Hector Lara

Experience

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  Capital One Auto Finance

  May 2007 - Aug 2007

  Direct Prime Business Analyst Intern

  • Performed market research on the 'person-to-person'​ auto financing market• Audited Capital One's 'person-to-person' line of business• Gathered data using SQL and SAS• Presented final recommendations to the CEO and executive leadership team

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  BP

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2015

  • Modeled expected values, analyzed options, and quantified risks/upside of GoM, A&D, Exploration/Appraisal (E&A), and Mexican offshore investments using sensitivity analysis techniques such as expected monetary value (EMV), value-at-risk (VaR), Monte Carlo simulations, and decision-trees.• Reviewed midstream options for new development projects and identified the optimal export solution.• Established Mexico bid strategy and constraints under each proposed royalty regime including production-sharing agreements (PSAs), production-sharing contracts (PSCs), & license agreements).• Evaluated asset swap, joint-venture carry, overriding royalty interest (ORRIs), and cash investment structures combined with long-term capital commitments (LTCCs), asset financing, and capital lease based financing.• Led annual internal and SEC reserve reporting requirements for Mad Dog, a major deepwater GoM oil field.• Assessed impairment risks and options for offshore assets.• Forecasted oil, gas, & NGL marker price and realized net backs for GoM region. কম দেখুন

  • Gulf of Mexico (GoM) Economic Analyst

    Jan 2013 - Jan 2015

  • Gulf of Mexico (GoM) Major Projects Financial Analyst

    Jan 2012 - Jan 2013

  • North America Gas Operated By Others (OBO) Financial Analyst

    Jan 2010 - Jan 2012

  • Wyoming Operations Financial Analyst

    Jan 2009 - Jan 2010

  • Wyoming Planning, Performance, and Control Analyst

    Jan 2008 - Jan 2009
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  KLR Group, LLC

  Jan 2015 - Jan 2016

  Equity Research Associate

  • Launched OFS franchise with 29 stocks and built detailed 4-statement models with equity WACC/DCF valuations.• Prepared supply/demand models of land rigs, offshore rigs, & completion equipment based on expected oil/gas prices.• Identified and quantified systematic, systemic, and idiosyncratic risk factors.

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  Seaport Global Securities

  Jan 2016 - Jan 2017

  Equity Research Associate

  • Established a new shipping research franchise covering 22 stocks• Wrote regular reports analyzing M&A, liquidity, organic projects, management guidance, and quarterly results.• Prepared thorough global commodity supply/demand models (crude, oil products, LNG, coal, iron, steel, & grains).• Published a detailed weekly industry report which provided a snapshot of key industry trends.• Created and maintained detailed 4-statement financial models and equity Net Asset Value (NAV).• Maintained complete GP/LP financial models with expected distributions and valuations for stocks with GP holdings. কম দেখুন

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  JDH Capital Company

  Sept 2017 - Jan 2022

  • Identify & screen potential acquisition investment opportunities• Prepare and present investment evaluations to investment committee• Create financial models to evaluate investment opportunities• Review project documents provided by seller• Aggregate information from target company and industry experts, including talking to references and customers of target company• Maintain market research to help identify new investment trends and opportunities• Evaluate divestment opportunities of existing investments• Perform ongoing monitoring of assets within the firm’s portfolios including review of monthly operating results and maintaining project performance কম দেখুন • Lead midstream A&D/M&A/Project evaluation process including identifying targets, developing detailed models, projecting forward key macro factors, quantifying risks, and distilling analysis into pitch books for executive team.• Identify deal space and optimize negotiation strategy using counter-party transaction analysis; including best alternative to a negotiated agreement (BATNA), multiple equivalent simultaneous offers (MESOs), & break-evens.• Supervise transaction technical analysis across multi-disciplinary teams and aggregate into evaluation summary.• Create bespoke financial and valuation models based on the needs of each project.• Research the key macro factors influencing each transaction and forecast them going forward.• Quantify external and internal transaction risks utilizing probabilistic models, sensitivity analysis, and alternate market values (public comps, precedent transactions, yield, net asset value, and sum-of-the-parts).• Prepare and present executive pitch books summarizing transaction details, macro, economics, risks, and upside.• Evaluate alternate acquisition and firm capital structures including maximizing leverage, promotes, flips, and prefs.• Prepare board slides for institutional and private equity investors with proposed projects and enterprise value updates.• Complete investment “lookbacks” comparing the underwriting case versus the current performance expectations.• Develop and maintain financial models of existing assets for internal planning, analysis, and valuation purposes.• Produce comprehensive company profiles ahead of expected external executive level meetings.• Collaborate with leadership team to develop annual corporate strategic review and plan presentation. কম দেখুন

  • Private Equity Senior Associate

    Dec 2020 - Jan 2022

  • Sr. Analyst, Acquisitions & Divestitures - Harvest Midstream Company

    Sept 2017 - Dec 2020
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  Baker Hughes

  Jun 2022 - now

  Senior Manager - Mergers & Acquisitions