Lead the modeling and financing work that funds Flywheel's growth.
Why this role matters
How we finance growth shapes everything we can do. This role builds the analysis behind debt and equity decisions and helps execute the transactions that follow.
The Senior Corporate Finance Associate leads the corporate finance team's financial modeling and strategic planning, focused on equity and debt financing, capital structure strategy and long-range liquidity planning. You bring deep upstream oil and gas finance experience, hands-on transaction execution, and the judgment to turn complex analysis into clear recommendations for senior leadership.
Location: Oklahoma City, OK
Schedule: Full-time
Department: Finance
What you'll own
- Enhance the corporate financial model, including scenario and sensitivity analysis
- Model debt and equity alternatives and their impact on leverage, liquidity, cost of capital and covenants
- Explain changes in liquidity, working capital and operating cash flow
- Lead ad hoc analysis on returns, capital allocation and financing decisions
Strategic Planning
- Drive long-range planning that integrates development plans, hedging and financing
- Develop capital allocation frameworks and recommendations
- Prepare board, management and stakeholder materials
- Align assumptions with Accounting, FP&A, Treasury and Reservoir Engineering
Financing Execution and Compliance
- Lead workstreams for RBL redeterminations and amendments, term debt, securitizations and equity raises
- Prepare lender, rating agency and investor materials and coordinate advisors and counsel
- Evaluate the financing implications of acquisitions and divestitures
- Oversee covenant calculations, compliance certificates and lender deliverables
Leadership
- Mentor and review the work of corporate finance analysts
- Make reporting, modeling and planning more efficient and scalable
Qualifications
What you bring
Must have
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related field
- 3 to 7 years in corporate banking, corporate finance, leveraged finance or energy finance with direct transaction exposure
- Advanced financial modeling (three-statement, scenario and capital structure) and expert Excel
- Working knowledge of credit agreements, covenants and reserve-based lending
- Experience preparing board and lender-quality materials
Bonus points
- Upstream or midstream oil and gas financing or A&D transactions
- Energy capital markets, including RBL, high-yield, PDP securitizations and structured finance
- Experience with lenders, rating agencies or institutional investors
How we work: 100% Awesome Teammates
High-performing, self-directed teams made up of 100% awesome teammates: people who are very good at their jobs and who live our core behaviors every day. Every new hire should raise our ability to reach our goals, so we are ridiculously selective about who joins us.
- Do the Right Thing. Responsible development, honest feedback and doing what we said we would. In this role: Give leadership the honest answer the model shows, not the one people hope for.
- Do it as a Team. No silos. Information moves between teams as freely as it does within one. In this role: Keep Accounting, FP&A, Treasury and Engineering working from the same assumptions.
- Get Results. Disciplined execution and value creation. We measure ourselves by outcomes. In this role: Financings that close on time and capital decisions backed by clear analysis.
Is this you?
Successful Flywheelers are hungry, humble and people smart.
- Hungry: You thrive in a fast-paced, deal-oriented environment.
- Humble: You mentor analysts and welcome review of your own models.
- People Smart: You turn complex analysis into clear recommendations for executives and lenders.
About Flywheel Energy
Flywheel Energy is a private exploration and production company founded in Oklahoma City in 2017. We acquire large, producing onshore U.S. assets and maximize their value, and today we operate across the Anadarko, Eagle Ford, Rockies and Fayetteville. With 950+ teammates, we are one of the largest private oil and gas producers in the United States.
Our purpose: Building momentum where it matters: for the people who use our product, our investors, our teammates and the environment.
Our mission: Rapid, responsible growth to become a top-three producer in the United States.
Skills Required
- 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 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 (RBL)
- Proven ability to manage complex workstreams independently and synthesize analysis for executive audiences
- Strong communication and presentation skills with experience preparing board- and lender-quality materials
- 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
What We Do
Valorem is a privately held oil and natural gas exploration and production company based in Oklahoma City, OK.
