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Most IOCs will hire a good handful of business analysts. Not so sure on their exact function, but I'd check out the (super)majors and work your way on down.
Here's from a quick search:
http://www.exxonmobil.com/USA-English/HR/careers_campus_bachmast_accoun…
http://www.shell.com/global/aboutshell/careers/professionals/app-xp-fin…
cool thanks. i'm not sure what business analysts do either, but i'm assuming its a variety of things. preferably i'd like to be in their corp finance dep't working on corp development projects (M&A and such)....just not exactly sure what the job title for that type of thing is.
I have a family friend who was head of acquisitions at a large independent E&P firm (30-50B mkt cap). He basically scouted reserve acquisitions and did some internal "business development" as well. He started out in IB. I can't be sure, but I think suffering through a few years of IB would be a huge leg up on corp dev down the road esp. if you want to see any M&A. Like I said, can't be sure how important an IB background is, but I'd bet that if you looked up several Corp Dev VPs in O&G a lot of Houston Barclays/Lehman and CS alums would pop up.
A lot of times it will be referred to as FP&A.
Won't be limited to just the integrateds of course. Look at the service companies like Schlumberger, Halliburton, Cameron, etc.
check out this thread http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/the-other-road-corporate-developm…
Depends on if you are talking about the undergrad or graduate level entry programs for major O&G companies. For undergrad programs they will generally expect that you spend 2+ years in an FP&A or another business analyst role to learn the industry/company basics before considering you for corp/biz dev roles. A lot of O&G companies have finance development programs that would put you in a good position to transition to corp/biz dev role, see Chevron's website>>careers>>students>>undergrad development programs
Entry level positions grad/MBA level are possible if you have prior background in the industry (strong preference for engineering backgrounds) or O&G banking. Otherwise, the most likely route would be a graduate level finance development program that includes a rotation to corp/biz dev or sets you up to transition there after 2+ years.
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