BP

Finance Analyst

BP$97K — $127K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years experience in the US onshore upstream industry
  • Bachelor’s in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration
  • 3-5+ years in corporate finance, FP&A, or accounting
  • Proven experience in financial forecasting and variance analysis
  • Ability to convey data insights compellingly to stakeholders

Responsibilities

  • Support monthly, quarterly, and annual budgeting processes
  • Prepare variance analysis and financial narratives
  • Build and maintain financial models for cost forecasting
  • Generate presentations using PowerBI and Excel
  • Lead the annual budget process and maintain economic models
  • Drive improvements in forecasting and reporting processes
  • Ensure accuracy and timeliness of all financial work

Benefits

  • Access to health, vision, and dental insurance
  • Flexible working schedule
  • Paid time off policy
  • Discretionary annual bonus program
  • Generous 401K matching program
Full Job Description

Job Family Group:

Finance Group


Job Description:

Role synopsis

bpx energy is seeking a Finance Analyst to support performance attribution and reporting processes.  The role would report through the Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team and have a high level of visibility across the organization.  The bpx energy FP&A team helps drive financial clarity and mentorship for key decision makers across the organization.  The FP&A team’s responsibilities include overseeing financial reporting, generating a performance narrative, tracking various KPIs, distributing competitor intelligence insights, forecasting corporate overhead costs with the goals of providing accurate financials, actionable insights, improving operational efficiency and maximizing value while maintaining a strong control environment (in partnership with Accounting Reporting and Control).

In this role, the Finance Analyst creates executive-ready insights and high-impact decision materials that help senior leaders and the C‑Suite steer the business. The Finance Analyst partners closely with senior leaders and cross‑functional teams to deliver accurate financial reporting, forward-looking analysis, and value-driven insights across the entire company. The role supports financial planning, forecasting, performance management, and governance processes, with a strong focus on clarity, control, and quantifying value creation.

Key accountabilities include

  • Support monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasting and budgeting processes for corporate and functional cost structures.
  • Prepare variance analysis and concise financial narratives explaining actuals versus forecast and prior periods.
  • Build and maintain financial models to support cost forecasting, scenario analysis, and key decision-making.
  • Stakeholder Management / Presentations: Generate various presentations leveraging established PowerBI and excel-based processes.  Drive clarity and become a trusted advisor by proactively flagging the need for managerial interventions to keep business KPIs on track.  Set expectations for reporting contributors and streamline reporting efficiency. 
  • Financial Modeling & Analysis: Ability to lead all aspects of the annual budget process. Develop and maintain robust economic models to ensure accurate cost forecasting. 
  • A Culture of Excellence: Help evolve and improve forecasting, reporting, and investment evaluation, benchmarking frameworks and tools.  Actively work on continuous improvement of current and new processes.  Drive bpx standardization and performance improvement initiatives as needed. 
  • Work should be accurate and timely. 
  • Other duties as assigned.

Crucial criteria & qualifications

  • Experience in the US onshore upstream industry.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration from an accredited university.
  • 3-5+ years of progressive experience in corporate finance, FP&A, accounting, or investment analysis.
  • Demonstrated experience managing financial forecasts, and variance analysis.
  • Ability to tell a story with data.
  • Proven track record to manage competing priorities in a fast‑paced environment.

Desirable criteria & qualifications

  • Strong business acumen and data-driven decision-making capabilities.
  • Strong ability to communicate complex financial concepts clearly and concisely to senior stakeholders.
  • Strong collaboration and people skills.  Ability to develop and use informal networks.  Ability to effectively interface, influence and build alignment with individuals, multi-discipline teams and all levels of the organization.
  • Ability to quickly analyze large volumes of data, recognize trends, develop solutions to business issues and recommend preferred alternatives. Experience with data analytics and visualization tools like PowerBI is a plus.
  • Experience with SAC products
  • AI and automation experience with large, sophisticated data sets, ideally with Anthropic’s Claude platform

Salary and Benefits

We offer a reward and wellbeing package to enable your work to fit with your life. These can include, but not limited to, access to health, vision and dental insurance, flexible working schedule, paid time off policy, discretionary annual bonus program, long-term incentive program, and a generous 401K matching program. How much do we pay (Base) $97,000 - $127,000

*Note that the pay range listed for this position is a good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible base compensation at the time of posting.


Travel Requirement:

Negligible travel should be expected with this role


Relocation Assistance:

This role is not eligible for relocation


Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working


Skills:

Analysis and modelling, Analytics, Commercial Acumen, Commercial performance management, Communication, Data visualization and interpretation, Financial Analysis, Integrated Planning, Investment appraisal, Performance management

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About BP

BP p.l.c. is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England. It is one of the oil and gas "supermajors" and one of the world's largest companies measured by revenues and profits. It is a vertically integrated company operating in all areas of the oil and gas industry, including exploration and extraction, refining, distribution and marketing, power generation, and trading. BP's origins date back to the founding of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company in 1908, established as a subsidiary of Burmah Oil Company to exploit oil discoveries in Iran. In 1935, it became the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and in 1954, adopted the name British Petroleum. In 1959, the company expanded beyond the Middle East to Alaska. British Petroleum acquired majority control of Standard Oil of Ohio in 1978. Formerly majority state-owned, the British government privatised the company in stages between 1979 and 1987. British Petroleum merged with Amoco in 1998, becoming BP Amoco plc, and acquired ARCO and Burmah Castrol in 2000 and Aral AG in 2002. The company's name was shortened to BP p.l.c. in 2001. From 2003 to 2013, BP was a partner in the TNK-BP joint venture in Russia, and from 2013 until Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, held a nearly 20% stake in Rosneft.
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Size
65,900 employees
Market Cap
$104.4 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$20.3 billion
Founded
1909
5 Year Trend
-2.9%
Revenue
$180.3 billion
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