing and commenting on energy- and financing-related documentation is required, including loan documentation, partnership agreements, sale and purchase agreements, commodity purchase agreements, and equity contribution agreements.
Ability to balance multiple priorities and proactively manage workload, seeking additional support when needed, is required.
Ability to present to external investors, bankers, and executive leadership and speak extemporaneously about familiar topics is required.
Familiarity with the energy industry and the themes, trends, and drivers of the liquefied natural gas sector is required.
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, attention to detail, and ability to work efficiently with minimal supervision are required.
Effective verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain complex concepts to stakeholders at various organizational levels, are required.

Responsibilities

Create, modify, and manipulate Excel models to inform leadership decisions, support financial advisors, conduct sensitivity testing, and prepare presentations for third parties.
Conduct monthly reviews and analyses of assigned projects to identify budgetary risks.
Perform detailed financial analyses and cash flow modeling for projects.
Review draft documentation and reports.
Conduct due diligence workflows with lenders, consultants, bankers, lawyers, and technical teams.
Work with leadership, staff, and advisors to summarize and present complex qualitative and financial information to investors, lenders, and the executive team for decision-making.
Review documents and models to identify commercial considerations and contribute financial and technical expertise.
Analyze project data and produce standard and ad hoc reports.
Perform financial planning and analysis, including budgeting and forecasting to manage capital draws from banks and investors and overall corporate liquidity.

Desired Qualifications

Direct experience in the liquefied natural gas sector is preferred.

About Us:
The Caturus platform founded by Kimmeridge – an alternative asset manager focused on the energy sector – supports Kimmeridge’s overarching goal of providing low-cost energy on demand with the lowest carbon footprint.

Kimmeridge’s vision in creating Caturus is to build the only independent, fully integrated natural gas and LNG export platform in the U.S. through a combination of its upstream operations and via Commonwealth LNG, a 9.5 million tonnes per annum liquefied natural gas export terminal in southwestern Louisiana on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The combined entities are committed to delivering responsibly sourced, low-emission fuel to domestic and international markets.

Caturus is a Houston-based, private exploration and production company seeking to materially grow production through development of deep, high pressure, dry gas windows of the Eagle Ford and Austin Chalk, as well as Haynesville formations located in Texas and Louisiana while maintaining a relentless focus on safety.

Commonwealth LNG was founded by industry veterans who decided to re-engineer the LNG construction model. Using proven best practices, Commonwealth is committed to building a world-class LNG export facility while focusing on safety, managing risk and achieving best-in-class environmental standards.

This individual will join a small, highly visible financing team responsible for arranging and executing project finance debt and construction equity. This capital is critical to the success of the business and will enable the construction of Commonwealth’s LNG export terminal. This role will be involved in financial modeling, data room and diligence management, and coordination of the overall financing process. The Analyst, Finance will report to the VP, Finance.

Key Accountabilities:

Responsible for creating, modifying and manipulating Excel models to inform company leadership decisions, financial advisors, sensitivity testing, and presentations to third parties.
Conduct monthly review and analysis of assigned projects to determine if there are any budgetary risks.
Perform detailed financial analysis and cash flow modeling of the projects.
Responsible for reviews of draft documentation and reports.
Conduct due diligence flows to lenders consultants, bankers, lawyers, technical teams.
Work closely with leadership, staff and advisors to summarize and present complex qualitative and financial information into materials for investors, lenders and the executive team to make decisions.
Will help review documents and models to assist in identification of commercial considerations and contribute their financial and technical acumen.
Analyze project data to produce standard and ad-hoc reports
Responsible for FP&A, including budgeting and forecasting to manage capital draws from banks and investors, and overall corporate liquidity.

Qualifications:
Education, Certificates, and Licenses:

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, or similar degree.

Experience:

2+ years of demonstrated relevant experience in investment banking or project financing required

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Analytics and financial modeling skills:
- Prior experience building new models from scratch
- Modeling debt, proforma projections, financial statements, and valuations in Excel
- Model various equity structures including equity waterfall ·
Knowledge/Experience with set-up and maintenance of financing and/or M&A transaction processes, including:
- Establish and review of virtual data rooms
- Creation of debt and/or equity offering memos
- Investment / credit memos etc.
Experience reviewing and commenting on energy and financing related documentation, including: Loan documentation, partnership agreements, sale and purchase agreements, commodity purchase agreements (e.g. power, LNG etc.), equity contribution agreements, etc.
Ability to balance multiple priorities simultaneously and proactively manage workload by seeking additional support as needed.
Presentable to external investors, bankers, and executive leadership with the ability to speak extemporaneously about familiar topics.
Familiarity with the energy industry, industry themes, trends and drivers of LNG sector. Preference for some direct LNG experience.
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a propensity for attention to detail and ability to work in a time-conscious and time effective manner with minimal supervision.
Effective communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to articulate complex concepts to stakeholders at various levels within and external to the organization.

About the Company

Caturus

Upstream gas production and LNG export

Caturus integrates upstream natural gas production with LNG export, delivering fuel from U.S. wells to global markets. Its wellhead-to-water model links Texas drilling through Caturus Energy to the Commonwealth LNG export terminal in Cameron, Louisiana, a 9.5 mtpa facility that liquefies gas for international shipment. The company differentiates itself by combining production and export under one strategy and by securing long-term offtake agreements with Glencore, JERA, and PETRONAS to fill capacity. Its goal is to provide low-emission U.S. gas to global customers while expanding LNG capacity as part of the energy transition.

Company size: 51-200
Company stage: N/A
Total funding: $9.8B
Headquarters: Houston, TX
Founded: Not listed

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