Senior Financial Analyst

Gulfport Energy Corporation is an Oklahoma City-based independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company with its principal properties located in the Utica Shale in Eastern Ohio, the SCOOP Woodford and SCOOP Springer plays in Central Oklahoma.

Gulfport aims to create sustainable value through the economic development of our significant resource plays in the Utica and SCOOP operating areas. Our strategy is to develop our assets in an environmentally responsible manner, while generating sustainable cash flow, improving margins and operating efficiencies and returning capital to shareholders. To accomplish these goals, we allocate capital expenditures to projects we believe offer the highest rate of return and we deploy leading drilling and completion techniques and technologies in our development efforts.

Title:

Senior Financial Analyst

Full-Time/Part-Time:

Full time

FLSA:

United States of America (Exempt)

Description:

Job Summary

The Senior Financial Analyst supports Gulfport’s investor relations, capital markets and bank relationship activities. On the investor relations side, the role assists in the preparation of investor materials (quarterly earnings results, press releases, investor Q&A materials, company presentations, and website content), supports sell-side and buy-side discussions, and conducts industry and peer research. On the capital markets and banking side, the role supports debt and equity financing transactions, the Company’s reserve-based credit facility and bank group, rating agency relationships, and credit and liquidity analysis. This position reports to the Vice President of Investor Relations and works closely with senior finance leadership. It serves as a liaison with equity and fixed income investors, sell-side analysts, lenders, underwriters and rating agencies, and interacts regularly with senior management.

Primary Responsibilities:

• •Prepare and support the development of quarterly earnings materials, including press releases, investor presentations and Q&A documents.
• •Monitor peer companies, industry trends, commodity price movements and regulatory developments impacting the E&P sector.
• •Develop benchmarking reports and competitive analyses to inform management and investor discussions.
• •Support and maintain relationships with buy-side and sell-side analysts, providing support in addressing inquiries and educating on the Company’s performance.
• •Manage investor CRM and monitor performance metrics for IR activity.
• •Assist in preparing board-level materials related to investor relations and market positioning.
• •Maintain IR website content and ensure timely updates of investor materials.
• •Coordinate investor meetings, site visits and participation in industry conferences.
• •Attend select investor meetings and conferences.
• •Support execution of debt and equity transactions and work with underwriters, legal counsel and internal teams on offering documents, roadshow presentations and transaction timelines.
• •Assist with preparation of rating agency presentations, models and annual reviews, and maintain ongoing communication with Moody’s, S&P and Fitch.
• •Track the Company’s credit metrics against rating agency methodologies and thresholds and analyze the impact of capital allocation decisions on credit profile.
• •Support day-to-day communication with the Company’s bank group and relationship managers.
• •Maintain a bank group scorecard that tracks credit commitments, fee spend and ancillary business and recommend the allocation of underwriting, hedging, cash management and advisory mandates.
• •Assist in semi-annual borrowing base redeterminations, including assembling reserve and engineering data, comparing price decks, and preparing lender presentations and meetings.
• •Support credit facility amendments, extensions, commitment changes and bank group composition changes.
• •Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by management.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• •Exceptional written and verbal communications skills.
• •Ability to work under pressure, manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines.
• •Strong financial modeling and analytical skills, with ability to interpret operational and financial data.
• •Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and financial databases (Bloomberg, FactSet, Enverus).
• •Demonstrate high level of integrity and professionalism.
• •Education/Experience:
• •Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or related field preferred.
• •Minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible experience in finance, investor relations, capital markets, investment banking, corporate banking, or a related field.
• •Prior oil and gas industry experience is preferred.

Work Environment:

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Physical Demands:

• •The ability to use a computer for extended periods of time
• •Basic use of office equipment such as copier and fax machines
• •Ability to lift 10 pounds occasionally
• •Ability to concentrate
• •Ability to sit for long periods of time

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work:

This is a full-time exempt position. Days and hours of work will vary due to workload and needs of the company.

Travel:

Intermittent travel is expected for this position.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

This description is intended to describe the type of work being performed by a person assigned to this position. It is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities required by the employee.

Gulfport Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment. Gulfport also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities, except where such an accommodation would cause an undue hardship.