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Global financial
leadership
There is an extensive range of financial management opportunities at ExxonMobil, and
we’re looking for people with the financial and leadership skills to take full advantage
of them. As the world’s leading petroleum and petrochemical company, we are dedicated
not only to developing new energy supplies, but also to attracting people with the drive
and intelligence to help us meet the world’s toughest energy challenges.
ExxonMobil is one of the largest companies in the world by most financial measures;
however, we are significantly more capital-intensive than labor-intensive. Each year,
we hire a limited number of outstanding M.B.A. candidates for our global Treasurer’s
and Controller’s organizations. These candidates must be exceptional, because we’re
selecting our future leaders.
We’re looking for candidates with:
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Excellent financial and analytical skills
First-rate communication skills
Strong leadership skills
The ability to adapt to changing priorities
Geographic mobility
With operations in nearly 200 countries and territories, we face a variety of challenges
related to financing and financial operations in all corners of the world. As a part of
our dynamic, high-performance organization, you’ll be among the select group of
financial professionals we hire to find innovative solutions to meet these challenges.
Our continued investment in leading-edge technology and financial systems provides a
competitive advantage for the company and offers ongoing professional and technical
growth for our employees.
We recognize and reward independent thinking, initiative and innovation. We’ll challenge
you with carefully selected assignments that hone your quantitative and analytical skills
and prepare you for senior management positions. You’ll gain an unrivaled depth of
experience and professional competence in working to reach your full potential.
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Paul Hanson
Namisa Kamara
Vice President Business
Services and Treasurer,
ExxonMobil Chemical
Company
Senior Financial Analyst,
Upstream
B.S. in accounting and finance,
University of Maryland, 1993
M.B.A., Cornell University,
2001
B.A. in applied mathematics,
Brown University, 1975
M.B.A., Harvard University, 1979
Paul Hanson joined Exxon in
1979. After two years at corporate headquarters,
where one of his early projects involved assessing
the implications for Exxon and its competitors of
OPEC’s historic 1979 reduction in credit terms,
Paul went to London. There, he provided treasury
support for exploration and production projects
in the North Sea, and helped form an “in-house”
bank to manage the cash short and cash long
positions of Exxon subsidiaries worldwide.
Namisa started her career
in 2001 as a financial analyst with the corporate Treasurer’s group in Dallas, where she
analyzed opportunities to buy back long-term
outstanding debt and worked on a financing
Duncan Alvarez
Global Financial Manager,
Chemicals
His next assignment was outside finance, in the
European natural gas business, followed by his
return to Treasurer’s as manager for activities in
Europe and Africa. He was then named Treasurer
of Exxon’s Japanese subsidiary in Tokyo, where
he had oversight responsibility for the tax and
planning functions as well as finance.
Paul then returned to headquarters as Corporate
Finance manager, before spending several years
as Finance Director of Exxon’s affiliates in Central
Europe, including Germany, Switzerland, Austria,
and Eastern Europe. One of his key responsibilities
was to oversee the installation of an enterprisewide computing system to integrate the capture
of transactional data with financial accounting
and reporting.
After Exxon’s merger with Mobil, he moved to
Dallas to become Exxon Mobil Corporation’s
Assistant Controller. In that position, his responsibilities included corporate financial reporting and
financial accounting systems.
Three years later, he assumed his current role as
Vice President Business Services and Treasurer
of ExxonMobil Chemical Company, a $40 billion
business based in Houston. In addition to his
activities in finance, Paul works with Customer
Service to improve the effectiveness of Chemical’s
sales transaction processing, including efforts
to streamline and harmonize global credit
activities. As a member of Chemical’s senior
management, he is actively involved in formulating
strategy, developing new petrochemical project
opportunities, and executing mergers, acquisitions
and divestments.
Ingeniero Industrial
Mecánico, Universidad de
la República, Montevideo,
Uruguay, 1992
Diploma in international
banking, American Institute
of Banking, 1995
M.B.A., University of
Pennsylvania, 1998
In his first eight months with Mobil in 1998,
Duncan arranged financing for a $66 million
project in Texas while working at the headquarters office in Fairfax, Virginia. In 1999, he
focused on financing for two projects totaling
$7.7 billion in Qatar.
After Mobil’s merger with Exxon, Duncan spent
two years at ExxonMobil’s corporate headquarters
Michelle Burchfiel
Financial Advisor,
Upstream
B.S. in economics, John Carroll
University, 1994
M.B.A. in finance and strategic
management, University of
Chicago, 1998
Michelle joined Exxon Corporation in 1999,
working in the Capital Markets and Affiliate
Finance groups at corporate headquarters
in Dallas. She then moved to ExxonMobil
Chemical Company Treasurer’s in Houston,
where she worked on acquisition and divestments and strategic investments.
Treasurer’s
plan for the company’s subsidiary in Argentina
during that country’s financial crisis.
Two years later, she moved to the Upstream
Production Treasurer’s organization, and shifted
her focus to the Alaska gas pipeline. As part of
the negotiation team, she supported discussions
with ExxonMobil partners that set the terms
under which the pipeline project may be built.
Namisa’s most recent assignment is a shortterm position in Doha, Qatar, where she has
been involved in developing recommendations
to optimize a third party’s access to the existing
QatarGas II and South Hook Terminal projects.
in Dallas. He joined the Affiliate Finance group,
where he was involved in financing international
subsidiaries dealing with cross-border tax
and financial issues. He also helped manage a
multibillion-dollar portion of the intercompany
loan portfolio.
Later, as a senior financial analyst for the
ExxonMobil Coal and Minerals Company in
Houston, Duncan participated in the multibilliondollar divestment of coal and mineral operations in Chile and Colombia. He then became
a financial advisor with Upstream Business
Services, working on a $4.4 billion financing in
Kazakhstan and other multibillion-dollar project
financings in that country, Russia and Angola.
Today, after a Controller’s assignment as a
financial advisor in ExxonMobil Chemical Co.,
he is responsible for analyzing the polypropylene business unit’s financial performance to
support business strategy and performance.
Just a year later, she became global finance
manager in the polypropylene business unit,
taking a Controller’s role in analyzing business
strategies to improve financial returns.
Moving away from finance, Michelle’s next assignment was marketing process and development
manager for polypropylene, where she worked
on new product development and evaluated and
implemented new global service offerings.
In her current assignment, Michelle moved to
the Upstream business as financial advisor
in Exploration Treasurer’s. Now she supports
ExxonMobil’s access to opportunities in
countries such as Libya and Madagascar.
Stephen Littleton
Financial Reporting
Manager, Upstream
B.S. in business, University of
Missouri – St. Louis, 1988
M.B.A, University of Texas, 1992
Stephen joined Exxon in
1992 as a business analyst
for the Baytown, Texas, refinery — the largest in
the United States. In this assignment, he analyzed
operating costs and earnings, and provided analysis
for industry benchmarking/competitive studies that
became part of the business’ long-term strategy. In
1995, he accepted an assignment on the Internal
Audit Staff before becoming a supervisor two years
later, where he managed an accounting group
responsible for about $500 million of revenue
settlement related to U.S. oil and gas production.
At the time of the Exxon-Mobil merger in 2000,
Alejandra Perdomo Shaw
U.S. Business Analysis
Supervisor, Downstream
B.B.A. in marketing, Emory
University, 1997
M.B.A. in finance, Rice University,
2002
Alejandra joined ExxonMobil in 2002 as business
analyst for the Baton Rouge refinery. In that
position, she performed monthly analysis and
reporting to plant management on the severalhundred-million-dollar plant operating budget.
She worked closely with management to find costreducing efficiencies and provided tools to optimize business decisions. Alejandra also supported
the refinery’s participation in an industrywide
Jeremy Osterstock
South Europe Audit Division
Manager, Downstream
and Chemicals
B.A. in molecular biology
and biochemistry, Wesleyan
University, 1997
M.B.A., Penn State, 2002
Jeremy’s introduction to ExxonMobil was an internship with Downstream Controller’s in Chalmette,
Louisiana. When he finished his M.B.A. in 2002, he
joined the company as a global financial analyst for
Downstream Controller’s financial reporting organization in Fairfax, Virginia.
In that position he analyzed the $5 billion Global
Downstream earnings and quarterly financial
reporting, supporting the senior management team.
He also participated in a project that helped lay
the groundwork for business support centers in
Stephen was the Capital Budget Advisor to the
Upstream business, working with operating management to secure funding and progress projects
valued at more than $11 billion per year.
In 2003, Stephen moved to West Africa to become
the Production Controller for Angola, where gross
investments have exceeded $10 billion. There, he
developed a locally staffed financial organization to
support a rapidly growing production business that
was starting up two world-class production facilities.
Stephen returned to Houston in 2006 to become
the Financial Reporting Manager for ExxonMobil
Exploration Company. In addition to reviewing
operating results with the management team,
Stephen provides financial accounting and
reporting advice, and works with the Tax and
Treasurer’s organizations to optimize tax and
financing costs for this business, which involves
annual expenditures of $2 billion.
competitive analysis study. In addition, she
coordinated the five-year plan for the refinery and
had the opportunity to work with other refineries
around the country to develop analytical tools that
were implemented globally.
In 2005, Alejandra moved to Downstream headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia, as a global financial
analyst. In this assignment, she helped standardize
Downstream analytical processes around the world
— a task that gave her international exposure
without requiring her to relocate.
In 2006, Alejandra began a new role: supervising
the team that reports and analyzes the $2 billion
earnings for U.S. Downstream operations —
including the refining and supply, fuels marketing
and lubricants businesses.
Budapest, Bangkok and Buenos Aires — locations
that would provide low-cost/high-quality accounting,
procurement and other services to the company.
Jeremy’s next position, also in Fairfax, was a financial analysis supervisor for ExxonMobil’s Lubricants
& Specialties business. In this role, Jeremy
coordinated the monthly reporting and analysis of
financial results and provided support to the global
leadership team on financial accounting issues
such as pension accounting and foreign exchange.
He also provided management with the analysis
and reporting for divestments in non-core business
activities in Africa.
Bob Harayda
Controller, ExxonMobil
Production Company
B.A. in economics,
Claremont McKenna
College, 1981
M.B.A. in accounting,
Catholic University, Leuven,
Belgium, 1984
M.B.A in finance, Cornell
University, 1985
Bob Harayda joined Exxon Corporation’s
Treasurer’s Department as a New York-based
financial analyst in 1985. After holding a
number of positions in Treasurer’s, he moved
to London to become financial planning
manager for Esso UK in 1988, providing treasury support to exploration and production
projects in the UK North Sea as well as for
the refining and marketing businesses. Two
years later, he went to Bangkok as Treasurer
of Esso Thailand Ltd., where he focused on
arranging third-party financing on a major
refinery expansion project.
After three years in Bangkok, Bob came
back to the United States to hold a series of
managerial positions in the U.S. petroleum
subsidiary. During his four years in Houston,
Bob managed the outsourcing of Exxon’s
credit card processing activities and led a
team responsible for optimizing delivery
truck fleet and terminal operations in the
United States. He then moved to Singapore
as Business Services Manager for Exxon
Chemical Asia Pacific, where he was responsible for developing the financial organization and systems infrastructure to support
business growth in the region, including the
construction and operation of the world-scale
Singapore Chemical Plant. In 2001, he was
named Regional Controller, Asia Pacific.
Bob moved to Dallas in January 2003 to
become Assistant Controller of Exxon Mobil
Corporation. He assumed his current position as
Controller of ExxonMobil Production Company
in Houston in 2006, where he manages a
global organization of 900 people that supports
the oil and gas production business.
He moved to Brussels in 2006, where he is Audit
Division Manager for South Europe. He directs internal
auditors in Paris and Rome who are responsible for
auditing business operations, as well as accounting
and transactional activities, in seven countries for the
Downstream and Chemicals businesses.
Controller’s
Gain a world of
experience
Your early assignments in ExxonMobil Treasurer’s and Controller’s will be your starting point on the path to success. You’ll become familiar
with the company’s approach to finance and develop the expertise needed for more senior financial management responsibilities —
wherever in the world they may be.
Treasurer’s
Controller’s
In your first few years with ExxonMobil Treasurer’s, you’re likely to
have two or three assignments that expose you to activities such
as affiliate finance, capital markets and planning, benefits finance
and investment or global cash management. You’ll work at corporate headquarters in Irving, Texas (a suburb of Dallas), as well as
in at least one of the Treasurer’s business line groups: Upstream
or Chemicals (Houston), or Downstream (Fairfax, Virginia).
Your early assignments in the Controller’s organization will expose
you to global operations and a multitude of different businesses
throughout the company. Activities such as business analysis,
financial reporting, operations accounting, internal auditing, and
financial controls will prepare you to move on to increased responsibility in other functions or business units. A key objective of these
early assignments is to build your functional, technical and professional expertise. You’ll have the opportunity to work at operating
sites such as refineries or chemical plants, get experience with our
global exploration and production businesses, move to a regional
headquarters position — or all of the above.
At corporate headquarters, you’ll work with senior management
and with Treasurer’s colleagues around the world to evaluate
dividends and debt and equity financing options for whollyowned subsidiaries. You may help develop and communicate
ExxonMobil’s financial policies, analyze the corporation’s financial
performance and develop long-term financing plans. Or you could
work in the benefits, finance and investment group, determining
the optimal asset allocation and investment strategy for our
numerous pension funds worldwide.
In business line assignments, you could develop strategy for and
execute an acquisition or divestiture anywhere in the world.
Perhaps you’ll work with joint venture partners to develop and
implement financing for a new multibillion-dollar project, or
review the economics of large infrastructure projects. You could
also analyze alternative ownership structures for new business
proposals and, working with Controller’s and Tax, develop
recommendations to senior management.
In Controller’s you’re most likely to start as a financial analyst,
which will give you the opportunity to build or refine your analytical skills as you learn about our business. Your assignment may
include analyzing financial and operating results, coordinating the
company’s financial plan, developing capital project proposals and
consulting with the business on key initiatives. Other early career
opportunities include managing financial processes, designing
financial and operating control systems, and working on asset
purchases, divestments or corporate restructurings.
In these early years, you’ll have the opportunity to participate
in business decisions, look for opportunities to improve our
processes, and work closely with both Controller’s and business
line operating management.
In your first years with ExxonMobil, you’ll focus on developing functional expertise in either Controller’s or Treasurer’s.
Then you’ll have the opportunity to move across organizations and businesses as part of the senior financial management
development process. Whatever you do, and wherever you go, you’ll be asked to use your insights and experience to enhance
our business and rise to your highest potential every day and in every way.
Right job, right time,
right person
At ExxonMobil we invest significant time on individual career development. We
have one of the world’s most talented groups of finance professionals, and we
balance their strengths and preferences with the company’s needs to provide
unparalleled opportunities for growth and development. We want people with
exceptional talent and incredible drive. In return for your intelligence,
ingenuity and passion, we’ll offer you:
• Work that stimulates your curiosity and
challenges your intellect
• An environment where
individual and cultural
differences are respected
and valued
• Outstanding compensation,
benefits and employee programs
UK
Canada
Benelux
Czech
Republic
Hungary
Japan
Downstream – Fairfax
Corporate – Dallas
China
Upstream &
Chemicals –
Houston
• Programs and policies to help provide
a satisfying work-life balance
Thailand
Nigeria
• Resources and support for ongoing
development, growth and success
Malaysia
Singapore
Brazil
Our Controller’s and Treasurer’s organizations are
critical to our continued success, and we are committed to attracting, retaining and rewarding the
brightest minds.
Australia
Argentina
Major Controller’s
and/or Treasurer’s
Locations
Headquarters office
Our world awaits you …
Are you ready for the
challenge?
Contact Information:
Controller’s and Treasurer’s Recruiting
5959 Las Colinas Boulevard
Suite 2542
Irving, TX 75039
www.exxonmobil.com/careers
An Equal Opportunity Employer