Senior Financial Analyst

About the Company

Valvoline Global Operations is known as the original motor oil brand and has a legacy dating back to 1866, when it launched the first branded motor oil in the world. As an affiliate of Aramco, the company focuses on innovation and sustainable solutions across automotive and industrial applications, serving partners globally with forward-looking products and services.

The organization is built around five core values: Care, Integrity, Passion, Unity, and Excellence. These principles guide how the company works, collaborates, and serves customers and communities. Employees are part of a culture that values creativity, high standards, and continuous progress.

Role Purpose

This position supports the Commercial Controller in Saudi Arabia by handling business control activities and financial support for the commercial function. The role goes beyond routine reporting and requires the ability to connect financial data with market conditions to create useful insights that help business leaders take action.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze business performance across channels, products, and customers, with attention to sales, costs, and profitability.
• Work with commercial and pricing teams to support decisions on pricing, promotions, and sales deductions.
• Contribute to the creation and review of business cases for new initiatives and projects.
• Review customer profitability with the commercial team and monitor rebates, CAPEX, and OPEX spending to ensure contract compliance.
• Carry out budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis to produce accurate and timely financial insights.
• Investigate monthly variances and trends to understand differences between actual results, budgets, and forecasts.
• Coordinate with the marketing team to oversee the overall advertising and sales promotion budget.
• Support financial control processes and help ensure adherence to international accounting standards and company guidelines.
• Assist with order-to-cash activities and keep track of customer collections.
• Perform detailed product profitability analysis, including volume, rate, mix, cost trends, and macroeconomic impacts.
• Review manufacturing analysis and variances, then work with process owners to drive corrective action.
• Prepare and record monthly accruals for sales incentives, rebates, and promotions.
• Complete ad hoc reporting and other assigned tasks as needed.

Education and Experience

The company is looking for a candidate with a professional qualification or a master’s degree in finance, economics, or business administration. A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in an international environment is required. Strong accounting knowledge is essential, and Big 4 experience is considered an advantage.

Fluency in English, both spoken and written, is required. Arabic language exposure is an added benefit. The role also calls for strong Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel, along with experience in financial modelling and reporting systems, preferably SAP.

Skills and Competencies

The ideal candidate should bring project management ability, strong communication across cultures, customer focus, and a service-oriented approach. The role also requires excellent organization, planning, and time management in a fast-paced setting.

Strong analytical thinking, the ability to break down complex problems, interpret data, and turn findings into practical recommendations are important. The candidate should be detail-oriented, accurate, adaptable under pressure, proactive, and comfortable managing multiple priorities at once.

The company also values someone who can gather information from different sources, maintain a big-picture view while staying attentive to details, and continuously look for process improvements.

Equal Opportunity and Accessibility

Valvoline Global is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and a workplace free from discrimination and harassment. The company welcomes applicants regardless of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, genetics, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other legally protected characteristics.

If you need reasonable accommodation at any stage of the hiring process, you may contact the company at Valvolineglobalcareers@valvolineglobal.com. This email is intended only for accommodation requests, not for application status inquiries.

Additional Information

Requisition ID: 2449

Location: Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

This is a full-time, onsite position.

The job requires at least 5 years of relevant experience.

No internship duration, start date, salary, stipend, or vacancy count was specified.

Employment is full-time and based onsite in Jeddah.

Interested candidates should be ready to contribute to a high-performance finance and commercial environment focused on innovation and excellence.