About Bp
Our purpose is to bring together people, energy and markets to power and navigate a changing world. In a time of constant change and possibility we need talent to pursue opportunities, motivated by elite insight and expertise. We're always aspiring for more digital solutions, balanced outcomes and closer collaboration across our company and beyond, and you could be part of that too. Together we continue to grow as the world's leading energy company! We're creating collaborative workplaces that drive innovation and agility. If people are your passion, this is the right place for you. Would you like to help bp build the skills capability we need to deliver on our strategy as we transform towards an integrated energy company If yes, and this sounds like an exciting opportunity for you, please check more on this role below and how you could help us further advance.
Entity Information
This role will sit within the Finance FP&A organization and will be accountable for delivering business planning and performance management and business associating support for specific Business/Functions.
Job Synopsis
The Business Performance Senior Analyst role involves delivering business planning and performance management products for a large Oil and Gas business. This position requires associating with onsite technical and finance teams across different geographies to gain a deep understanding of the business context. The key objective is to develop and deliver insightful financial products that enable effective business financial performance management and support decision-making. The role demands good engagement skills and the ability to run conflicting priorities while meeting collaborator expectations. It also involves supplying to the cost performance management agenda, supporting core FP&A processes, and maintaining a proactive business associating relationship between finance and business teams. The incumbent would be potentially required to work under alternative shift arrangements to ensure appropriate overlap hours with Eastern Standard time or Asia Pacific time zones.
Must Have Educational Qualifications And Experience
- Master's Degree or other qualification in a Business/Finance field e.g. MBA, CA, ICWA/Cost Accountants
- 8+ years of relevant post degree experience in financial Analysis and reporting, Short Term and Long-term forecasting, Investment Analysis.
- Experience within global, sophisticated and matrix organizations, preferably within an Oil & Gas business or experience in industries such as Retail, Asset-based business, Manufacturing, or Logistics.
- Knowledge and application of Plan to Perform processes, including technological competency and analysis.
- Strong analytical and insight capabilities, with a focus on continuous improvement in performance management and MI.
- Excellent teammate with strong communication skills, capable of translating sophisticated requirements into simple outcomes
- Ability to gain trust from finance and business senior partner
- Experience in operational improvements, use of standard methodologies, and drive performance
- Experience in working with financial systems such as SAP, Microsoft products and visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau.
Key Roles & Responsibilities
Business Planning & Capital Spend Evaluation
- Contribute to the development of the long-term strategic plan for the region and support the quarterly planning process, including capital and cash cost forecasts, and key financial outcomes.
- Collaborate with team members to refine activity sets, input assumptions, and generate accurate forecasts.
- Provide deep insights into the financial forecast of the business including analysis of financial outcomes that lead to actionable insights and improved future business performance.
- Gather key project data including capital spent to date, projected costs to completion, production forecasts and expected returns basis various project evaluation techniques including presentation of project performance with critical metrics.
- Understand the price volatility and its impact on company's revenue and cash flow projections, and analyse relevant parameter/factors to explore opportunities of value optimization.
Performance Management
- Deliver timely, accurate, and insightful financial and management information to empower strategic business decisions.
- Conduct in depth analysis of monthly and quarterly actuals, including trend analysis and variance explanations.
- Identify and highlight areas where performance exceeds or falls short of key targets, drive continuous improvement.
- Analysis and Insights - Complete analysis with multiple variables and provide insights for decision making
- Building a scenario analysis model including multiple variables those are fluctuating and impacting decision making.
- Ensure that the analysis reflects current risks accurately and engage with various partners.
- Assess the cash flow impact and make recommendations to improving profitability and cash flow management
Joint Venture Management
Support the local finance team in the administration of joint ventures and aid in the development and review of plans for joint venture partners approval
Accounting Principles: Understand the working and application of key accounting principles including IFRS 16
You will work with: You will be working with a team of finance professionals as part of the Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) organization. The role will regularly interact and be the main contact point for Business/Functions senior leadership. In addition to the FP&A team, you will also be associating with the local finance team
and various technical and leadership teams in onsite locations.
